Meet the 2023 International Holcim Award finalists

The Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction has announced the finalists for its International Holcim Awards 2023. According to the foundation, the 20 finalists represent “highly contextual and practicable approaches to sustainable construction: across diverse scales, budgets, geographies, and forms.”

“This year’s Holcim Awards finalists exemplify how it is possible - in this decisive decade to advance sustainable development - to pursue and deliver the application of innovative design and construction practices that provide a holistic response to meeting human development goals and regenerating natural systems,” said Holcim Foundation’s executive director Laura Viscovich about the finalists.

Below, we have listed the 20 winners for the award’s 2023 edition. The winners will be announced at an award ceremony in Venice, Italy on November 18th. Further information can be found on the Holcim Foundation’s official website here.

• 1925 Victoria Park Ave in Toronto, Canada by CREE Buildings, Partisans Architects, and Well Grounded Real Estate
• El 17. Composition of Knowledge House in Madrid, Spain by Husos, Elii, and Ultrazul
• Ezbet Eshaq’s Eco Classroom in Ezbet Eshaq, Egypt by BENAA Foundation for Sustainable Development
• Fujian Tulou in Zhangzhou Shi, Fujian Sheng, China by DnA_Design and Architecture

• Ger Plug-In 3.0 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia by District Development Unit, Energy Efficient Design Build, and Ger Hub
• Haus 2+ in Berlin, Germany by Office ParkScheerbarth
• High-Rise H1 Zwhatt Site in Regensdorf, Switzerland by Boltshauser Architekten
• Kaiser Borsari Hall in Bellingham, WA, USA by Perkins and Will

• Kfar Houneh Ecolodge in Kfar Houneh, Lebanon by Akl Architects
• Maritime Innovation Center in Seattle, WA, USA by The Miller Hull Partnership
• Memories of Water in Rio Negro, Colombia by TAP Arquitectura, Rojas Arquitectos, Geográfica Taller, Sur-Estudio de paisaje y Arquitectura, Cosme Landscape Architecture, and EMS Arquitectos
• Muscowpetung Powwow Arbour in Muscowpetung Saulteaux Nation, SK, Canada by Oxbow Architecture and Richard Kroeker

• NUS Yusof Ishak House in Singapore by National University of Singapore (NUS)
• Post-Covid Factory in Đồng Nai, Vietnam by Le Quang-Architect(s)
• San José de Nueva Venecia School in Sitio Nuevo, Colombia by FP Arquitectura
• Saving Portete - Sustainable Island in Esmeraldas, Ecuador by Rama Estudio

• Stream Co-Habitat in Tuzla, Turkey by Openact Architecture
• Surf Ghana Collective in Busua, Ghana by Juergen Strohmayer and Glenn DeRoché
• Urban Nature Project, National History Museum in London, United Kingdom by Natural History Museum, Feilden Fowles, and J&L Gibbons
• Utopia Estrella Iztapalapa in Mexico City, Mexico by CANO | VERA Arquitectura