The A+Awards Jury

The A+Awards are bigger than just the architectural community. Our 250+ member jury academy is comprised of leaders who are actively shaping the world we live in, representing a sought-after segment of design-savvy professionals including distinguished luminaries from fields as diverse as fashion, publishing, product design, real estate development and tech. Finalists and winners get their work in front of the people who matter and gain recognition as the year’s most influential visionaries.

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Jury Spotlight

Aaron Betsky

Critic

Aaron Betsky is a critic and teacher living in Philadelphia. He is a Visiting Professor at the Michael Graves School of Public Architecture at Kean University and at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also a Senior Design Associate at Carlo Ratti Associati in Turin. Previously, he was Professor and Director of the School of Architecture and Design at Virginia Tech and, prior to that, President of the School of Architecture at Taliesin. A critic of art, architecture, and design, Mr. Betsky is the author of over twenty books on those subjects. He writes a weekly blog, Beyond Buildings, for architectmagazine.com. Trained as an architect and in the humanities at Yale University, Mr. Betsky has served as the Director of the Cincinnati Art Museum (2006-2014) and the Netherlands Architecture Institute (2001-2006), as well as Curator of Architecture and Design at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (1995-2001). In 2008, he also directed the 11th Venice International Biennale of Architecture. His latest books are Assembling Community (2025), The Monster Leviathan (2024), Don’t Build, Rebuild: The Case for Imaginative Reuse (2024), Fifty Lessons from Frank Lloyd Wright (2021), Making It Modern (2019) and Architecture Matters (2019).Read less

Aaron Kohler

Founding Partner, KOHLERSTRAUMANN

Aaron is founding partner of KOHLERSTRAUMANN in Basel, which he started with Marc Straumann. He is an architect and artist, and his work spans custom homes, villas, commercial and retail buildings, educational facilities, museums, mixed-use developments and urban planning, in Switzerland and internationally.
The studio works across architecture, landscape, interiors and product, with in-house advisory, development and construction management. That gives Aaron an unusual view of how projects are conceived, delivered and valued over time, which fits well with this season’s focus on the people and processes behind great buildings.Read less

Alison Brooks

Founder, Alison Brooks Architects

Amanda Ferber

Founder & CEO, Architecture Hunter

Amanda Ferber is the Founder, CEO, and Editor-in-Chief of Architecture Hunter, one of the world's leading independent architecture media platforms, reaching a global audience of more than 3.5 million people.
Founded in 2013 while Amanda was still an architecture student, Architecture Hunter has evolved into an international platform spanning digital media, webinars, conferences, awards, and educational initiatives, all driven by the mission of making architecture more accessible and meaningful.
In 2026, Amanda was invited to take part in an exclusive conversation with former U.S. President Barack Obama about the Obama Presidential Center, becoming one of the youngest Brazilians to interview him.
Recognized in Forbes Under 30 Brazil, named one of Architizer's 100 Women to Watch in Architecture, and a TEDx speaker, Amanda also serves as a juror for leading international awards, including the Dezeen Awards, Architizer A+Awards, LOOP Design Awards, and the Vision Awards.
Through her editorial work, lectures, and interviews, she continues to champion architecture as a powerful tool for shaping better cities, stronger communities, and more meaningful connections between people and the built environment.Read less

Amelia Falco

Creative Director, Local Projects

Amelia Falco is a Creative Director at Local Projects, with deep experience on exhibitions carrying cultural and civic weight, including the Urban Civil Rights Museum, the Motown Museum, the John McCain Library and Museum, the Courage Museum with Futures Without Violence, The Columbus Museum, IBM, and Intercorp. Across this work, she's developed a sensitivity to projects where history and public memory intersect, shaped by a background that spans beyond museums: she’s led creative on large retail, brand, and experiential projects, including the Adidas 5th Avenue flagship store in New York City and Beijing, NBA Flagship Store, Nintendo Flagship renovation, and the Brookfield Luminaries installation at Brookfield Place. Amelia is a registered Architect in both Arizona and New York, holds NCARB and LEED AP BD+C certifications, and taught AIA exam preparation classes at the Center for Architecture. She holds a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Arizona, where she was the recipient of the Kirby Lockard Scholarship.Read less

