HKIA Annual Awards 2025 - Shortlist Announcement
Date: 19 September 2025

This year HKIA received an overwhelming amount of nominations from members. We are delighted to announce the shortlist of HKIA Annual Awards 2025 as follows after the scoring and discussion of our jury panels:-

HKIA Medal of the Year of Hong Kong (27 Shortlisted) - In alphabetical order:

 33 Kennedy Road (Residential (Single Building / Twin Buildings))
 369 Hennessy Road (Office)
 83 King Lam Street (Office)
 Art Museum of The Chinese University of Hong Kong - Lo Kwee Seong Pavilion (Institutional Building)
 Chuen Yuen First Primary School (Institutional Building)
 CityU HK Lee Shau Kee Student Residence Village (Residential (Multiple Buildings))
 East Coast Boardwalk — Boardwalk Underneath Island Eastern Corridor (Open Space and Park)
 East Kowloon Cultural Centre (Civic & Communal Building)
 Expansion of the Legislative Council Complex (Office)
 Grand Victoria (Residential (Multiple Buildings))
 HKFYG Jockey Club Stanley Outdoor Training Camp (Institutional Building)
 Home Ownership Scheme Development at Chiu Shun Road, Tseung Kwan O (Chiu Ming Court) (Public / Subsidized Housing)
 Kai Tak Sports Park (Civic & Communal Building)
 Kimpton Tsim Sha Tsui Hong Kong and The Mariners (Hotel)
 Kowloon Tsai Swimming Pool Complex (Civic & Communal Building)
 Kwai Chung Hospital (Institutional Building)
 Mixed-use development at Shing Kai Road, Kai Tak (Mixed-use Building)
 MOETOWN (Hotel)
 NOVO LAND (Residential (Multiple Buildings))
 OMA OMA (Residential (Single Building / Twin Buildings))
 Pano Harbour (Residential (Multiple Buildings))
 Project Plum Grove II: Restoring Old House for Village Community (House)
 Public Housing Development at Hin Fat Lane – Hin Fat Estate (Public / Subsidized Housing)
 Recycling Station (Wong Tai Sin) (Industrial/ Infrastructural Building)
 Revitalization of Tsui Ping River (Open Space and Park)
 Shing Fung Road Park,  Kai Tak Development: Stage 4 Infrastructure at the Former  Runway and South Apron (Open Space and Park)                    
 Society for Community Organization Transitional Social Housing (Public / Subsidized Housing)

 

HKIA Medal of the Year Outside Hong Kong (13 Shortlisted) - In alphabetical order:

 A 'Knowledge Oasis' Brimming with Vitality—Shenzhen Middle School Guangming Science City School (Institutional Building)  
 Chengdu Intelligent Harbour (Mixed-use Building)
 Columbia Circle Phase II (Retail)
 Green Shore Residence Phase II (Residential (Multiple Buildings))
 Macau M8 (Retail)
 Nanhu Place (Retail)
 Shenzhen OCT St. Regis Hotel (Hotel)
 Shenzhen Transsion Holdings Headquarters (Office)
 Shenzhen Universiade World (Mixed-use Building)
 The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (Phase II) (Institutional Building)
 Yantai Penglai International Airport Terminal 2 (Industrial/ Infrastructural Building)
 Yohoo Museum (Civic & Communal Building)
 Zhida HQ Regen (Mixed-use Building)


HKIA Award for Small Projects - President's Prize (3 Shortlisted) - In alphabetical order:

 Centre Street Soeng5 Lok6
 Project Plum Grove II: Restoring Old House for Village Community
 Reconstruction of Hong Kong Observatory's Tai Po Kau Tide Gauge Station

 

HKIA Special Award (28 Shortlisted) - In alphabetical order:

 Advancing Net Zero – Low Carbon Urban Hub (Sustainable Architecture)
 Boundless Ground-Scrapers, A Symbiotic Future—Hong Kong Northern Metropolis Planning (Unbuilt Projects)
 Building 6W for Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (Interior Design)
 CityU HK Lee Shau Kee Student Residence Village (Human & Social Inclusion)
 Former Lau Fau Shan Police Station - Hong Kong Guide Dogs Academy (Heritage & Adaptive Re-use)
 Home Ownership Scheme Development at Chiu Shun Road, Tseung Kwan O (Chiu Ming Court) (Human & Social Inclusion)
 Hong Kong Science Park – Building 18W (Technology or Innovative Architecture)
 KAI TAK PROMENADE (METRO PARK SECTION) (Human & Social Inclusion)
 Kai Tak Sports Park (Technology or Innovative Architecture)
 Kai Tak Sports Park (Human & Social Inclusion)
 kikusan (Interior Design)
 Kuk Po Vision: Adpative Reuse  Kai Choi School, Kuk Po Common, School Plaza, Eco Toilet (Heritage & Adaptive Re-use)
 NetWork (Architectural Installation, Curation & Exhibition Design)
 Phase II Development of Oil Street Art Space (Urban Design & Master Planning)
 Project Plum Grove II: Restoring Old House for Village Community (Heritage & Adaptive Re-use)
 ProVista InnoPark (Sustainable Architecture)
 Publication Title: "Curating Homes: A Guide to Residential Design for Ageing-in-Place" (Research & Publication)
 Redevelopment of St. Paul’s Hospital, Final Phase – Chapel Garden, Building and Basement Extension (Human & Social Inclusion)
 Sai Kung Hoi Arts Festival 2022-2024 (Architectural Installation, Curation & Exhibition Design)
 SFMC Mosque (Unbuilt Projects)
 Shing Fung Road Park,  Kai Tak Development: Stage 4 Infrastructure at the Former  Runway and South Apron (Sustainable Architecture)                                
 Thai Basil (Interior Design)
 Tidal Stories (Architectural Installation, Curation & Exhibition Design)
 Urban Living Lab (Human & Social Inclusion)
 Urban Living Lab (Sustainable Architecture)
 Vita in Movemento (Architectural Installation, Curation & Exhibition Design)
 Well-being of Public Housing in Hong Kong - Well-being Design Guide (Research & Publication)
 WWF Jockey Club Mai Po Peter Scott Visitor Centre (Human & Social Inclusion)

 

Further adjudication will be conducted in the coming weeks and HKIA will email contact shortlisted project coordinators to arrange site visit or presentations shortly.

Thank you.