DISTINCTIONS & AWARDS​​​

2025             Red Dot Award: Product Design 2025 (in Interior Architecture and Interior Design)

                     Red Dot GmbH & Co. KG, DE

2025             iF Design Award 2025, (in the Interior Architecture Discipline, Public Interiors Category)

                     iF International Forum Design GmbH, DE

2024             Best of Year Award 2024 Honoree

                     Interior Design Magazine, Sandow, US

2024             Judge Panel

                     WAN (World Architecture News) America Awards 2024

2022, 2020   Judge Panel

                     WAN (World Architecture News) Awards 2020 & 2022​​​​

2019             WAN Awards 2019 Silver Prize

                     World Architecture News, London, UK​​

2019             100 Architects of the year 2019

                     Union internationale des architects (UIA, International Union of Architects),

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

2012.            Fellow, Lori Ledis Emerging Curator Program

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

2011             Fellow, International Exchange Program of Arts and Culture

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

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

2011             Fellow, Next Generation Design Leaders

                     The Korea Institution of Design Promotion (KIDP),

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

2011             Honorable Mention

                     I.D. 2011 Annual Design Review Graphics Category, New York, US

2009             Finalists & Merit Award

                     Incheon International Design Award (IIDA) 2009, Incheon, Korea

2006             Grand Prize

                     eVolo 06 Skyscraper Architectural Competition, New York, US

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

                     SOM Foundation, Chicago, US​

2006             Matthew Del Gaudio Memorial Award

                     New York Society of Architect, New York, US

2000             Honorable Mention

                     Shinkenchiku Residential Design Competition 2000, Tokyo, Japan​​​​​​​​