Anne Rieselbach

Architecture Curator and Historian

Anne Rieselbach is an architecture curator and historian. As Program Director at the Architectural League, she was responsible for annual programs including the Current Work lecture series, the Emerging Voices and Architectural League Prize for Young Architects + Designers competitions, and their accompanying lectures, exhibitions, and publications. Anne co-founded the League’s student and mentorship programs, as well as After Hours, a monthly open house hosted by leading design firms in New York City and (virtually) throughout North America. She has led design-build competitions including the Little Free Library/NYC (with the Pen World Voices Festival) and FOLLY/Function, a multi-year partnership between the League and Socrates Sculpture Park.
She has served on the board of directors for Open House New York, where she now co-chairs the advisory committee, and the advisory board of The Architect’s Newspaper (she also participated in jurying their 2020 Best of Design Awards). Anne has served as a panelist for the New York State Council on the Arts, and as a juror for design competitions including The Marcus Prize, Lyceum Fellowship, Architizer A+ Awards, and DesigNYC. She has joined architecture school reviews, most recently at the University of Michigan, Cornell, Yale, and Pratt. In 2019 she was awarded an honorary membership by AIA New York and received an Arts and Letters Award in Architecture from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.Read less

Craig Scott

Founding Partner, IwamotoScott Architecture

Craig Scott is co-founder together with partner Lisa Iwamoto of IwamotoScott Architecture. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area since 2002, the firm has gained widespread recognition for innovation in design. Honors received by IwamotoScott include Architizer’s 100 Best Architecture and Design Firms in the United States and 30 Best Architecture Firms in San Francisco, AN Interior Top 50 Architects, the Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt National Design Award, induction into the Interior Design Hall of Fame, ACADIA’s Digital Practice Award of Excellence, Architectural Record’s Design Vanguard, and Emerging Voices and League Prize awards from The Architectural League of New York. The work of IwamotoScott has received over ninety individual project design awards and honors, including multiple Architizer A+ Awards, a Progressive Architecture Award, and over twenty AIA Design Awards at local, state and national levels. Scott maintains a teaching career alongside professional practice. He is currently Professor of Architecture at California College of the Arts in San Francisco and has been visiting studio faculty at UC Berkeley, Harvard GSD, SCIArc, UT Austin, Syracuse University and Sydney University. He received a Master of Architecture with Distinction from Harvard University Graduate School of Design, and Bachelor of Architecture from Syracuse University.Read less

Daniel Kaven

Partner, William / Kaven Architecture

Daniel Kaven is an American architect, artist, author, and founder of William / Kaven Architecture. Kaven is known for his ambitious design philosophy, which positions art as an essential element of architecture and champions interdisciplinary solutions to complex challenges in the built environment.
Kaven's architecture has won a number of honors, including an Architecture MasterPrize; an International Architecture Award from the European Center for Architecture, Art, Design, and Urban Studies; and several distinctions from the American Institute of Architects (AIA). His work has been widely published in outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, The Architect’s Newspaper, Dwell, Designboom, Wallpaper, Architectural Digest, Dezeen, and Hypebeast.
Kaven is the author of Architecture of Normal: The Colonization of the American Landscape (Birkhäuser). The book, which features photography and art by Kaven, is a visual and literary exploration of how evolving forms of transportation have dramatically shaped the built environment of the American West since the arrival of the Spanish in New Mexico. Called “enthralling” by Metropolis Magazine and “an instructive and aesthetically stunning collage” by Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Architecture of Normal won the GRAY Award for Best of Product Design in 2022.Read less

Fermin Tribaldos & Irene Osei-Poku

Cofounder, Architects, not Architecture

Irene Osei-Poku and Fermín Tribaldos are the founders of Architects, not Architecture. Fascinated with the personalities behind the projects that shape the built environment, Irene and Fermín created Architects, not Architecture for architects to speak about their work with one condition: no project presentations! Instead, AnA invites architects to share the stories behind the projects, the people and their intellectual and personal biographies.
With Irene’s expertise in art direction and photography and Fermín’s industry knowledge, AnA has invited more than 140 renowned architects to speak at events around the globe and has built a vibrant community of viewers. Most recently, AnA has launched its Virtual World Tour Season 2, and continues to introduce world-class architects and their stories to the design community at large.Read less

