Kito Crosby’s flagship office building, Cosmo Terrace, in Yamanashi, Japan has won the Good Design Award 2024, which recognizes excellence in design across various fields, selecting 1,000-1,500 tangible and intangible designs from over 10,000 applications each year.
Cosmo Terrace won praise for its integration of form and function, embodying the spirit of innovative design in Japan. According to the Good Design Award jury, “The building harmoniously blends with its surroundings while providing an efficient, user-friendly space. Its aesthetic simplicity and attention to detail make it an exemplary piece of modern architecture.”
The building is also certified as “Net Zero Energy Building (ZEB)” by the Ministry of Environment of Japan, which signifies that Cosmo Terrace aims to reduce the balance of primary energy consumption to zero by reducing the amount of energy consumed and producing the energy used. This is achieved through various energy savings measures such as geothermal air conditioning circulating ground water throughout the building as well as solar power generation.
Kito Crosby is no stranger to the Good Design Awards. The Kito LX lever hoist was selected for the 2003 Good Design Gold Award, an accolade given to only 12-15 designs each year, making it an extraordinary achievement for an industrial product. In 2008 the Kito CX chain hoist also won a Good Design award (G mark).
“We are deeply honored to receive this prestigious award for Cosmo Terrace. This recognition is a testament to our ongoing commitment to design excellence and innovation,” said Jun Akiyama, senior manager, General Affairs Department, Kito Crosby Japan.
“At Kito Crosby we believe great design should not only be functional but also inspire and enhance the environments we live and work in. I am proud to say our effective use of local resources was evaluated highly. We could not have won the award without the great effort of Takenaka Corp who designed and constructed this building.”
