Japan & China dominate first MIPIM Asia Awards

Japan & China dominate first MIPIM Asia Awards

November 28, 2007

28 - 30 November 2007, Convention and Exhibition Centre,
Hong Kong

    HONG KONG, Nov. 28 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Property
projects based in Japan and China dominated the inaugural
MIPIM Asia Awards, designed to honour the most innovative
and outstanding buildings in Asia.  Entries from the two
countries won in six of the seven competition categories,
with the Special Jury Award going to the Tokyo Midtown
Project.  The MIPIM Asia Awards took place at the Hong Kong
Convention and Exhibition Centre on November 28, as part of
the second edition of MIPIM Asia.

    Real estate projects in Japan won in three categories
-- Business Centres, Mixed-Use Buildings and Green
Buildings. China-based entries won the Shopping Centres,
Hotels & Tourism Resorts and Futura Projects
categories.  The remaining category of Residential
Developments went to Singapore. 

    Over 100 projects from 15 different countries across
the Asia Pacific region were originally submitted to the
MIPIM Asia Awards.  In September, the international jury
selected three finalists for each of the seven competition
categories.  

    "The jury was impressed by the large number of
high quality submissions from across the region and in all
categories. The selection of the nominations and winners
was therefore a difficult process. The quality of the final
projects is a testimony to the high standards in Asian real
estate today," commented Robert Lie, president of the
jury and Chairman of ING Real Estate Investment Management
Asia (Hong Kong).
  
    The vibrancy of the real estate industry in the Asia
Pacific was reflected in the number of entrants.  Out of
the participating countries, China submitted the largest
number of projects (29), followed by Singapore (13), Hong
Kong (12), India (8), The United Arab Emirates (8), Japan
(7), Australia (6), Thailand (4), South Korea (4) and
Vietnam (4).  Other competition entries were received from
Macau, Indonesia, the Philippines, the Maldives and Sri
Lanka.   

    MIPIM ASIA AWARDS 2007 winners:

    Business Centres:  
    Osaka Bar Association 
    Osaka, Japan
    Architect:  Nikken Sekkei Ltd
    Developers: Hang Lung Properties Ltd.

    Shopping Centres:  
    Elements -- Hong Kong S.A.R., China
    Architect:  Benoy Ltd & Aedas
    Developers:  MTR Co. Ltd.

    Residential Developments:  
    The Berth by the Cove 
    Singapore
    Architect:  Axis Architects Planners
    Developers:  Ho Bee Group

    Mixed-Use Buildings:  
    Tokyo Midtown Project
    Tokyo, Japan
    Architect:  Nikken Sekkei Ltd.
    Developers:  Mitsui Fudosan Company Ltd.

    Hotels and Tourism Resorts:
    
    Banyan Tree Lijiang
    Li Jiang, Yunnan Province, China
    Architect:  Architrave Design & Planning
    Developers:  Banyan Tree Holdings Ltd.

    Green Buildings:
    Research Institute for Humanity & Nature
    Kyoto, Japan
    Architect:  Takashi Okamoto; Nikken Sekkei Ltd.
    Developers:  Tokyu Community, Ltd., and Nikken Sekkei
Ltd. 

    Futura Projects:
    Dongton Eco-city 
    Shanghai, China 
    Architect:  Arup
    Developers:  Shanghai Industrial Investment Co.

    Special Jury Award
    Tokyo Midtown Project
    Tokyo, Japan
    Architect: Nikken Sekkei Ltd.
    Developers: Mitsui Fudosan Company Ltd.

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