This paper reports in which way the architect selection system for public buildings in Gunma Prefecture has been carried by the local governments since the 1990’s. A voluntary professional group, known as PFM-group, developed its own ideas and methods for the architect selection system by repeating continuous trials and errors. The raised issues are such as the fair and open competitions, disclosure, public participation, estimation methods and so on. They are notable cases to examine the idea and methods of architect selection system in Japan nowadays by drawing a clear line between the policy of the national government and municipality.
