013 Japan Institute of Architects’ Architecture Awards" src="http://www.uia-architectes.org/sites/default/files/styles/large_news/public/jiavisuel_0.jpg" >

The Japan Institute of Architects (JIA) announces the winners of its annual awards for architecture.

The JIA Grand Prize was awarded to FURUYA Nobuaki and YAGI Sachiko for the Freedom Learning Manor House pavilionat Jissen Gakuen junior and senior high school in Tokyo.

Four JIA Awards recognise:

• KOJIMA Kazuhiro, AKAMATSU Kazuko and ARAYA Masato for their primary school in Uto
• YAMASHITA Yasuhiro for an individual residence in Chiba prefecture
• KAMATA Masami, MAEDA Atsuo and TAHARA Yukio for their preservation and restoration of the Tokyo Station Marunouchi Building
• KAMAEI Tadao, KEII Michio, YOSHINO Shigeru, TSUCHIYA Ataru, KONISHI Atsuo and TSUCHIYA Tetsuo for the tower complex TOKYO SKYTREE® - TOKYO SKYTREE TOWN®

The JIA Young Architect Award has a twenty-five year history of recognising young talent. This year’s winners are YAITA Hisaaki and YAITA Naoko for the "PATIO" house, as well as NAGATA Naoyuki for the "Yo" house.

The Twenty-five Year Award:

Sixteen structures and their architects were recognised for the buildings’ capacity to pass the test of time and serve as a link between past and future generations of architects.

The JIA Sustainable Architecture Award recompenses a project that satisfies criteria including implementation of the Architectural Charter for a Global Environment, enacted by five architecture-related organisations, including JIA. The winning architect must successfully create social capital through aspects such as longevity, symbiosis with nature, energy performance, resource conservation and recycling, and heritage transfer.

Two realisations were honoured this year:

• The Kobe German/European school. Architects: IWAMURA Kazuo, TOJO Kazumi and ISHIZAKI Ryuichi
• House-M. Architects:TAKEUCHI Masayoshi, BABA Masataka, NAKAMURA Satoshi, KAMEOKA Masahiko

013 Japan Institute of Architects’ Architecture Awards" src="https://worldarchitecture.org/cdnimgfiles/extupload/111-7-.jpg" >

JIA Grand Prize: FURUYA Nobuaki & YAGI Sachiko, Freedom Learning Manor House

013 Japan Institute of Architects’ Architecture Awards" src="https://worldarchitecture.org/cdnimgfiles/extupload/112-1-.jpg" >

JIA Grand Prize: FURUYA Nobuaki & YAGI Sachiko, Freedom Learning Manor House

013 Japan Institute of Architects’ Architecture Awards" src="https://worldarchitecture.org/cdnimgfiles/extupload/113.jpg" >

JIA Award: KOJIMA, Kazuhiro, AKAMATSU, Kazuko & ARAYA, Primary school in Uto ©CHOTTA, Sadao

013 Japan Institute of Architects’ Architecture Awards" src="https://worldarchitecture.org/cdnimgfiles/extupload/114.jpg" >

JIA Award: KOJIMA, Kazuhiro, AKAMATSU, Kazuko & ARAYA, Primary school in Uto ©CHOTTA, Sadao

013 Japan Institute of Architects’ Architecture Awards" src="https://worldarchitecture.org/cdnimgfiles/extupload/1155.jpg" >

JIA Award: YAMASHITA Yasuhiro, "Boundary House" Individual residence in Chiba

013 Japan Institute of Architects’ Architecture Awards" src="https://worldarchitecture.org/cdnimgfiles/extupload/1177.jpg" >

JIA Award: YAMASHITA Yasuhiro, "Boundary House" Individual residence in Chiba

013 Japan Institute of Architects’ Architecture Awards" src="https://worldarchitecture.org/cdnimgfiles/extupload/119.jpg" >

JIA Award: KAMATA Masami, MAEDA Atsuo & TAHARA Yukio, Preservat° & Restorat° of the Tokyo Station Marunouchi Building ©SS TOKYO

013 Japan Institute of Architects’ Architecture Awards" src="https://worldarchitecture.org/cdnimgfiles/extupload/120-1-.jpg" >

JIA Award: KAMATA Masami, MAEDA Atsuo & TAHARA Yukio, Preservat° & Restorat° of the Tokyo Station Marunouchi Building ©SS TOKYO

013 Japan Institute of Architects’ Architecture Awards" src="https://worldarchitecture.org/cdnimgfiles/extupload/121.jpg" >

JIA Award: KAMAEI Tadao, KEII Michio, YOSHINO Shigeru, TSUCHIYA Ataru, KONISHI Atsuo & TSUCHIYA Tetsuo, TOKYO SKYTREE®

013 Japan Institute of Architects’ Architecture Awards" src="https://worldarchitecture.org/cdnimgfiles/extupload/122-2-.jpg" >

JIA Award: KAMAEI Tadao, KEII Michio, YOSHINO Shigeru, TSUCHIYA Ataru, KONISHI Atsuo & TSUCHIYA Tetsuo, TOKYO SKYTREE®

013 Japan Institute of Architects’ Architecture Awards" src="https://worldarchitecture.org/cdnimgfiles/extupload/123-1-.jpg" >

JIA Young Architect Award: "Patio" House, YAITA Hisaaki & YAITA Naoko. © SHINKENCHIKUSHA

013 Japan Institute of Architects’ Architecture Awards" src="https://worldarchitecture.org/cdnimgfiles/extupload/124.jpg" >

JIA Young Architect Award: "Patio" House, YAITA Hisaaki & YAITA Naoko. ©OGAWA, Shigeo

013 Japan Institute of Architects’ Architecture Awards" src="https://worldarchitecture.org/cdnimgfiles/extupload/1244.jpg" >

JIA Young Architect Award: "Yo" House, NAGATA Naoyuki ©Kazuo Fukunaga

013 Japan Institute of Architects’ Architecture Awards" src="https://worldarchitecture.org/cdnimgfiles/extupload/1255.jpg" >

JIA Young Architect Award: "Yo" House, NAGATA Naoyuki ©Kazuo Fukunaga

013 Japan Institute of Architects’ Architecture Awards" src="https://worldarchitecture.org/cdnimgfiles/extupload/1266.jpg" >

Kobe German/European school. Architects: IWAMURA Kazuo, TOJO Kazumi and ISHIZAKI Ryuichi

013 Japan Institute of Architects’ Architecture Awards" src="https://worldarchitecture.org/cdnimgfiles/extupload/1277.jpg" >

Kobe German/European school. Architects: IWAMURA Kazuo, TOJO Kazumi and ISHIZAKI Ryuichi

013 Japan Institute of Architects’ Architecture Awards" src="https://worldarchitecture.org/cdnimgfiles/extupload/128.jpg" >

House-M. Architects: TAKEUCHI Masayoshi, BABA Masataka, NAKAMURA Satoshi, KAMEOKA Masahiko

013 Japan Institute of Architects’ Architecture Awards" src="https://worldarchitecture.org/cdnimgfiles/extupload/129.jpg" >

House-M. Architects: TAKEUCHI Masayoshi, BABA Masataka, NAKAMURA Satoshi, KAMEOKA Masahiko

> via uia-architectes.org