+ 20

• Architects

  Yamazaki Kentaro Design Workshop

• Location

  Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan

• Category

  Community center

• Architect in Charge

  Yamazaki Kentaro Design Workshop

• Area

  98.0 m2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  Akihiro Kawauchi

The Architectural Review have selected the winners of the 2015 AR Emerging Architecture Awards, billed as “the world's most popular and prestigious prize for up-and-coming architects, giving emerging practices invaluable impetus on their trajectory to wider recognition and success.” Previous award winners include Sou Fujimoto, Thomas Heatherwick, Sean Godsell, Jurgen Mayer H. and Li Xiaodong.

The award is given to completed projects, with entries consisting of buildings, interiors, landscaping, refurbishment, urban projects, temporary installations, furniture and product design. For its 17th year, the jury was comprised of architects Odile Decq, David Adjaye and Sir Peter Cook, and together they searched for what they referred to as the most “resistant” design.

Read on to see this year’s Emerging Architecture Award winners and a video with the jury on the selection process.

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+ 14

• Architects

  Yamazaki Kentaro Design Workshop

• Location

  Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

• Category

  Schools

• Architect in Charge

  Kentaro Yamazaki

• Area

  530.0 sqm

• Project Year

  2014

+ 14

• Architects

  Yamazaki Kentaro Design Workshop

• Location

  Itoman, Okinawa, Japan

• Category

  Restaurant

• Area

  84.0 sqm

• Photographs

  Nahoko Koide

+ 15

• Architects

  Yamazaki Kentaro Design Workshop

• Location

  Kashiwa, Japan

• Category

  Houses

• Area

  107.0 sqm

• Project Year

  2014

+ 21

• Architects

  Yamazaki Kentaro Design Workshop

• Location

  Sakura, Japan

• Category

  Houses

• Area

  95.0 sqm

• Photographs

  Naomi Kurozumi Architectural Photographic Office