Honored with Awards for Five Consecutive Years
Jinju City Gains Recognition as a Leading City in Wooden Architecture
Jinju City in South Gyeongsang Province announced on November 10 that the 'Jinyangho Woodland Annex Building' had received the 'Special Award' at the 2025 Korea Wooden Architecture Exhibition, which was held at the Seoul Energy Dream Center.
The Korea Wooden Architecture Exhibition, established in 2003 and hosted by the Korea Forest Service and organized by the Korea Association of Wooden Architecture, is a leading national competition for wooden architecture. The event aims to explore the excellence and potential applications of wooden architecture and to promote the eco-friendly timber industry.
The award-winning 'Jinyangho Woodland Annex Building' is a single-story, rectangular structure, 30 meters in length, built with a wooden framework. The elongated floor plan ensures structural stability and visual unity, while the double-sided windows arranged along the length of the building create a sense of openness, naturally connecting the interior and exterior spaces, as well as the main building and its annex.
Group photo of Jinju City's 'Jinyangho Woodland' annex building receiving the 'Special Award' at the Korea Wooden Architecture Exhibition.
Recently, Jinju City has been recognized as a leading city in wooden architecture, receiving the Presidential Award in the Architectural Culture Promotion category at the 2025 Korea Architectural Culture Awards, where its policies for promoting wooden architecture were highly praised.
Notably, Jinju City has achieved the remarkable feat of winning awards at the Wooden Architecture Exhibition for five consecutive years, from 2021 to 2025. This is the only case among local governments nationwide and is regarded as recognition of both the consistency and effectiveness of its wooden architecture policies.
Previously, Jinju City received the Grand Prize for the Munsan-eup Community Center Multipurpose Hall in 2021; the Grand Prize for the Mulbit Naru Rest Area and the Excellence Award for the Myeongseok-myeon Community Culture Center in 2022; the Excellence Award for Jisoo Nammyung Jinchwiga in 2023; and the Excellence Award for the Railway Culture Park and the Merit Award for the Sabong Restaurant in 2024.
A Jinju City official stated, "This award is the result of the city's consistent efforts over the past several years to promote wooden architecture," adding, "We will continue to promote the value of eco-friendly architecture and strive to ensure that wooden architecture becomes a leading space in the era of carbon neutrality."
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