EVERY THREE YEARS , the Global Holcim Awards for Sustainable Construction have been recognising projects that deliver tangible benefits to local communities . And this year ’ s winners – sharing prize money of $ 350,000 – were chosen from over 6,000 entries from 152 countries . They include a project to turn a decommissioned water reservoir into a park in Medellín , Colombia , rebuilding social fabric through a community library in Ambepussa following Sri Lanka ’ s civil war , and creating public zones and floodprotection for the island of Manhattan .

The judges , led by Mohsen Mostafavi , Dean of the Graduate School of Design ( GSD ) at Harvard University , highlighted the

14 D ecember 2015