Fernanda Canales

Founder & Director, Fernanda Canales Arquitectura

Fernanda Canales is an architect based in Mexico City committed to design, urban planning and research. She holds a PhD in Architecture from the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid, an MA from the Universidad Politecnica de Cataunya in Barcelona and a BA from Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City. Canales has been distinguished with several international awards, such as the Emerging Voices Award from The Architectural League of NewYork, and is author of the books My House, Your CIty (Walther Konig verlag, 2024), Shared Structures, Private Space (Actar, 2020), Architecture in Mexico 1900-2010 (Arquine, 2013).
Her work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco, The Royal Academy of Arts in London, the ifa-GalleryinStuttgartand and the Venice Biennale, among other institutions. She is currently Visiting Professor at Harvard University GSD (Fall 2022), she has also taught architecture and urbanism at several universities in Mexico and has been Visiting Faculty member at Yale and Princeton School of Architecture. Canales has published more than 100 essays in specialized magazines such as AA Files, Baumeister, Bawelt, El Croquis and Arquitectura Viva.Read less

Francine Houben

Founding Partner/Creative Director, Mecanoo

Francine Houben is founding partner of Mecanoo (1984) and has led the firm to success in The Netherlands and abroad, amassing a portfolio of work that is wide-ranging, inspired by global challenges and with a sustainable view on society.
Mecanoo combines the disciplines of architecture, urban planning, landscape architecture and interior design to produce unorthodox design solutions born from a strong sensitivity to context and a highly interdisciplinary design process.
Each of her projects illustrates the four fundamental elements of her architectural vision: People, Place, Purpose, Poetry.Read less

Hamid Hassanzadeh

Founder and CEO, Parametric Architecture

Hamid Hassanzadeh is an architect, entrepreneur, and researcher dedicated to advancing the intersection of technology and architecture. As the Founder & CEO of ParametricArchitecture (PA), he has built one of the most influential platforms in the field, connecting designers, architects, and enthusiasts worldwide through cutting-edge computational design, AI, and digital fabrication. Today, PA reaches over 20 million people monthly, serving as a hub for design innovation and thought leadership. Beyond PA, he established PAACADEMY, an educational initiative offering specialized training for architects and designers eager to master computational tools. Through workshops, interviews, and conferences, Hamid helps professionals navigate the rapidly evolving landscape of digital architecture. As the host of PA Talks, he has interviewed some of the most renowned architects and designers, fostering discussions on innovation, design methodologies, and the future of architecture.Read less

Hubert Klumpner

Founding Partner, Urban-Think Tank / Urbanthinktank_next; Professor of Architecture and Urban Design, ETH Zurich

Hubert Klumpner is an Austrian architect and the design principal of Urbanthinktank_next. He currently holds the position of Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, ETHZ. He is internationally renowned for his architecture, urban, and research projects, which focus on the interface of informality and the design of architectural prototypes, innovative building typologies, and civic spaces for culture, education, and shelter in pursuit of an alternative architecture practice. Through his architecture practice Urbanthinktank, Klumpner has been influential as one of the originators of the “social turn,” a movement that gained recognition at the MoMA exhibition “Small Scale Big Change / New Architectures of Social Engagement” in 2010. Urbanthinktank’s work aims to transform everyday neighborhoods into critical areas for imagining public space and social practices, emphasizing the role of architecture as critical infrastructure for art and culture in addressing inclusion in post-crisis cities. As a founding partner of Urbanthinktank, he has received numerous awards and prizes, including the Golden Lion at the International Architecture Biennale Venice, the Chicago Award of the Museum of Architecture and Design, the Curry Stone Foundation Design Prize, and the Gold Holcim Award Latin America. Current projects include Fabrica de Cultura in Barranquilla, Colombia, and the General Urban Plan for Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. His contributions are widely published in architecture books and journal articles.Read less

Ilene Shaw

Executive Director, NYCxDESIGN

Ilene Shaw has devoted her career to the advocacy and promotion of great design. She began as a product designer and evolved as an innovator of international trade and public design shows, conferences, curated exhibitions, awards and educational programs, showcasing notable established and emerging architects, designers, artists and fine manufacturers.
She currently serves as Executive Director of NYCxDESIGN, New York City’s official design festival and initiative, promoting NYC internationally as a significant design destination and producing its official citywide design festival.
Shaw is the founding producer of Design Pavilion, the largest public design activation in the world, viewed by millions of visitors annually around New York City in celebration of NYCxDESIGN. Shaw produced the Design Talks, offering thought leadership by insightful design minds. She conceived of and co-developed the ICFF, International Contemporary Furniture Fair, through its formative first decade. As a lifelong champion of public art and design, Shaw serves as a senior advisor to CODAworx, the resource hub of the commissioned art economy, and co-spearheaded its internationally renowned CODAawards. Shaw can be seen as a frequent presenter and judge on the CBS TV series America ByDesign: Architecture, where she is known for her spotlight interviews of today’s architectural stars, and America ByDesign: Innovation, where she features international product spotlights.Read less

