KURUTO Receives Gold Award in Interior Design Category at TECTURE AWARD 2025
KURUTO, a small multi-purpose facility planned, designed, and operated by Kuru Co., Ltd., has been awarded the Gold Award in the Interior Design category at the TECTURE AWARD 2025, one of Japan's largest space design awards for the architecture and interior industry. The award recognizes KURUTO's innovative approach as a hub where various creators and activities converge, fostering new connections and community growth.
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Kuru Co., Ltd. (Representative Director: Kosuke Mizutani, Headquarters: Nishi-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture) is pleased to announce that "KURUTO," a small multi-purpose facility that it plans, designs, and operates, has received the Gold Award in the Interior Design category at the "TECTURE AWARD 2025," one of Japan's largest space design awards for the architecture and interior industry.
The TECTURE AWARD is a new type of award that combines selection by experts with general voting based on empathy. It is held with the aim of widely communicating the existence of many excellent architectural and interior designs by intersecting industry evaluation and societal perspectives.
In this award, from a total of 1,033 entries, the work with the most votes in the general election, as well as the top three works in each of the architecture and interior design categories, receive the "TECTURE Award." The top work in each theme ("TECH," "SUSTAINABLE," "U-35") receives a "Special Award." One work selected by each ambassador receives an "Ambassador Award," and three works selected by each gold sponsor receive a "Sponsor Award."
Among these, KURUTO was also highly evaluated by Mr. Hiroki Tokuyama, editor-in-chief of "AXIS" and an ambassador, and received the Gold Award in the Interior Design category after general voting.
We sincerely thank everyone who supported us through voting and everyone who is involved with KURUTO every day.
KURUTO is a place that has been continuously created together with everyone involved, including its operation and usage. Encouraged by this award, we will continue to create spaces that gradually grow through human connections.
We look forward to your continued support.
About KURUTO
KURUTO is a multi-purpose facility that opened in Minami-Horie, Osaka, in August 2025, with Kuru Co., Ltd. handling its planning, design, and operation consistently.
The facility houses a select shop for daily necessities that conveys the passion of its creators, a shared office where creators from various fields such as architecture and graphic design gather, and a flexible space for exhibitions and events, all coexisting.
Architectural design offices are in a position to advance projects while interacting with diverse stakeholders such as designers, craftsmen, clients, and local communities. KURUTO aims to create new points of contact between these relationships and become a place where diverse activities are loosely connected.
Those who were involved in the opening of KURUTO
Construction: Laugh Co., Ltd. (http://www.laugh-woodwork.com/)
Lighting Design: AURORA Inc. (@aurora_icys)
Graphic Design: Miho Aoyagi (@miho.aoyagi)
Planting Design: bulbus (@syotanii_bulbus)
Photography: Hiroki Kawata (@hiroki_kawata)
Upcoming Event Information
An solo exhibition by Yuka Iwase (＠iwase_yuka) is scheduled to be held from Saturday, May 16, 2026.
Yuka Iwase Solo Exhibition "Shimasuikaku"
Date: Saturday, May 16, 2026 - Saturday, May 30, 2026, 13:00 - 19:00 *Closed on Sunday, May 17
Venue: KURUTO ( )
Address: 4-25-D-103 Minami-Horie, Nishi-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
7 minutes walk from Osaka Metro Dome-mae Chiyozaki Station
12 minutes walk from Taisho Station on the Osaka Loop Line
For other latest information, please check KURUTO's Instagram (@kuruto_osk).
KURU Company Profile
Trade Name: Kuru Co., Ltd.
Representative: Kosuke Mizutani
Location: 4-25-D-105 Minami-Horie, Nishi-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Established: June 21, 1987
Representative: Kosuke Mizutani
About Kuru Co., Ltd.
A design office founded in 1987. Currently, with architectural design as its core, it consistently handles everything from planning to design and operation of spaces. With the vision of "using the power of design to create long-loved forms for your spaces and ideas," while being a specialist in architectural design, the company excels at combining optimal ideas and specialists on a project-by-project basis, without being constrained by industry or field boundaries. It aims to create exciting spaces that integrate business viability and design aesthetics.
Selected Achievements: ENOWA YUFUIN (Design), GLION ARENA KOBE VIP Area (Design)