DISTINCTIONS & AWARDS​​​

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2025             Red Dot Design Award: Product Design 2025 

                     in Interior Architecture and Interior Design,

                     Red Dot GmbH & Co. KG, DE  View More

2025             iF Design Award 2025

                     in Interior Architecture Discipline, Public Interiors Category,

                     iF International Forum Design GmbH, DE  View More

2025             AZ Awards 2025

                     Award of Merit in Commercial & Institutional Interiors,

                     Azure Magazine, CA  View More

2025             NYCxDesign Awards

                     Honoree in Civic/Institutional Category, NYCxDesign, US  View More

2025             WAN America Awards    

                     Judge Panel, World Architecture News, London, UK  View More

2024             Interior Design Magazine Best of Year Award 2024

                     Best of Year Honoree, Interior Design Magazine, US  View More

2024             WAN America Awards    

                     Judge Panel, World Architecture News, London, UK 

2022             WAN Awards 

                     Judge Panel, World Architecture News, London, UK           

2020             WAN Awards 

                     Judge Panel, World Architecture News, London, UK

2019             WAN Awards 2019

                     Silver Prize, World Architecture News, London, UK​​

2019             100 Architects of the year 2019

                     Union internationale des architects (UIA),

                     Korean Institute of Architecture (KIA), Seoul, Korea​​

2012             Lori Ledis Emerging Curator Program

                     Bric Art, Media, BKLYN, Brooklyn, US​​   View More

2011             Fellow, International Exchange Program of Arts and Culture

                     Arts Council Korea, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Korea

2011             Fellow, Next Generation Design Leaders   View More

                     The Korea Institution of Design Promotion (KIDP),

                     Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy of Korea (MOTIE), 

                     (former Ministry of Knowledge & Economy of Korea), Seoul, Korea

2011             I.D. 2011 Annual Design Review 

                     Honorable Mention in Graphics Category, New York, US

2009             Incheon International Design Award (IIDA) 2009,

                     Finalists & Merit Award, Incheon, Korea

2006             eVolo 06 Skyscraper Architectural Competition

                     Grand Prize, New York, US

2006             Fellow, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) Prize, Traveling Fellowship

                     SOM Foundation, Chicago, US​   View More

2006             Matthew Del Gaudio Memorial Award

                     New York Society of Architect, New York, US

2000             Shinkenchiku Residential Design Competition 2000

                     Honorable Mention, Tokyo, Japan​​​​​​​​   View More