For successfully integrating the old ruins with new architecture, Chiu was awarded the 2007 Far Eastern Architectural Award. He earned great praise from the international panel of judges, who hailed from the United States, Japan, Taiwan, and China.
邱文傑成功擷取殘破現場的舊地景，輔以建築新生命的作品，榮獲 2007 年國內建築獎項「遠東建築獎」的最高榮譽，並得到來自美、日、台灣、中國 7 位國際決審團評審的一致讚譽。