Winners of the 1st "Japan Architecture Award —Architecture Awards for Everyone—" Announced

The Executive Office of “Japan Architecture Award —Architecture Awards for Everyone—”announced that The Learning Architecture for Learners (on Tokyo Gakugei University campus), designed and built by VUILD (President and CEO: Koki Akiyoshi), won the Grand Prize, selected based on public votes, in 2024 “Japan Architecture Award—Architecture Awards for Everyone—,” presented by the “Japan Architecture Award—Architecture Awards for Everyone—” Nomination Committee (Chairman: Taro Igarashi) with the cooperation of the  Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan.

The LEARNING ARCHITECTURE FOR LEARNERS / VUILD (photo: Japan-Architects Magazine [left], Koji Ichikawa [right])

The Nomination Committee’s Top Selection is awarded to Tenjincho place (an apartment building in Yushima, Tokyo) designed by Hiroyuki Ito Architects, which received the highest evaluation during the selection process of the shortlisted works.

Tenjincho place/ Hiroyuki Ito Architects (photo: Japan-Architects Magazine) 

“Japan Architecture Award—Architecture Awards for Everyone—” is a new architectural award selected by a nomination committee of about 30 professionals committed to communicating architecture to the general public and popular vote. In the first stage, the committee chose ten architectural works, completed or announced in 2023, that they are “passionate about communicating to the world”. It announced them as the Top 10 Greatest Architectural Works.

The entry that received the most "likes" during the voting period, from January 29 to February 11, was selected as the Grand Prize. The Agency for Cultural Affairs approves the Award's objective, which is to support public relations activities.

The following lists the 2024 Top 10 Greatest Architectural Works, selected by the nomination committee in the first stage (in the order of the Japanese syllabary, the work titles are followed by the names of primary architects).

Top 10 Greatest Architectural Works

1) Kumamoto Earthquake Museum Exhibition Hall KIOKU by onishimaki + hyakudayuki architects and SANKO SEKKEI

photo: Hiroshi Miyazawa

2) Long house with an engawa by Yamazaki Kentaro Design Workshop

photo: Hiroshi Miyazawa

3) Goto Residence by Takeshi Goto + Chie Goto / takeshi goto architect & associates
photo: Shunsuke Kurakata

4) SIMOSE by Shigeru Ban Architects

photo: Ai Sakamoto

5) Temporary hall for the Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine by Sou Fujimoto Architects
photo: Utatko Hagiwara

6) Library in the Earth by Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP
photo: Miaki Nagai

7) Tenjincho place by Hiroyuki Ito Architects
photo: Japan-Architects Magazine

8) Floors of garden – FUKUTAKE TRES F GALLERY by Makoto Takei + Chie Nabeshima /TNA
photo: Daici Ano

9) Hanaju Renovation by MARU. architecture
photo: Takuya Seki

10) The LEARNING ARCHITECTURE FOR LEARNERS by VUILD
photo: Japan-Architects Magazine