VTN Architects, the company of well-known Vietnamese architect Vo Trong Nghia, won Asia's Most Influential Designer Award.
The award (AMIDA) is part of the Designer of The Year Awards DOTY, organized by ACG Media in Kuala Lumpur.
VTN Architects also took home two prizes at BLT Built Design Awards 2021. In the category Architecture design - Hospitality, the firm's Castaway Island project received the title "Jury Top Picks". Stepping Park House won the category "Architecture design - Residential."
This annual program aims to celebrate projects, people, and their passion for the industry through a rigorous judging process.
Vo Trong Nghia was nominated because his creations exemplify the greatest levels of inventiveness, ethical behavior, and social responsibility, the award organizers said.
Both projects had previously received significant domestic and international recognition at Architizer A + Awards 2021, LOOP Design Awards 2020, DFA Design for Asia Awards 2020, National Architecture Award, ARCASIA Gold Award 2019, FuturArc Green Leadership 2019, and Dezeen Awards 2019.
VTN Architects, founded in 2006, has grown to become an industry leader in Vietnam, with offices in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi and a team of over 60 foreign architects, engineers, and staff.
Castaway Island Resort is located on a small island in the Cat Ba archipelago in Hai Phong city, a popular tourist attraction in northern Vietnam. These bamboo-structured homes with pitched roofs provide tourists with a unique sense of Vietnamese culture while minimizing harmful environmental impacts.
Stepping Park House in HCMC was designed to create an environment similar to a forest, despite being indoors, VTN Architects stated on its website.