BRAC University wins LafargeHolcim award

Lafargeholcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction has recently awarded a project on the new 'floating' campus of Brac University in Bangladesh with the Regional LafargeHolcim Awards 2017 for Asia Pacific. The project was highly appreciated by architects, landscape designers, engineers, urban planners and developers as it won the Bronze Award at the gala event held at Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia.

Home for marginalized children in India wins the gold award and Micro library in Indonesia wins silver award.

Rajesh K Surana, Chief Executive Officer, LafargeHolcim Bangladesh Limited handed over the Bronze award of LafargeHolcim Awards 2017 for Asia Pacific to the team.

Sustainable construction in Asia Pacific also means building for the community. This was clearly shown by the projects that won prizes in the regional LafargeHolcim Awards presented in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The three main Awards winning projects deal with buildings for education - involving the community and sustainably improving neighborhoods.

The LafargeHolcim Awards is about more than just beautiful buildings. It stands out as the world's most significant competition for sustainable design. The criteria of the USD 2 million Awards are as challenging as the goal of sustainability itself. The competition seeks for projects at an advanced stage of design, not finished works. It acknowledges designs that go beyond current standards, showcase sustainable responses to technological, environmental, socioeconomic, and cultural issues affecting contemporary construction, and deliver truly visionary solutions to the way we build.