Jasmit Singh Rangr

President and Founder, Rangr Studio

Jasmit Singh Rangr grew up on the coasts of India, in the UK, and has lived in the US since attending Yale University for college and for graduate school. In these different climates and geographies he developed a deep sensitivity to the interaction between climate, landscape, and architecture.
In 2004 Jasmit founded Rangr Studio, a design firm committed to creating architecture in harmony with its landscape, climate and environment.
The firm’s work is a continual investigation of the relationship between building and site. Each project simultaneously seeks integration with the site's ecology, whether urban or rural, and a poetic experience of its location: a view over a pool seamless with the ocean; a screen porch that hangs over air among tree branches; oak leaves blazing gold through a clerestory at sunset; a city apartment and roof deck from which one sees moving columns of light on asphalt in the rain.
Rangr Studio's work has been published in over 40 countries and has won global awards.
Jasmit is a licensed architect in California and is certified by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB). Since 2019, he has also teaches architectural design at the University of California, Berkeley.Read less

Jason Pugh

Principal & Global Director of Inclusion, Gensler; 2021–2022 NOMA President

Jason Pugh, NOMAC, AIA, AICP, LEED AP is a licensed architect, certified planner, and a Principal at Gensler where he serves as the Global Director of Inclusion. As a firmwide leader based in Chicago, Jason promotes Gensler’s commitment to its Strategies to Build a Just and Inclusive Future while addressing the low representation, disparities, and unique challenges minority practitioners face across the building design industry.
Jason is passionate about developing underserved communities and the next generation of designers, architects, planners, and activists. He leads projects that engage the community at large, shepherding them from community-based comprehensive plans through full construction. He’s driven by the belief that one project can change a community, and if we change enough communities, we can change the world.
Jason served as the 2021-2022 National President of NOMA (National Organization of Minority Architects) and currently sits on both the local Chicago Executive Board and National Board of Directors for the ACE Mentor Program.Read less

Joann Lui

Founder, Women Architects Collective

Joann Lui is an architect and Founder of Women Architects Collective, a global community of 5,000+ architects offering community, coaching, and conferences, including the Women Architects Festival and Mental Health in Architecture Summit.
Combining 12 years of experience in architecture and marketing, Joann developed her professional experience at Gensler NY and moved into Content Marketer roles at AEC tech startups such as Monograph and TestFit.
Today, Joann is a Co-Owner and COO of Ooika, a Matcha company with multiple locations in Princeton and Lawrenceville, NJ. There she applies her architectural training firsthand, shaping how each cafe is designed, built, and experienced by guests every day.Read less

Juergen Mayer H.

Founding Partner, J. MAYER H. and Partners, Arch. mbB

Jürgen Mayer H. (b. 1965) is a German architect and artist educated at Stuttgart University, The Cooper Union, and Princeton. His work is exhibited worldwide and included in collections such as MoMA New York, SF MoMA, and the Vitra Design Museum.
He founded J. MAYER H. and Partners in 1996, joined by Andre Santer and Hans Schneider in 2014. The internationally acclaimed studio explores architecture, communication, and technology, earning awards like the Holcim Award and the Audi Urban Future Award.
Its most renowned project, Metropol Parasol in Seville, features a striking wooden structure revitalizing Plaza de la Encarnación. Ongoing projects include the Berlin-Potsdam Innovation Campus, Elements headquarters in Berlin, a Cultural Center in Munich, and the 5-Zero Cheongdam Tower in Seoul, reflecting the firm’s commitment to innovation and sustainability.Read less

