Cosmopolitan city of Winterthur: The K 118 extension receives the global Holcim Award in gold.
The extension K118 of the construction office in situ receives the main prize of the global Holcim Awards for sustainable building. “The project uses circularity in construction almost perfectly,” praised the jury.
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A great prize for the big questions in the construction industry: the global Holcim Awards for sustainable building were presented over the weekend in Venice. In 2021 the sixth cycle of the award took place, which is endowed with a total of two million dollars in prize money and ported solutions around the pressing challenges of climate change and resource scarcity. An unbelievable 4742 works from 134 countries were submitted. A jury chaired by this year’s Biennale curator Hashim Sarkis assessed 33 projects from the second round and awarded four prizes. ### Media_2 ### The gold award, endowed with 150,000 dollars, goes to Winterthur, where the construction office has added reused components to an industrial building in situ. “The project uses circularity in construction almost perfectly,” praised the jury. As such, the increase has no great effect in the world of architecture, says the award winner and architect Barbara Buser. «But it’s about thinking about architecture …
Holcim Award in Gold goes to Winterthur
The extension K118 of the construction office in situ receives the main prize of the global Holcim Awards for sustainable building. “The project uses circularity in construction almost perfectly,” praised the jury.
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15.11.2021 11:42
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