NOT A HOTEL
DESIGN COMPETITION
2024
UPDATE2024.11.15
We’re excited to announce the 10 finalists advancing to the final round of judging. Award recipients will be determined at the Open Review on December 21.
10 Finalists Selected
Out of 620 entries from around the world, we’ve chosen the top 10 finalists. Take a look at these outstanding works. Applications to attend the Open Review in December are still open.
Finalist
FINALIST 01
Concept"NOT" is MORE
- Entry No.
- 0145
- Team Members
- Satoshi Takae, Takaaki Murakami
- Country
- Japan
FINALIST 02
ConceptMOGURI
- Entry No.
- 0357
- Team Members
- Masato Takahashi, Yuka Hanawa
- Country
- Japan
FINALIST 03
ConceptAmbience
- Entry No.
- 0411
- Team Members
- Georgina Baronian, Sam Clovis
- Country
- United States
FINALIST 04
ConceptDISCOVERY
- Entry No.
- 0577
- Team Members
- Yuji Mukaiyama, Alyssa Ueno, Yushi Sasada, Kyohei Uchida, Anna Hamaguchi, Naoki Masuyama
- Country
- Japan
FINALIST 05
ConceptTraveling Architecture
- Entry No.
- 0722
- Team Members
- Genichi Umekawa, Haruka Fuse
- Country
- Japan
FINALIST 06
ConceptIWA
- Entry No.
- 1052
- Team Members
- Joanna Maria Lesna
- Country
- United Kingdom
FINALIST 07
ConceptMORI-HAKO
- Entry No.
- 1078
- Team Members
- Vincent Yee Foo Lai, Douglas Min Yi Lee, Xuechen Kang, River
- Country
- United States
FINALIST 08
ConceptAMONG THE GIANTS
- Entry No.
- 1081
- Team Members
- Naomi Ng, Liang Hu
- Country
- United States
FINALIST 09
ConceptNATURE WITHIN
- Entry No.
- 1130
- Team Members
- Mohamed Hassan Elgendy, Nahed Zmeter
- Country
- Italy
FINALIST 10
ConceptROCK HOUSE
- Entry No.
- 1196
- Team Members
- Richard John Seymour, Catarina de Almeida Brito
- Country
- Portugal
BEST 30
20 additional works from the Best 30 selection
- Entry No.
- 0020
- Team Members
- 横前 拓磨, Ghali Bouayad
- Country
- Japan
- Entry No.
- 0023
- Team Members
- 赤池 一仁
- Country
- Japan
- Entry No.
- 0143
- Team Members
- 幾留 温, 井上 健一, 高橋 亮
- Country
- Japan
- Entry No.
- 0313
- Team Members
- Chai Yi Yang, Ng Yi Ming
- Country
- Malaysia
- Entry No.
- 0322
- Team Members
- 福島 翔平
- Country
- Japan
- Entry No.
- 0429
- Team Members
- 高城 冬悟
- Country
- Japan
- Entry No.
- 0481
- Team Members
- 小野寺 匠吾, 鈴木 綾花, 松谷 研吾, 高橋 光汰, 織田 可久瑠
- Country
- Japan
- Entry No.
- 0617
- Team Members
- 斎藤 信吾
- Country
- Japan
- Entry No.
- 0651
- Team Members
- 中前 佑介, 石川 真一郎, 重村 茉代
- Country
- Japan
- Entry No.
- 0724
- Team Members
- 宮下 巧大, 有田 絢音, 内野 渚彩, 堀江 優太, 藤原 直矢, 近藤 弘起
- Country
- Japan
- Entry No.
- 0744
- Team Members
- 吉添 裕人, 石田 由郁, 井上 雄貴, 長田 尚文
- Country
- Japan
- Entry No.
- 0777
- Team Members
- 坂本 陽太郎, 四宮 駿介, 菊澤 拓馬, 二居 佳司
- Country
- Japan
- Entry No.
- 0845
- Team Members
- Eva, K.Y
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Entry No.
- 0905
- Team Members
- 青木 健, 吉田 朋史
- Country
- Japan
- Entry No.
- 0907
- Team Members
- Elias Kalach Hanono, Teddy Nanes, Elsa Mendoza, Fernando Zuñiga, Edgar Ruiz, Marco Agonistante, Lety Matsuda
- Country
- Mexico
- Entry No.
- 0945
- Team Members
- 服部 大祐, 服部 さおり, 甲斐 貴大
- Country
- Japan
- Entry No.
- 1111
- Team Members
- 大長 将之
- Country
- Japan
- Entry No.
- 1131
- Team Members
- Yuhao Zhu, Shouquan Sun, Zifan Liu, Mingze Sun, Siyang Qiang, Jianxin Li
- Country
- China
- Entry No.
- 1229
- Team Members
- Shivam Takulia
- Country
- India
- Entry No.
- 1247
- Team Members
- 向川 悠貴
- Country
- Japan
Second Round of Judging
Submission Requirements
Presentation file (PowerPoint, Keynote, etc.)
Please submit in PDF(Portable Document Format) in advance. Note that bringing models or other physical materials to the event is not permitted.
Judgement method
A representative from each group will deliver a 5-minute presentation, followed by a 10-minute Q&A session. We’ll evaluate the feasibility of each proposal to determine the recipients for each award, selecting a total of 10 winning works.
Date and Time
December 21, 2024 (Saturday) 11:30–17:30 (planned)
Venue
Tokyo
(details provided to selected attendees)
Results Announcement
We’ll announce the results during the Open Review and later post the awards on our competition website.
Please note that if a finalist cannot attend the second round, they will be disqualified.
Additional Information
NOT A HOTEL will cover travel expenses for one representative per group.
Schedule
Early November 2024
BEST30 announced First round of judging completed
Friday, November 15, 2024
Announcement of the finalists (10 works) who passed the first round of judging
Saturday, December 21, 2024
Second round of judging (Open Review) and awards ceremony
Award recipients (10 works) will be announced on the special website at a later date.
Open Review
- Date
- December 21, 2024 (Saturday) 11:30–17:30 (planned)
- Location
- Tokyo(details provided to selected attendees)