The award was announced at the Vietnam Association of Architects' annual ceremony, recognizing residential projects with clear contributions in climate-responsive design.
About the honored project
An Phu Villa is a compact rectangular volume on a corner plot in Da Nang, exposed to harsh west sun all afternoon. Rather than fighting it with curtains and air conditioning, the design turns all living spaces inward toward a courtyard with a water feature, while the street-facing side is shielded by a precast concrete louver system.
Recognition from the jury
The jury praised how the project solves the climate challenge through passive architecture rather than relying entirely on mechanical systems — an approach they believe deserves wider adoption as energy costs continue to rise.
"This award belongs to the entire team who pursued this scheme from the very first sketches, and to the homeowner who trusted a solution that didn't follow the usual playbook." — Architect Truong Nghia
This is the ninth architecture award Truong Nghia Architecture has received since its founding in 2011, and the first time the firm has won the top prize in the Residential category. We see it as motivation to keep pursuing design solutions that put the comfort of the people living in them first, rather than chasing surface-level form.
