Gave
Gave Residence by Michihiro Matsuo is a winner of the 2026 Bronze A' Design Award in Architecture, Building and Structure Design.
Gave is a Bronze A' Design Award winner, a much prestigious recognition granted to outstanding designs distinguished by creativity, ingenuity, and astuteness.
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This building establishes a sophisticated visual identity through the emphasis on horizontal lines and the contrasting use of materials. The imposing Ena stone base and the contrasting, floating form of the second floor create an overwhelming presence despite its low profile. The cantilever, which casts deep shadows, functions as a garage canopy while also giving the building a sense of dynamism. This is a work that stands out for its harmony of proportion and materials, permeated by a stoic aesthetic that treats cars and architecture as equals.
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Gave by Michihiro Matsuo
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Architecture, Building and Structure Design Award Winner in 2026.
Bronze Winner
Gave Residence
Gave is a Bronze A' Design Award winner, a much prestigious recognition granted to outstanding designs distinguished by creativity, ingenuity, and astuteness. Bronze winners are amply skillful and strikingly creative artifacts that authenticate the vast experience, imagination, and resourcefulness of their designers. Gave is expected to be a highly-regarded, admired, and cherished object that is notably professional and innovative. This Bronze A' Design Award-winning design incorporates best practices in art, science, design, and technology, and is excellent for its attention to detail. Gave splendidly satisfies needs, touches desires, charms feelings, and appeals to curiosity.
Winner Designer
Michihiro Matsuo
Matsuo michihiro mainly designs villas and houses. and seems to embody the new value created by the relationship between housing and society and design. Pursue design quality while securing earthquake resistance and functionality. In order to realize a low carbon society in Japan, which is a country with many earthquakes, we have selected a wooden axis for the structure, and we are challenging the possibility of making wood of houses and large buildings with earthquake resistant performance secured.
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Chishima Real Estate Co.,Ltd
Creating new value for the next generation and the next era. Chishima Real Estate is a company whose history has been etched by the Shibakawa family from the Edo period to the present day. The businesses we have inherited have changed form with the times, creating a great deal of value. Our mission is to improve the quality of our assets and businesses and pass them on to the next generation. We believe it is our responsibility to utilize the assets we have inherited for the sake of the society in which the next generation will live.
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