Images - Regional Holcim Awards 2008 North America

Adèle Naudé Santos (3rd from right) with Holcim Awards 2008 Gold, Silver and Bronze prize winners

Welcome message on behalf of the Premier of Quebec given by Russel Copeman, member of the National Assembly of Canada.

Russel Copeman

Russel Copeman

Holcim Awards 2008 North America keynote speech by Kevin Hydes, Founding Chairman of the World Green Building Council, highlighted the pivotal role of the built environment in reducing carbon emissions and redressing other environmental impacts.

Kevin Hydes

Kevin Hydes

Holcim Awards 2008 North America welcome address by Alan DeSousa, Mayor of Saint-Laurent and Member of the City of Montreal's Executive Committee, responsible for sustainable development and economic development.

Alan DeSousa

Alan DeSousa

Holcim Awards 2008 welcome address by Rolf Soiron, Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Holcim Foundation and Chairman of Holcim Ltd.

Rolf Soiron

Rolf Soiron

Presentation of the Holcim Awards 2008 North America winners by Adèle Naudé Santos, Dean of the School of Architecture and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and head of the Holcim Awards jury for North America.

Adèle Naudé Santos

Presentation of the Holcim Awards Acknowledgment prizes by Ray Cole, Professor and Director of the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver and member of the Holcim Awards jury for North America.

Ray Cole, Canada at the Regional Holcim Awards ceremony 2008 in Montreal.

Ray Cole (far right) with Holcim Awards 2008 Acknowledgement prize winners

Brigitte Cuperus, Project Manager of the Technical Competence Center of the Holcim Foundation presented prizes to the "Next Generation" category winners.

Brigitte Cuperus

Brigitte Cuperus (far right) with Holcim Awards 2008 “Next Generation” prize winners (l-r): Andrew Lantz (3rd); Liu Lingchen and Chenglong Wang (2nd); Neri Oxman and John Anastasios Hart (1st)

Some 40 journalists from Canada and the USA attended the media conference

Rolf Soiron, Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Holcim Foundation, and Chairman of Holcim Ltd

Christopher Collins, co-author of the project winning the Gold Award

John Gunn, co-author of the project winning the Bronze Award

John Peterson, co-author of the project winning the Silver Award

Holcim Awards media breakfast for North America 2008 - Montreal, Canada

Adèle Santos (speaking), Dean of the MIT School of Architecture and head of the North American jury with Edward Schwarz, General Manager of the Holcim Foundation.

Edward Schwarz, General Manager of the Holcim Foundation

Side-interviews after the media conference

Side-interviews after the media conference

Montreal architectural impression.

Hotel Hilton Bonaventure, Montreal, event venue - in 1967 the largest building in the world.

Lunch at Gibby's

Montreal.

Montreal.

Montreal architectural impression.

La TOHU.

Presentation at La TOHU.

Benny Farm, winning project of the Gold Award in 2005 for North America, and the Bronze Award 2006 global.

Introduction to the Benny Farm project by its architect, Daniel Pearl (far left).

Montreal.

Montreal.

Holcim Awards jury for North America 2008 - Cambridge, MA, USA

The Holcim Awards jury for region North America met in Cambridge MA, USA in July 2008 to select projects using the “target issues” for sustainable construction (l-r): Ray Cole, Mohsen Mostafavi, Sarah Graham, Hans-Rudolf Schalcher, Reed Kroloff, Adèle Naudé Santos (Head), Marion Weiss, Philippe Arto, Mark West.