"Japanese Red Cross Ashikaga Hospital" won the Grand Prize at the 1st International NVTG IFHE Building Award.

The NVTG (Dutch Association for Healthcare and Welfare Facilities), the host organization of the “24th IFHE (International Federation for Hospital Equipment)” held in The Hague, Netherlands, in April 2016, launched a global recognition program to solicit outstanding architectural projects in the healthcare sector and selected the winners of the 1st International Healthcare and Welfare Architecture Awards.

Forty entries were received from around the world, including two from Japan. The entries were evaluated based on three criteria—Physical Wellbeing (physical satisfaction and comfort), Mental Wellbeing (mental satisfaction and comfort), and Social Wellbeing (social satisfaction)—and the Japanese Red Cross Ashikaga Hospital was awarded the Grand Prize.