Julian Weyer, MAA

Partner & Architect, C.F. Møller Architects

Julian Weyer was born in Berlin and has lived in Denmark since 1975, where he finished his studies at the Aarhus School of Architecture in 1994. Since then, he has lectured at the School of Architecture and worked professionally as an architect at C.F. Møller Architects, before becoming a partner of C.F. Møller Architects in 2007.
Julian Weyer has extensive experience in the field of architecture, landscape architecture and urban design, including numerous competition wins and award-winning designs. He is working on projects in Denmark, Germany and the UK as well as worldwide, with a particular focus on creating integrated and innovative solutions where urban spaces, landscapes and buildings go hand in hand with social and environmental sustainability. He is also a frequent lecturer worldwide and author of articles and book publications.
Awards include the European Architecture Award, the Iconic Award, the International Architecture Award, Civic Trust Awards, RIBA International Award, Aarhus and Odense Municipality Architecture Awards, Residential of the Year WAN AWARD, Commercial of the Year WAN AWARD, Worldwide Brick Award and the Danish Academy Council prize.Read less

Kamna Malik

Design Curator and Brand Advisor, KRSP

Kamna Malik is a design curator, brand strategist, and creative visionary whose work sits at the intersection of design, culture, and storytelling. With over 18+ years of experience across design, interiors, architecture, lifestyle, and luxury, she has been instrumental in shaping the visual and cultural language of contemporary design in India.
As the former Editor of ELLE India and Curator of India Design ID, Kamna has redefined how design is presented and perceived, building design narratives that blur the boundaries between editorial and exhibition. Her curatorial voice is guided by sensitivity to material, craft, and emotion, evident in her projects that explore design as both expression and inquiry.
In 2022, she founded KRSP, a cultural and curatorial agency based in Mumbai and London, known for its brand thinking, strategic collaborations, design interventions, and storytelling across mediums. Through KRSP, she continues to craft cross-cultural dialogues that bridge Indian design with a global audience.
Her recent curations include Adorno’s Design Destinations: India – a landmark digital product design exhibition that spotlighted India’s evolving design identity through the lens of materiality and narrative on a global platform. She is also currently the Curator for the Architectural Digest Design Show (ADDS) in India.
A graduate in Entrepreneurship & Innovation from The University of Nottingham, UK, Kamna combines creative vision with strategic clarity. She has served on global design juries including the Dezeen Awards, Lexus Design Awards, FRAME Awards, Architizer A+ Awards, and International Design Awards (IDA), and has spoken at design forums such as ADFF:STIR, Young Architects Festival, Kala Ghoda Arts Festival, IDAC, and Madras Art Weekend.
Her prior professional experience includes collaborations with leading design institutions and brands such as ELLE Decor, TRENDS, Time Out, Downtown Design Dubai, and Financial Express. With an intuitive and holistic understanding of both design and culture, Kamna’s work consistently bridges the gap between aesthetic innovation and cultural relevance earning her a reputation as one of the most respected and influential figures in the design community.
Kamna’s impact extends far beyond curation; she has helped define the Indian design cultural landscape, championing new voices and elevating the standards of design excellence through her visionary approach and deep commitment to creative integrity.Read less

Liu Heng

Deputy Chief Architect, Green Architecture Design & Research Institute of CADG

Liu Heng is a senior green architect specializing in sustainable design across diverse climate zones.
He has led major projects throughout China, including low-carbon campuses, cultural and educational facilities, research laboratories, and adaptive reuse projects. His practice seeks to move beyond technology- and facility-driven approaches toward a more holistic vision of green design, using technical innovation to advance sustainable architectural practice and integrating low-carbon principles throughout the design process.Read less

