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| Sustainable Construction Awards exhibition in Zurich 15 Award-winning projects have been selected as finalists in the first global Holcim Awards competition for sustainable construction projects. An exhibition of project posters at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology campus at Hönggerberg near Zurich showcases the best entries from more than 1500 submissions from 118 countries. The sustainable construction concepts on display include a revitalization project in a side valley near Amalfi, Italy, winner of the Holcim Awards Gold for the region Europe. This outstanding project is not the work of one individual, but of several teams from industry to universities to public institutions. Other projects on display range from large-scale public buildings such as the new sustainable California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, USA to smaller-scale projects such as Concrete Substrates for Accelerated Coral Restoration from the Philippines. The exhibition includes the Encouragement Prize-winning project of Swiss designer Michi Gehret. His speculative design project displays innovative spirit in terms of "thinking" sustainable construction, particularly with the imaginative reuse of materials in the design of a Center for Sustainable Development in Zurich. As part of the three-year competition cycle with prize money totaling USD 2 million, all projects that received the gold, silver or bronze award in the five regional competitions automatically qualify for the global Holcim Awards. The global Holcim Awards winners will be announced in Bangkok in April 2006. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Construction News :: home page |