“Highly Commended”, ar+d Awards for Emerging Architecture
For Aomori Nebuta House, November 2011
3 Perspective Awards, Perspective Magazine
For Aomori Nebuta House, cloud softlight, and heartfelt lantern, November 2011
2011 Chicago Athenaeum International Architecture Award
For Aomori Nebuta House, August 2011
“Best of Show”, Dwell on Design Awards
At Dwell on Design, Los Angeles, Summer 2011
“Creative” category, Dwell Modern World Awards
For softwall, Summer 2011
“Best Designer Lighting”, Azure Magazine AZ Awards
For cloud softlight, Spring 2011
selected by Architectural Record magazine for
Design Vanguard 2010
SIDIM Award of Excellence in Product Innovation
Montréal, Spring 2010
“Exhibit”, ICFF Editor’s Choice Awards
At the International Contemporary Furniture Fair
New York, Spring 2010
MIPIM Architectural Review Future Project Award 2010
For Aomori Nebuta House
March 2010
Architecture League of New York · Emerging Voices Award
www.archleague.org
March 2010
BLUEPRINT AWARD
At 100% Design London
Fall 2009
Body of Work, ICFF Editor’s Choice Awards
At the International Contemporary Furniture Fair
New York, Spring 2006
“Best New Designer”, ICFF Editor’s Choice Awards
At the International Contemporary Furniture Fair
New York, Spring 2004
Winning Entry, First Step Housing Competition
Organized by Common Ground Community and the Architectural League of New York,
Judges: Toshiko Mori, Steven Holl, Michael Bell, Julie Eizenberg, Andrew Freear, Rosalie Genevro and Rosanne Haggerty
2003
Runner Up, Metropolis NEXT Generation Prize
Organized by Metroplolis Magazine and ICFF
Judges: Toshiko Mori, Ros Brandt, Bill Dowell, Jean Gardner, David Rockwell, Susan S. Szenasy
New York, 2003
First Prize, LighTouch Competition
Design for interactive lighting system – Organized by Design Singapore
Sponsor: FLOS and SPACE, Judges: Antonio Citterio (Italy)
2003
Golden Prize, Design Beyond East and West
Housing competition
Judges: Alessandro Mendini (Italy), Kazuyo Sejima (Japan), Seok-chul Kim (Korea), Shi-Li zhang (China)
2003
Ronald J. Thom Award for Early Design Achievement, Canada Council for the Arts
Award offered once every two years to young Canadian designers/architects
2003
Winning Entry, Young Architects Forum Competition: “Inhabiting Identity”,
Held by The Architectural League of New York
Judges: Shigeru Ban, Michael Hays, Wendy Evans Joseph, Marion Weiss and the Young Architects Committee
2003
ar+d award, Architectural Review magazine and d-line,
For float tea lantern
Judges: Stefan Banish, Margret Hardardottir, Rick Joy, Carme Pinos, Hin L. Tan and Peter Davey
2002
First prize in Aomori Northern Style Housing Competition
Judges: Tadao Ando and Jean Nouvel
Japan, 2001
Short listed in the open international competition for 9/11 – Memorial at the Pentagon
2001
Short listed in the open international competition for the Tomihiro Museum of Shi Ga paintings
Azuma, Japan, 2001
Third place, Japan Architect – Central Glass Design Competition
Glass House
Judges: Toyo Ito, Tetsuo Naito, Masaru Okamoto, Itsuko Hasegawa, Riken Yamamoto, Kengo Kuma, Norihisa Yamamoto
2001
Finalist in Design 21- An international design award from UNESCO and Felissimo Design House
For float tea lantern
2001
ar+d award, Architectural Review magazine and d-line
For Colorado House
Judges: Theo Berg, David Chipperfield, Massimiliano Fuksas, Billie Tsien and Peter Davey
1999