{"id":577247,"date":"2026-03-31T22:56:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T22:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/577247\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T22:56:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T22:56:12","slug":"villa-inspired-by-sound-of-rain-wins-not-a-hotel-2026-competition-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/577247\/","title":{"rendered":"Villa inspired by sound of rain wins NOT A HOTEL 2026 competition | News"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Australian architect Steven Chu has won the Grand Prize for the NOT A HOTEL DESIGN COMPETITION 2026<\/a>. Organized by NOT A HOTEL<\/a>, which has collaborated with several notable architects on hospitality projects in Japan<\/a>, the competition for architects under 40 received 1,058 entries from 112 countries and regions.<\/p>\n

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The competition was set on the southern Japanese island of Yakushima, and called for ideas to integrate a home\/villa and hotel into the natural surroundings. The island is a UNESCO World Heritage site famed for its deep nature, millennial-old Yakusugi trees, white sandy coastlines, and moss-covered rocks.<\/p>\n

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Chu\u2019s winning entry, titled \u2018Sound of Rain,\u2019 was praised by the organizers as being \u201can extremely powerful proposal that connects nature, architecture, and the hospitality experience at a high level.\u201d Having been awarded the first prize by a jury comprising Bjarke Ingels<\/a>, Sou Fujimoto<\/a>, and Masamichi Katayama, the scheme will now be developed for construction.<\/p>\n

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