1962 — Born in Sendai city, Japan
1988 — Master’s degree at the Department of Architecture, Waseda University, Tokyo. MA
1988-1992 — Worked at architecture firm
1995 — Founded his own firm Tono Mirai architects
2008- 2018 — Lecturer at the Department of Architecture, Maebashi Institute of Technology in Gunma
CEO Tono Mirai
First-class architect
〒389-0115
961-27 Oiwake, Karuizawa-machi, Kitasaku-gun, Nagano Prefecture
+81 (0)267-31-6264
shell@tonomirai.com
www.tonomirai.com
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2024
・TOILETOWA wins Japan Kukan Design Award Bronze and Sustainable Prize
・OYAKI FARM BY IROHADO
APDC DESIGN AWARDS, Asia Pacific Design Center, Excellence Award, Architecture Category
2023
・OYAKI FARM BY IROHADO
Finalist Prize, Wooden Construction Category, A+Award 2023, International Architecture Site Architizer, Nagano Prefecture Hometown Forestation Award, Prefectural Governor’s Award, Wood Design Award 2023, 55th Chubu Architectural Award 2023, Japan Wood Growers’ Federation (JWF) Wood Use Competition Excellence Prize, Japan Wood Growers’ Federation Chairman’s Award, Japan Wood Growers’ Federation (JWF) Finalist Prize, Wood Construction Category, International Architecture Site Architizer, Japan Wood Growers’ Federation (JWF) Nagano Prefecture Governor’s Prize, Wood Design Award 2023, 55th Chubu Architectural Award 2023, 36th Nagano City Landscape Award, Tanita Housingware Roofed Architecture Contest 2023, Jury’s Special Prize, Rain Road Design Award, and the Roofed Architecture Design Contest 2023.
・Shell House / Mori no ie
The 3rd Japan Federation of Architects & Building Engineers Associations Architectural Work Award, Incentive Award (residential and living space category), 2nd JIA Nagano Architectural Award, Honorable Mention
2022
Director-General’s Prize of the Forestry Agency, 2022 Competition for Superior Facilities Using Wood, organized by the Central Council for the Promotion of Wood Use, and BLT Built Design Awards 2022, Architectural Design Category Prize, international architecture website BLT Built Design Awards.
BUILD BUILD Architecture Awards 2022 Best Sustainable Contemporary Architecture Practice Award
2021
Wood Design Award 2021
Wood Design Award 2021
Mori Chikara Award, International Architecture Site BUILD BUILD Architecture Awards 2020 (UK), Best Residential Design Award in Japan, Best Architectural Design and Supervision Award, Architectural Institute of Japan, Japan 2020 (100 Outstanding Architectural Works)
2019
Nagano Prefecture Architectural Culture Award, Best Residential Design Award (Prefectural Governor’s Award), Jury’s Award, Residential Design Category, A+Award sponsored by Architizer, an international architecture website
2018
Wood Design Award 2018, Chubu Architectural Award, Residential Section, Special Prize
2016
Contemporary Architecture of the World Soil TERRA AWARD, Honorable Mention
Japan Institute of Architects, Kanto Koshinetsu Branch, Conference Encouragement Award
2013
Japan Plaster Association Work Award .
2011
Japan Plaster Association Award for the Best Work / Children’s Environment Society Award for Encouragement of Design / 1st Prize in the Actual Work Category for a New Traditional Construction House .
2010
Monotsukuri University, 1st Prize in the actual work section of the competition for a house with new traditional construction method .
Children’s Environment Society of Japan Award, Design Encouragement Prize
2008
Excellent Prize, Residence Renovation Competition
2006
Special Prize, Eco-Art Award
2004
Grand Prize, Renovation, Renewal & Conversion Design Competition / Honorable Mention, Interior Planning Award
1999
Nashop Lighting Contest, Newcomer Award
Nashop Lighting Contest Newcomer Award Dining Bar hana