2025.07.29

VOL. 414

Award&Competition
	Design Anthology Awards 2025 Entry Closes July 31
	ADF Aoyama Design Forum is proud to sponsor the Design Anthology Awards 2025, a prestigious program that celebrates outstanding design talent across the Asia-Pacific region. As a supporter of creative excellence in architecture, interiors, and product design, we are pleased to promote this initiative that recognizes innovation and cultural impact throughout the design industry.

ADF gallery
	ADF Art Gallery Project Vol.34: HARUNA SHIKATA Solo Exhibition ¡ÈOverwrite¡É
	From August 1 (Fri) to August 9 (Sat), 2025, the solo exhibition ¡ÈOverwrite¡É by artist HARUNA SHIKATA will be held at GARDE Gallery in Tokyo. Exhibition Information: Period: Friday, August 1 – Saturday, August 9, 2025 Hours: 11:00 – 18:00 (Closes at 16:00 on the final day) Venue: Aoyama Design Forum (ADF) GARDE Gallery, 4F NBF ALLIANCE Bldg., 5-2-1 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo Admission: Free

ADF gallery
	ADF Art Gallery Project-Would you exhibit your works for free?
	Omotesando has a renowned reputation as a source of innovative art. The artworks are exhibited in our gallery in a great place where people with a deep understanding of art.

Trend Reports
	¡ÚADF Web Magazine¡ÛApartment-style residential community: Catherine Commons by ikon.5 architects
	Catherine Commons is an apartment-style residential community for the Cornell University off-campus student population in the Collegetown district of Ithaca, New York, designed by ikon.5 architects. The project consists of six residential buildings located on two adjacent sites: Catherine North and Catherine South. Prominently lining the main artery of College Avenue and gracefully stepping down in height towards residential neighborhoods and the City of Ithaca, Catherine Commons includes studio, 1-, 2-, and 3-bedroom apartments, all with private bedrooms and bathrooms and access to retail and recreational amenities including a fitness center and indoor and outdoor community courtyards.

Trend Reports
	¡ÚADF Web Magazine¡ÛI Do Not Come to You By Chance | Amoako Boafo¡Çs Portraiture in Dialogue with Architecture at Gagosian Lon
	At Gagosian Mayfair in London, I Do Not Come to You By Chance marks Ghanaian artist Amoako Boafo¡Çs first solo exhibition in the city. The exhibition was spatially designed by architect Glenn DeRoche of DeRoche Projects, continuing a series of collaborations with Boafo that includes the writers¡Ç and curators¡Ç residency dot.ateliers¡ÃOgbojo in Accra and the Volta Pavilion, constructed using reclaimed timber from Ghana¡Çs Volta Region.Approaching the exhibition as a ¡Èmode of translation,¡É DeRoche reinterprets the communal and cultural context underpinning Boafo¡Çs work into spatial form. Two architectural interventions anchor the exhibition: Courtyard Pavilion in Gallery 1 and Nkyinkyim in Gallery 2. Both spaces treat architecture not as a neutral backdrop but as a medium that amplifies the themes found in Boafo¡Çs portraiture—strength, resilience, and collective identity.

Trend Reports
	¡ÚADF Web Magazine¡ÛBuji Residences by Ballistic Architecture Machine (BAM) wins Global Award for Color at the 2025 Architize
	The Buji Residences, a long-term project by Ballistic Architecture Machine (BAM), has been honored with the Architecture + Color category award at the 2025 Architizer A+ Awards. The prestigious award recognizes the design¡Çs use of color tuned to the tropical light conditions of Buji¡Çs mountaintop site. Renowned for its competitiveness across architecture, landscape, and interior design fields, this A+ Award is also a testament to the project¡Çs seamless integration of landscape and architectural form.

Service
	ADF Supports CSR Project
	Awards are an option that is still not widely available in Japan. Let's be among the first to discover and develop new and fresh talent. Incorporating "awards" as part of CSR activities into your corporate strategy can significantly increase your company's visibility in the public eye. The word "awards" is in common use worldwide, and your awards business will be recognized as a cultural and social contribution activity. ADF supports your awards program and accelerates your cultural and social contribution activities and branding. There are awards that can only be provided by ADF, which has many connections around the world.