The winners of the Global Award For Sustainable Architecture 2025
The Global Award for Sustainable Architecture™ celebrates its 18th edition in 2025. Founded in 2006 by architect and researcher Jana Revedin, this year’s Global Award for Sustainable Architecture™ honors five laureates: international architects, urban planners or landscape architects for their visionary commitment to sustainability and innovation.
The theme of the 2025 edition:
Architecture Is Construction
This theme echoes the current challenges of sustainable construction, a sector in which Saint-Gobain, Official Partner of the award, plays a leading role.
It highlights three fundamental dimensions of sustainable architecture:
- Territorialize, by rooting the project in a local context, while making the most of local resources, traditions and cultural, social, political and environmental specificities;
- Rehabilitate, by favoring the creative and sustainable transformation of existing infrastructures, rather than building from scratch;
- Experiment, by developing innovative trans-disciplinary solutions, integrating vernacular and participatory know-how: geo- and bio-sourced materials, lightweight and recyclable structures,
eco-responsible techniques, etc.
“Today’s architects, engineers and landscapers embody a profound paradigm shift in the way we live and build, addressing the climatic and social challenges of our time. I am proud to celebrate the five
winners of this 18th edition of the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture™, whose work, from Asia to South America, from Morocco to Europe, exemplify responsible practices and innovative solutions, guided by the principles of ‘right tech’. Their collaborative, transdisciplinary approach builds a future where architecture is synonymous with shared identity and community resilience.”
“Today’s architects, engineers and landscapers embody a profound paradigm shift in the way we live and build, addressing the climatic and social challenges of our time. I am proud to celebrate the five
winners of this 18th edition of the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture™, whose work, from Asia to South America, from Morocco to Europe, exemplify responsible practices and innovative solutions, guided by the principles of ‘right tech’. Their collaborative, transdisciplinary approach builds a future where architecture is synonymous with shared identity and community resilience.”
The members of the 2025 jury:
Chaired by Prof. Dr. Jana Revedin, architect and founding president of the Global Award for Sustainable
Architecture™ :
- Marie-Hélène Contal, architect, dean of the École Spéciale d’Architecture, Paris, France;
- Dr. Jacopo Galli, architect, Iuav University of Venice, Venice, Italy;
- Prof. Dr. Spela Hudnik, architect, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia;
- Prof. Dr. Deniz Incedayi, architect, Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts, Istanbul, Turkey;
- Prof. Dr. Salma Samar Damluji, architect, American University of Beirut, Lebanon;
- Prof. Dr. Werner Sobek, architect and engineer, University of Stuttgart, Germany.
Laureates in 2025:
- Dr. Salima Naji, anthropologist and architect (Morocco);
- Prof. Dr. Hoang Thuc Hao, architect, founder of 1+1>2 (Vietnam);
- Marie Combette and Daniel Moreno Flores, architects, founders of La Cabina de la Curiosidad
(France and Ecuador); - Marie and Keith Zawistowski, architects, founders of onSITE (France and USA);
- Andrea Gebhard, geographer, sociologist, urban and landscape planner,
founder of m• g • k mahl gebhard konzepte (Germany).
They all stand out for their vision of contemporary architecture that is both innovative and ecologically
responsible. Their work reflects a meaningful response to today’s ethical, social and environmental challenges,
while exploring new approaches to ecology, energy, materials and technologies.
Salima NAJI, Anthropologist, architect and artist, MOROCCO
Tiznit Heritage Interpretation Center, Tiznit medina, Tiznit province, Souss-Massa region, Morocco. The renovated kasbah contains an open-air theater, completed in 2008, as well as the Heritage Interpretation Center, consisting of a concrete structure and earthen walls.
Photo Credit: @Guy Thimel
Hoang THUC HAO, 1+1>2, Architect and researcher, VIETNAM
Cam Thanh Community House, Hoi An City, Quang Nam Province, Vietnam. Interior view of the main blocks, intended for gatherings, exhibitions and events. Opening onto the inner courtyard, the space can be easily opened thanks to a system of movable partitions.
Photo Credit: ©1+1>2 Architects
Marie COMBETTE and Daniel MORENO FLORES, La Cabina de la Curiosidad, Architects, ECUADOR
Chaki Wasi Handicraft Center of the Shalalá Community, Zumbahua, Cotopaxi Province, Ecuador. The geometry of the center has facilitated the transmission of culture, supported by the collaborative sharing of design and construction.
Photo Credit: @Oscar Velaso
Marie and Keith ZAWISTOWSKI, onSite, Architects, FRANCE
Rural green house, Bordeaux, France. The house is set in an ordinary suburban area and respects the proportions of the surrounding buildings. On the north side, a mound of earth supports a wooden terrace.
Photo Credit: @Max Verret
Andrea GEBHARD, Geographer, sociologist, urban and landscape planner, GERMANY
Centre de Recherche en Catalyse, Université Technique de Munich, Allemagne. La cour, avec son tapis en caoutchouc coloré, est aménagée comme un atrium, avec de la pelouse gazon planté et des magnolias.
Photo Credit: @Marcus Hassler
“The Global Award for Sustainable Architecture™ perfectly reflects the values we uphold at Saint-Gobain: innovating to build a more sustainable future, mirroring our purpose, Making The World a Better Home. The award, created by Jana Revedin, and which we are delighted to support, highlights visionary architects who rethink living spaces in harmony with the environment and the needs of future generations. We are proud to contribute to an initiative that embodies the alliance between creativity, responsibility and sustainability.”
“The Global Award for Sustainable Architecture™ perfectly reflects the values we uphold at Saint-Gobain: innovating to build a more sustainable future, mirroring our purpose, Making The World a Better Home. The award, created by Jana Revedin, and which we are delighted to support, highlights visionary architects who rethink living spaces in harmony with the environment and the needs of future generations. We are proud to contribute to an initiative that embodies the alliance between creativity, responsibility and sustainability.”
