Echoes Shinmachi
Echoes Shinmachi Mixed Use Building by Hyunsoon Park is a winner of the 2026 Silver A' Design Award in Architecture, Building and Structure Design.
Echoes Shinmachi is a Silver A' Design Award winner, an extraordinarily prestigious recognition granted to top-of-the-line, gorgeous, and impressive designs.
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Echoes Shinmachi is a mixed-use building in Kumamoto that reinterprets tradition through contemporary innovation. The design combines reinforced concrete for durability with timber for lightness, establishing a balance of strength and refinement. Locally fired brickwork, laid by skilled craftsmen, reflects cultural heritage while ensuring resilience. Each floor incorporates riverside terraces that encourage seasonal engagement and community life. Through its hybrid structure, material contrasts, and integration of sustainable practice, the project stands as a modern landmark bridging history.
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Echoes Shinmachi by Hyunsoon Park
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Mixed Use Building
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Architecture, Building and Structure Design Award Winner in 2026.
Silver Winner
Echoes Shinmachi Mixed Use Building
Echoes Shinmachi is a Silver A' Design Award winner, an extraordinarily prestigious recognition granted to top-of-the-line, gorgeous, and impressive designs. Silver winners are tremendously brilliant and exceedingly creative works that illustrate the outstanding expertise, talent, and acuity of their designers. Echoes Shinmachi is expected to be a wonderful, showpiece work that is remarkably professional and profoundly innovative. This Silver A' Design Award-winning design is a highly notable, admired invention that benefits and advances the boundaries of art, science, design, and technology. Echoes Shinmachi is a vastly envied creation that evokes desires, introduces positive feelings, and sparkles amazement and wonderment.
Winner Designer
Hyunsoon Park
Hyunsoon Park is a First-Class Licensed Architect in Japan and the founder of LaundryRice Architects, established in Tokyo in 2023. He studied at Hong-ik University in Korea and Politecnico di Milano in Italy, and gained professional experience at Nikken Sekkei in Japan, building a career that spans diverse cultural and professional contexts. His architectural approach emphasizes connecting people with place, integrating history, culture, and everyday life. He contributes to society by creating spaces that make visible the layers of time and provide opportunities for reflection and belonging.
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Kosugi Real Estate Co., Ltd.
Kosugi Real Estate Co., Ltd., founded in 1985 and headquartered in Kumamoto, is a leading company in real estate development, sales, leasing, and management. Widely recognized as a representative enterprise of Kumamoto, it plays a vital role in shaping the city’s urban growth.
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