AIA South Korea Design Award Winners

The 2025 AIA South Korea Design Awards Committee is delighted to announce this year’s winners from among many outstanding submissions. Although this marks the inaugural year of the awards, the program received an impressive number of remarkable projects, making the deliberation process highly competitive.

We extend our sincere gratitude to the independent jury panel consisting of: Ken Sungjin Min, AIA (Principal, SKM Architects), Alex Chuang, AIA (Associate Partner, JJP Architects), and Leehong Kim, AIA (Professor at Hongik University and Principal, Leehong Kim Architects).

Warmest congratulations to all of our award winners!


Winner – Small Scale

Dulwich College Seoul Senior School Library and IB Centre

Seoul, South Korea

 


Presented to 

Project : Architecture

Seoul, South Korea 

John Hong, AIA

Principal Architect

Photo Credit: ©John Hong, AIA

Winner – Small Scale

Dwelling in Gotjawal

Jeju, South Korea

 



Presented to



Kim-O Architects

Jeju, South Korea

 

Jihee Kim, KIRA

Principal Architect

Photo Credit: ©Hyochel Hwang

Winner - Small Scale

Munomi Studio

Seoul, South Korea

 

Presented to

 

Do See Rock Architecture

Seoul, South Korea

 

Jung-In Kim, AIA

Principal Architect

Photo Credit: ©Tae-Yoon Kim

Winner - Large Scale

Luxia Cheongdam 546

The River

Seoul, South Korea

 

Presented to

 

J Partners & Architects

Seoul, South Korea

 

Junghyun Paul Bae, AIA

Principal Architect

Photo Credit: ©Sungjun Hong

Winner - Large Scale

Sinsa Square

Seoul, South Korea

 

Presented to

 

Yaerhim Architects & Planners

Seoul, South Korea

 

Lim Kyu Hwang, KIRA

Principal Architect




Heejoon Jo

Secretary, AIA South Korea 

Photo Credit: ©Jaesang Lee