Cemex announced the winners of its Cemex Building Award 2023 at a ceremony in Mexico City attended by leading architects, designers, engineers, and construction industry professionals from around the world.
The contest, which since 1991 has recognized the best construction projects in Mexico and the world, received 278 national entries for this edition and a wide variety of projects from 14 different countries.
A panel of prestigious architects selected the winners from 23 finalist projects in the National Edition and 31 finalist projects in the International Edition.
“Cemex is honored to work with the architects and designers that are shaping a more sustainable future,” said Fernando A. Gonzalez, CEO of Cemex. “I want to thank all the participants of this year’s award and our panel of esteemed judges for their support. I also want to congratulate all this year’s winners as well as Lorenzo H. Zambrano Prize winner Architect Enrique Norten and Marcelo Zambrano Scholarship winner Architect Jorge González Yañez.”
The panel of Judges was comprised of 16 renowned architects and engineers from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Spain, the Dominican Republic, the United Arab Emirates, Colombia, and Argentina. With this year’s contest theme, “Shaping the future,” Cemex sought to promote creativity, encourage the development of construction best practices, and highlight the innovations that will become the new industry standards.
International Winners by Category
Affordable Housing
Copacabana Condominio
Fábrica Morelos
Infrastructure
2101-248 South Quay GC Terminal Infrastructure Works
Línea 2 del Metro de Panamá Connection
Construcción de Autopista Periférico Etapa III (fase 2) del Área Metropolitana de Monterrey
Building
Four Seasons Resort Tamarindo
CTIC, Centro de Tratamiento e Investigación sobre Cáncer Luis Carlos Sarmiento Angulo (Cancer Treatment and Research Center Luis Carlos Sarmiento Angulo)
Collective Space
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Pavilion – EXPO 2020
Centro de Desarrollo Comunitario
Residential Housing
Casa Uno
Special Awards
Student Residences Tec de Monterrey, Querétaro Campus 2
CC 48 Cancer Treatment and Research Center Luis Carlos Sarmiento Angulo
CIVAC Lineal Park
Mexico Winners by Category
Building
Four Seasons Resort Tamarindo
SPA Hotel Hércules
The American School Foundation of Guadalajara Phase 1
Collective Space
Centro de Desarrollo Comunitario
Muelle de San Blas
Centro Comunitario PILARES Iztapalapa
Infrastructure
Construcción de Autopista Periférico Etapa III (fase 2) del Área Metropolitana de Monterrey
Parque Eólico Vientos de Coahuila
Centro Logístico Transmex
Residential Housing
Casa Uno
Casa RB
CC 48
Social Housing
Fábrica Morelos
La Luz 1126
Casa Entre Patios
Special Awards
Student Residences Tec de Monterrey, Querétaro Campus
CC 48
CIVAC Lineal Park
The full list of winners is available at the following link: www.premioobrascemex.com
The Lorenzo H. Zambrano Prize 2023, which recognizes the career of an outstanding architect or engineer whose work is significant and memorable in Mexico and at an international level, was also awarded during the ceremony.
This year, the award was given to Architect Enrique Norten for his work designing social housing and urban renewal projects. His work has garnered several recognitions, including the gold medal at the Miami Architecture Bienal 2004, the National Arts and Literature Mexico award in 2010, and the Mies van der Rohe Latin America Architecture prize in 2012.
For more than 17 years, Cemex has fostered the development of recently graduated young architects whose academic and professional work demonstrates extraordinary potential through the Architect Marcelo Zambrano Scholarship.
At the event, the 2023 Scholarship was granted to Architect Jorge González Yañez, a graduate of Tecnológico de Monterrey Guadalajara Campus who will commence postgraduate studies in Landscape Architecture Advanced Placement at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design.
The Cemex Building Award recognizes the talent and vision of architects and engineers who envision sustainable buildings for the benefit of present and future generations. Celebrated since 1991, the Cemex Building Award has consolidated its position as one of the most renowned competitions in architecture and construction.
About Cemex
Cemex is a global construction materials company that is building a better future through sustainable products and solutions. Cemex is committed to achieving carbon neutrality through relentless innovation and industry-leading research and development. Cemex is at the forefront of the circular economy in the construction value chain and is pioneering ways to increase the use of waste and residues as alternative raw materials and fuels in its operations with the help of new technologies.
Cemex offers cement, ready-mix concrete, aggregates, and urbanization solutions in growing markets around the world, powered by a multinational workforce focused on providing a superior customer
experience enabled by digital technologies. For more information, please visit: www.cemex.com
