OPEN has won the "Architect of the Year" in Dezeen Awards China 2023.

Judges comments: “OPEN Architecture has consistently produced architecture that is radical and poetic but also functional. Its daring work strikes a rare balance between the man-made and the natural, with often spectacular results.”

Dezeen Awards China is a new regional edition of Dezeen Awards to celebrate the best architecture, interiors and design projects from studios based in China. 

Organised by Dezeen, the world's most influential architecture and design website, it will act as the ultimate accolade for architects and designers working in China and provide international recognition from around the globe.

AIA International Design Awards ceremony was held in Mexico City November 2, 2023. Shanfeng Academy designed by OPEN won the Honor Award for Architecture. 

AIA International is the broadest geographical component of the American Institute of Architects. The AIA International Design Awards recognize best practices, innovative thinking, and design excellence of AIA members’ projects worldwide. 

The AIA International Design Awards Program was established in 2014. It aims to share the importance of architecture and of the role of architects to design for people and planet, towards a future of health, inclusivity and stewardship.

The American Institute of Architects Shanghai Chapter announced the 2022 China Design Excellence Awards (CDEA) winners, and the Chapel of Sound designed by OPEN Architecture won the Honor Award, the highest recognition of achievement.

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 the 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 Pingshan Performing Arts Center designed by OPEN was selected as the only project from China and Asia for the UK 2023 Civic Trust Awards Regional Finalist. 

As a representative work of OPEN's six cultural projects, the building is included in "Reinventing Cultural Architecture: A Radical Vision by OPEN", published by Rizzoli.

The Civic Trust Awards scheme was established in 1959 to recognize outstanding architecture, planning, and design in the built environment. Besides rewarding architecture or design excellence, the awards believe that successful projects should also exhibit strong sustainability credentials, a high level of accessible and universal design, and a positive civic contribution.

The Best Public Building: Wallpaper* Design Awards 2023 has been announced, celebrating Chapel of Sound, China, by OPEN Architecture as the finest piece of public architecture of the year. 

Wallpaper* is the global design authority, leading the way in architecture, design, art, entertaining, beauty & grooming, transport, technology, fashion, and watches & jewellery. It continues to change the way the world thinks about design.

The shortlist for the Best Public Building includes the RCA campus, UK, by Herzog de Meuron, Valley Gallery, Japan, Tadao Ando, ‘The Plus’ Vestre factory, Norway, by BIG, and Bob Dylan Centre, USA, by Olson Kundig.

ARTnews, the world's oldest and most widely circulated art magazine, has unveiled a list of The 25 Best Museum Buildings of the Past 100 Years recently. OPEN's Tank Shanghai project was at the 9th place on the list.

OPEN converted five former aviation fuel tanks into a sprawling museum for a diverse array of contemporary art. Sited along the Huangpu River, with a stunning view of the Shanghai skyline, the institution’s chic post-industrial vibes testify to the city’s rapid developments since the 1990s.

ARTnews calls this project "a textbook example of adaptive reuse—the process by which architects repurpose defunct structures for modern functions, instead of tearing them down and starting from scratch. "

Chapel of Sound designed by OPEN wins 2022 ArchDaily Building of the Year Awards in the Cultural Architecture category. Other candidates in this category include Tadao Ando, Herzog & de Meuron, and David Chipperfield Architects.
ArchDaily is the largest architecture website worldwide. Elected by its readers, the Building of the Year Awards is an internationally renowned annual event. With over 100,000 votes cast during the last three weeks, the winners of the 2022 ArchDaily Building of the Year Awards are announced. This peer-based, crowdsourced architecture award showcases projects chosen by ArchDaily readers who filtered thousands of projects down to the 15 best works featured on ArchDaily in 2021.

The winners of ARCASIA Awards for Architecture 2021 were announced on October 31, 2021. OPEN’ UCCA Dune Art Museum won a Gold Medal in the Social and Cultural Buildings category, while Tank Shanghai won a Special Award for Sustainable Architecture.

Established by the Architects Regional Council Asia (ARCASIA), the annual award aims to commend the outstanding architectural works of Asian architects, enhance the built environment and the role of architects and architecture in the social, economic and cultural development of Asian countries.

OPEN’s under-construction project Sun Tower along the coast of Yantai, Shandong has been selected as the only winner of the Jeu d’Esprit Prize by AR Future Project Awards 2021.

The AR Future Project Awards are held by The Architectural Review, celebrating unbuilt and incomplete architecture and urban projects around the globe that excels in different aspects. Since 2002 and held for 20 years, the awards have become one of the most influential among the industry. 

The UCCA Dune Art Museum designed by OPEN is granted the Grand Award by DFA Design for Asia Awards 2020. 

The DFA Design for Asia Awards is the flagship program of the Hong Kong Design Centre, celebrating design excellence and acknowledging outstanding designs with Asian perspectives. Since its launch in 2003, the DFA Design for Asia Awards has been a stage upon which design talents and corporations can showcase their design projects internationally.