Marcio Kogan

Founder, Studio MK27

Marcio Kogan is the founding architect and mentor of the entire Studio MK27 team. Born in São Paulo’s vibrant chaos, he graduated from FAU-Mackenzie in 1976. He is a guest professor at the Politecnico di Milano and Escola da Cidade, where he earned a master’s degree in “Education, Society, and Culture.” Initially working as a film director, after completing his first feature film in 1988, he went bankrupt and had to “settle” for a career in architecture. Kogan is the author of all Studio MK27’s projects and an honorary member of the AIA, as well as a board member of MASP and MUBE. He is firmly convinced that a good cotoletta alla Milanese is more important than architecture.
Studio MK27 located in the chaotic city of São Paulo was founded in the late 70’s by architect Marcio Kogan and today is comprised of 70 architects and various collaborators worldwide. The team, deeply inspired by the Brazilian modernist generation, is committed to rethinking and continuing this iconic architectural movement. Studio MK27’s projects are defined by their formal simplicity, executed with meticulous attention to detail and craftsmanship.
Kogan is an honorary member of the AIA (American Institute of Architecture), Professor at Politecnico di Milano and on the board of Museum Of Art of São Paulo (MASP) and the Brazilian Museum of Sculpture and Ecology (MUBE). He was considered by Época magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential persons in Brazil, is part of “Wallpaper’s 150 Famous for 15 Years”, and came in 39th in Dezeen’s Hot List 2017. He leads a team of architects who, for the most part, have been working with him for over a decade.
Since 2001, when a system of co-creation and collaborative work was introduced, at the Studio MK27 has won more than 250 national and international awards, such as the IAB (Institute of Brazilian Architects), São Paulo Architectural Biennial, WAF, Architectural Review, Dedalo Minosse, Record House, Leaf, D&AD, Spark, Barbara Cappochin, Iconic, AZ, Buenos Aires Ibero-american Architectural Biennial, Wallpaper Design Award and Prix Versailles. In 2012, Studio MK27 proudly represented Brazil at the Venice Biennale.
The team has lectured and conducted workshops at prestigious institutions including the the Royal Academy of Arts, AIA, Société Française des Architectes, Clubovka, FAUUSP, FAU Mackenzie, FAAP, Politecnico di Milano, Mantova, Porto Academy, Verona, Valencia, South Florida, Rice, Texas, Cornell and Yale, among others.Read less

Michael Ford

Founder & Principal, BrandNu Design Studio

Michael Ford, FAIA, NOMA, NCARB, is an award-winning architect, designer, educator, and cultural strategist internationally known as “The Hip Hop Architect.” A 2026 recipient of the AIA Whitney M. Young Jr. Award and a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, Ford has built a career around a provocative question: what happens when architecture is allowed to speak the language of Hip Hop? For more than two decades, he has explored the intersections of architecture, Hip Hop, identity, music, storytelling, and social impact.
As Founder and Principal of BrandNu Design Studio, Ford leads culturally significant projects across the United States, including serving as Design Architect for The Hip Hop Museum in the Bronx, one of the most anticipated cultural institutions dedicated to the history and global impact of Hip Hop. His work advances a culturally responsive approach to design that asks architecture to do more than provide form and function. It can preserve identity, tell stories, reflect lived experience, and create deeper connections between people and place.
Ford’s influence extends well beyond traditional architectural practice. He is the creator of The Hip Hop Architecture Camp, a groundbreaking design education program launched in 2016 that uses Hip Hop as a gateway to architecture and design. The program has grown into an international platform reaching thousands of young people and has helped reshape conversations around design education, representation, access, and pathways into the profession.
His work and ideas have been featured by The TODAY Show, Oprah Winfrey Network, Rolling Stone, VIBE, Architect Magazine, and other national and international media outlets. Across professional practice, public speaking, education, and cultural advocacy, Ford has become a leading voice in expanding how architecture is taught, practiced, experienced, and understood.
Whether designing a cultural institution, challenging the profession from a stage, or introducing a young person to architecture through Hip Hop, Ford’s work continues to push the boundaries of who architecture is for, whose stories it reflects, and what the profession can become.Read less

Michael Green

Principal, Michael Green Architecture

Michael Green is a globally recognized architect, author, and Founding Principal of MGA | Michael Green Architecture. A pioneer in mass timber and sustainable design, he has led the creation of some of the world’s most innovative timber buildings and earned over fifty international awards, including Architizer’s Best in North America Firm Award two years running. Michael is a TED speaker, government policy advisor, and co-author of several groundbreaking texts, including The Case for Tall Wood Buildings. His visionary designs are inspired by a deep respect for nature and a commitment to building a better future for both people and planet.Read less

Philippe Block

Professor, Co-director Block Research Group, Institute of Technology in Architecture, ETH Zurich

Philippe Block is a structural engineer, architect and researcher, known for his expertise in structural design, computational engineering, and digital fabrication of sustainable construction, specialising in masonry and (unreinforced) concrete. He is Full Professor of Architecture and Structures and Head of the Institute of Technology in Architecture (ITA) at ETH Zurich, where he has been leading the Block Research Group (BRG) with Dr Tom Van Mele since 2009. He studied architecture and structural engineering at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he earned his PhD in 2009. His research is translated into practice through the ETH spinoff VAULTED AG, which he co-founded. Most significant is the development of the Rippmann Floor System (RFS), a low-carbon footprint, fully circular, prefabricated concrete floor solution.Read less

