Human imagination and ingenuity are the impetus of every good design. All across the world, people from every walk of life are generating good design ideas that offer groundbreaking solutions to the ecological and social challenges of the 21st century. The Earth Awards provides a platform for these visionary ideas, presenting a unique opportunity for individuals and organizations worldwide to expose their design innovations to a global audience. The Earth Awards is committed to the idea of popularizing the most viable of these innovations, and transforming them into market-ready solutions. The Earth Awards is a global search for creative solutions designed for the 21st century. ObjectiveThe Earth Awards seeks to foster and encourage the development of commercially viable design solutions. As set forth below in the Submission Guidelines (“Submission Guidelines”), Contestants will be allowed to submit their solutions to enter and will be judged. One (1) winner will be selected to receive a grand prize and up to five (5) finalists will be selected to receive runner-up prizes.

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Sponsored by the Tilt-Up Concrete Association and the Tennessee Concrete Association, this years student design contest focuses on “The Concrete Classroom.” Students in the field of architecture, currently in a undergraduate program are graduate or invited to present conceptual designs for a new education and training facility for a state concrete association, specifically designed with emphasis on practical sustainability using site-cast concrete panels and components known as “Tilt- Up” concrete. The Concrete Classroom 2010 is an international, open, single-stage ideas competition.

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