The mission of the AIA Japan Design Awards Program is to encourage excellence in architectural design and planning, and to provide a platform through which architects can gain recognition from both their peers and the public. The goal is to elevate the standards of architectural design excellence for the benefit of the architectural community and society at large.

The next AIA Japan Design Awards will be held biannually in 2027.

Photos from our 2025 Design Awards and Year End Event

AIA JAPAN DESIGN AWARD 2025

AIA DESIGN AWARD
ARCHITECTURE, LARGE PROJECTS :
GARRYA NIJO CASTLE KYOTO

Jun Mitsui & Associates Inc. Architects
Submitting AIA Member: Jun Mitsui
Design Team: Shigeki Irie, Erika Abe, Naomi Tabe, Fumiya Aoki, Satoshi Matsumoto, Nobuto Yoshii
Collaborators: Hashimoto Yukio Design Studio, Sola associates, Uchihara Creative Lighting Design, Jun Mitsui & Associates, Yamashita PMC, Taisei Corporation

HONORABLE MENTION, ARCHITECTURE LARGE PROJECTS:
The GEAR

KAJIMA DESIGN
Submitting AIA Member: Toru Okuhara
Design Team: Norio Kita, Hiroyuki Togo, Toru Okuhara

HONORABLE MENTION, ARCHITECTURE SMALL PROJECTS:
NOBORI BUILDING TOKYO

FLORIAN BUSCH ARCHITECTS
Submitting AIA Member: FLORIAN BUSCH
Design Team: Sachiko Miyazaki, Mayo Shigemura, Dyro Yamashita, Sie-Jhih Chen, Jeng Pheera, Christian Baumgarten, Joachim Nijs, Reo Shima, Bo-Hau Liu, Kana Takagi