Aoyama Design Forum (ADF) is pleased to announce the 14th edition of the ADF Design Award 2024, an international design award organised by ADF. Award applications will be accepted from Monday 14 August to Friday 22 December 2023*, must be received by 22 December 2023 (Japan time). 

This year, as in previous years, the award theme is Architectural Design. 

The prize money will be US$30,000 for the Grand Prize and US$5,000 for the Award of Excellence in each category, with a total prize fund of approximately US$50,000.

As a supplementary prize, the Excellence and Excellence Award winners will be able to exhibit their works at the ADF venue in Fori Salone during the Milano Salone Internazionale del Mobile, the world's largest furniture trade fair scheduled to take place in April 2024, where they will be invited to a reception party and other opportunities for exchange with interested parties. 

The ADF Design Award will also be exhibited at the ADF gallery space in Aoyama, Tokyo. 

The ADF Design Award is a great opportunity to showcase your architectural design work to the world. The jury for the awards will be announced as soon as it has been decided. 

ADF looks forward to receiving your wonderful works to be presented to the world during the Milan Design Week, which attracts the world's attention.

World Architecture Community is official Media Partner of Aoyama Design Forum.

Details of the award application period and judging criteria are as follows.

2020 award-winng work, “CYLINDER × MATERIAL" by Rie Aruga. Image © Rie Aruga, courtesy of ADF

Design Theme: “Design for Architecture”

Application Period: August 14, 2023 - December 22, 2023 (JST)

Application link can be accessed from here: https://7309.evalato.com/.

Categories

1.Hospitality: hotel, casino, theme park, pavilion

2. Commercial & Office: shopping center, department store, office building

3. Multi-family dwellings: private dwellings, non-interior

4. Education & Sports: school, research facility, stadium

5. Cultural Buildings: theater, library, museum, art gallery, hospital

6. Public Architecture: government and municipal building, airport, station, port

Juries

Emanuele Stamuli / Stamuli AB

Fernando Menis / Architect

Lorenzo Bini/ Member of the Council of the Order and Foundation of the Order of the Architects of Milan

Suzy Annetta / Design Anthology 

William Potts / NR2154

2023 award-winning work Kazuhiko Masuko & Mikami Architects / Oshida Architects. Image courtesy of ADF

Judging Criteria

1.Beauty: Artistic value in shape, color, detailing, and material selection

2. Innovation: Responding to social changes, using new materials, innovative construction processes, and pioneering designs. Innovation is a challenge within limited conditions.

3. Usefulness: The building is beneficial and sustainable for its users and the environment.

4. Regional/Cultural/Chronological: The building blends with and differentiates itself from the region, and its superficial beauty fits with the times and cultural context.

Prize

Best Performance Award: US$30,000 (1 film from all categories)

Excellence Award: US$5,000 (2 entries from all categories)

However, some awards may be considered "not applicable".

2021 award-winning work by Takuto Ohta. Image © Takuto Ohta, courtesy of ADF

Supplemental Prize

- The Best Performance Award and Excellence Award winners will have their works exhibited at the ADF venue in Fuori Salone during the "Milano Salone (Salone Internazionale del Mobile)".

- Aoyama Design Forum will cover up to USD 1,000 for set-up costs

- The winning entries will have the opportunity to be exhibited at the Virtual Museum run by ADF

- The grand prize winner will receive PR support from the ADF Business Matching Division for one year

2022 award-winning work “The beauty of wasting” by Lisa Ogawa and Tomomi Kawashima. Image © Lisa Ogawa and Tomomi Kawashima, courtesy of ADF

Qualification Requirements

- Individual or group (up to one work proposal per group)

- Regardless of nationality

- Must be a member of ADF*

- Architecture completed within 3 years

To be an ADF member is at no cost. Registrations can be made from this link: https://www.adf.or.jp/english/app/.

Entry Fee: Free

Submissions

- Proposal (Concept of the architecture, materials, details, and design)*

- CV of the architect and designer

* The files must be merge into a single PDF ( file must be with in 10MB)
* A4-sized material of landscape orientation. must be maximum of 5 pages 

Announcement Results: Feb 28, 2024

Language: English

About ADF Design Award

ADF is a non-profit organization established in Japan in 2009 to promote and improve the social status of architects and designers around the world. ADF has formed numerous business partnerships with architects and designers worldwide and has been setting up the venue for the “Fuori Salone” in Milan during the Milano Salone since 2013. The “ADF Design Award” has grown as an international award, receiving entries from many architects and designers belonging to ADF’s affiliated associations and organizations in various countries.

Contact e-mail: [email protected].

Top image in the article courtesy of ADF.

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