Sebastian Weiss

Architectural Photographer, Sebastian Weiss Photography

Sebastian Weiss is a multi-awarded architectural photographer from Hamburg, Germany and was a photo columnist for AD Architectural Digest Germany between 2013 - 2018. His photographs were published in Wallpaper*, Dezeen, Architizer, ArchDaily, Design Boom, AnOther Magazine, Aesthetica Magazine, to name a few.
He has been a juror for international photography competitions several times, including the Dezeen Awards and Architizer A+ Awards, and counts Cartier, HUGO BOSS and MINI Living among his clients.
He is a member of Bundesverband Architekturfotografie (BVAF) and a "Professional Member” of the Professional Association of Freelance Photographers and Film Creators (BFF).
His work explores the fascination for the aesthetics of buildings and the details of their shapes. Abstracting urban forms, his photographs deconstruct cityscapes, freeing buildings from their spatial context and known surroundings.Read less

Tim Kwan

Principal & Founding Partner, Office AIO

Tim Kwan is Founding Partner and Principal of Office AIO, the studio he co-founded with Isabelle Sun in 2014, based in Beijing and Auckland. Born in Hong Kong and raised in New Zealand, he graduated with First Class Honours from the University of Auckland and studied at UC Berkeley. He practised at Moller Architects and taught design at the University of Auckland before moving to China with HOK in 2010, where he worked on hotels, resorts and corporate headquarters.
Across architecture, interiors and objects, his work starts from each project's context, use and constraints, letting form, material and atmosphere follow from them. Office AIO's work spans hospitality, retail and private commissions. The studio has twice been named an A+Awards Jury Winner, for Bar Lotus in 2020 and as Best Interior Design Firm in 2023, and its Pang Mei Noodle Bar LFS was named World Interior of the Year at the 2024 World Architecture Festival.Read less

Todd Henderson

Co-founder and Senior Director, Cumulus Studio

Todd Henderson is a founder and director of CUMULUS Tasmania, Australia, and has developed a reputation for unique, contextually responsive design. Starting with skate ramps and hand-sewn clothing, the art of designing and making still drives him today.
Practical and inquisitive, Todd likes to understand how things work and why they exist, drawing him away from design for the sake of it in favour of buildability and performance. Good design should be almost invisible.
A well-recognised architect in the Tasmanian and broader community, Todd has worked on notable residential, commercial, education and hospitality projects. He was the inaugural winner of the Tasmanian Emerging Architect prize and the Property Council of Australia Future Leader award, and he is a graduate of the Tasmanian Leaders Program.
Todd's practice interprets modernism's strict geometry and lack of ornament in a functional, natural-world context. He's committed to the use of honest, local materials. In particular, he finds timber offers warmth and connection to local culture. He believes there's a reason why traditional building materials like brick, timber, and steel endure over new materials on the market.
A mentor to many and a friend to more, Todd is often looked to for guidance, support and advice.Read less

Tom Kundig

Principal, Olson-Kundig Architects

Troy Donovan

Principal - Facade Designer, Prism Facades

Troy is a principal at Prism Façades, a design and engineering consultancy in Sydney, Australia. As a façade designer, he has developed specialist skills in the design of components and custom fabrication, which he applies to the development of new façades. He has a broad range of industry experience and has worked in Australia, New Zealand and New York.
Troy is also an accomplished illustrator and is active in the architectural community as a mentor, blogger and speaker. His enthusiasm and willingness to share have encouraged a sketching and model-making culture amongst the architects and students he works with.Read less

Zack Moreland

Director, Shigeru Ban Architects

Zack Moreland has led Shigeru Ban Architects America as Director for eight years, challenging convention in materials, performance, and the way teams collaborate. His work spans cultural, residential, community, and humanitarian projects—from the Aspen Art Museum and the Terrace House, among the tallest timber buildings ever permitted, to a prefabricated prekindergarten prototype for the State of Hawaii and wildfire relief in Los Angeles. He believes process and design are mutually reinforcing—when builders, engineers, and owners work together, materials are chosen with care, waste is eliminated, and buildings become more engaging, useful, and enduring. For Zack, architecture's greatest power is human. He measures value in buildings that perform, move people, and stay relevant to the lives built around them.Read less

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