AIA Shanghai is pleased to announce our 5th annual China Design Excellence Awards (CDEA) winners and celebrate China's best design and designers.

The AlA CDEA is one of the most respected programs in the architectural profession. The purpose of the CDEA program is to encourage and recognize distinguished architectural achievements of architects, clients, and consultants. Collectively they work to improve the built environment by shaping the quality of life through design excellence.

The award program this year includes four award tiers, HONOR, MERIT, CITATION and FINALIST.


Small Projects: Interior Architecture

  • Project area must not exceed 5,000 square meters in total area.

  • Eligible projects include those with new construction and/or renovation/additions to existing interior spaces.

  • Eligible submissions can only include interior architecture and spaces.

  • Projects in which over half of the work is Interior Decoration (primarily application of color and materials) and specifying furniture and other non-permanently installed products are not eligible.

  • There are no specific requirements or limitations on program types.

 

Small Projects: Architecture

  • Project area must not exceed 5,000 square meters in total area.

  • Eligible projects include those with new construction and/or renovation/additions to existing interior spaces.

  • Eligible submissions are focused on exterior architecture work only but can include interior design.

  • There are no specific requirements or limitations on program types.

 

URBAN DESIGN & PLANNING

  • Eligible projects include those with new construction and/or renovation/additions to existing buildings.

  • Eligible submissions must be multiple-city blocks, district-wide or city-wide planning projects exceeding 1 square kilometer in size.

  • There is no minimum criteria on program types within the master plan area.

 

Adaptive Re-use / Regeneration / Historic Preservation: Urban Design

  • This category is exclusively intended for projects where integration with existing buildings is a central focus of the project.

  • The amount of re-used, regenerated existing buildings must be at least 1/4 of the total site area.

  • There are no year requirements related to historic preserved projects; however, the existing projects must be officially recognized with government-registered historic designation.

  • The range in project size for this category is above one square kilometer.

  • There are no minimum criteria on program types within the master plan area.

 

Adaptive Re-use / Regeneration / Historic Preservation: Architecture

  • This category is exclusively intended for projects where integration with existing buildings is a central focus of the project.

  • The amount of re-used, regenerated existing buildings must be at least 1/4 of the total site area.

  • There are no year requirements related to historic preserved projects; however, the existing projects must be officially recognized with government-registered historic designation.

  • The range in project size for this category is below one square kilometer.

  • Projects that consist of one or few buildings, or a whole campus or district, are eligible.

  • There are no minimum criteria on program types within the master plan area.

 

Architecture : Academic & Campus

  • Eligible projects include those with new construction and/or renovation/additions to existing buildings.

  • Eligible submissions are independent, building projects comprising of no more than a small cluster of buildings (approximately 1-3 buildings).

  • Scope does not require but can include Interior Design scope.

  • Project must include majority the program to include K-12, higher education (university) or other institutions of learning program.

 

Architecture : Healthcare / Institutional / Civic

  • Eligible projects include those with new construction and/or renovation/additions to existing buildings.

  • Eligible submissions are independent, building projects comprising of no more than a small cluster of buildings (approximately 3-5 buildings).

 

Architecture : Commercial & Mixed Use

  • Eligible projects include those with new construction and/or renovation/additions to existing buildings.

  • Eligible submissions are independent, building projects comprising of no more than a small cluster of buildings (approximately 3-5 buildings).

  • Scope does not require but can include Interior Design scope.

  • Project must include majority the program to include office, retail, or hospitality program.


(Project names are listed in alphabetical order)



AIRMIX Lifestyle Concept Store

SpActrum


AVATAR HONG KONG
Woods Bagot


Century Pavilion for 10th China Flower Expo
East China Architectural Design&Research Institute


Chengdu Tianfu International Conference Center
Tanghua Architect & Associates


Chongqing Gaoke Group Ltd Office Project
Aedas


Greening Improvement of Gushuyuan (Phase I design)
L&A Design


Guangzhou Baietan Julong Bay District Urban Design
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill


Hall of Immortality at Longshan Cemetery
Studio 10


Hangzhou Hanggang Station Transit Oriented Development
SOM


Hefei BOE Hospital
HKS Architects (China) Ltd.


Hongshan Lake Civil Park
L&A Design


Liangzhu New Town - Hangzhou North Sub-CBD
AECOM


Living Aesthetics Pavilions Ningbo Taoli Chunfeng Town
gad - 上海杰地建筑设计有限公司


Mountain & Sea Art Museum
gad - 上海杰地建筑设计有限公司


Nanjing Garden EXPO Indigo Resort
HKS Architects (China) Ltd.


Nanxun Museum
The Architectural Design & Research Institute of Zhejiang University Co., Ltd. (UAD)


OCT Group Chaohu Natural And Culture Center
上海前及建筑设计事务所(普通合伙)


Putuo Caoyang Centennial Park
ATELIER LIU YUYANG ARCHITECTS


Quzhou Lixian Future Community (resettlement housing)
gad


Shangen Blossom Pavilion
SpActrum


Shanghai Astronomy Museum
ennead architects LLP


Shenzhen Skypark
Crossboundaries


SHUI ON WORKX SOCIAL
M MOSER ASSOCIATES


The City Rendezvous - Duolun Road Mixed Development Project
DP Architects


The Qinchang Village Town Hall
Studio 10


Tianyuan olive oil factory - a journey between the form and formless
DU Studio


Times Guangzhou E-PARK Phase II
Atelier Ping Jiang / EID Arch


Vanke·City Growth Hall
More Design Office


Wenzhou Kean University Ge Hekai Hall
Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners


Yazhou Bay Science & Technology City Industry Promotion Center
Gensler


2022 CDEA Committees Team

Kathy Zhu, Assoc. AIA, 2022 President

Anderson Hsieh, AIA, 2022 Vice-president / 2023 President

Johnny Chen, AIA, 2022 Treasurer

Ziwen Cai, Assoc. AIA, 2022 Secretary

Yuchang Chang, AIA

Vikki Lew, AIA

Jamar Rock, Assoc. AIA

Arturo Veve, AIA

Dandan Yu, AIA 

Leilei Zhang, AIA

Julian Wei, AIA 

Yvana Wang, AIA 

Jingbo Yan, AIA 

Hacken Li

Xudong Zhao