Suvarnabhumi International Airport Terminal 2 and the Tadaur Tower have won the International Architecture Award 2024

Two projects on which Nikken Sekkei worked as a design partner have won awards at the International Architecture Award (IAA) 2024. The IAA is a long-standing international award organized by the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design and the European Center for Architecture, Art, Design, and Urban Studies, and is one of the most prestigious awards recognizing outstanding projects.

Winner / Bridges and Infrastructure Architecture Category
This is Terminal 2 of an international airport located near Bangkok, the capital of Thailand. The approximately 348,000-square-meter space was designed using two types of grids—36-meter-square and 18-meter-square—centered around columns modeled after the giant trees of the Thai jungle.Furthermore, a realistic tropical forest has been recreated in one corner of the interior, making this the world’s first airport to conduct experiments on tropical ecological systems in an artificial environment.

Client: Airport of Thailand
Architect: Duangrit Bunnag Architect (DBALP), Nikken Sekkei

Winner / High-Rise Architecture Category
This is the headquarters building of the Saudi Stock Exchange, the largest stock market in the Middle East and North Africa. Located in the King Abdullah Financial District—a new central business district developed in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia—the building embodies the region’s international competitiveness by achieving timeless landmark status, sustainability, and advanced functionality.

Client: Tadawul Real Estate LLC.
Architect: Nikken Sekkei

The awards ceremony was held on September 21 in Athens, Greece, and Nikken Sekkei was represented by Takamori Yamazaki of Executive, Design Fellow and Jan Henkens, General Manager of Global Business Department.
In addition, an exhibition featuring the award-winning projects is being held at The European Centre in Athens from September 20 to October 6.