Since 2023, there is only one category within the competition:[4][5] The Holcim Foundation Awards is open to architects, planners, engineers, and project owners that showcase sustainable responses to technological, environmental, socioeconomic and cultural issues affective contemporary building and construction.
[6] Submissions are evaluated by independent juries, using the Foundation's "four goals" to define sustainable construction: uplifting places, healthy planet, viable economics, and thriving communities.
[7] The independent juries consist of experts from architecture, engineering, planning, and the construction industry.
[8] The juries for 2025 will be chaired by Sou Fujimoto (Japan), Kjetil Thorsen (Europe), Sandra Barclay (Latin America), Lina Ghotmeh (Middle East & Africa) and Jeanne Gang (North America).
[9] The total prize money for each cycle of the Holcim Foundation Awards competition is US$1 million.