World Architecture Festival

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Judges

148+ JUDGES REPRESENTING 68+ COUNTRIES

Only at WAF are you judged by your peers, your heroes and the industry’s power players, all live. Renowned architects and industry professionals with experience as WAF entrants, winners, speakers and judges decide on a shortlist.

 

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Mouaz

Abouzaid

Design Technology Manager

Dewan Architects + Engineers

Miquel

Adrià

Director

Arquine

Tom

Alexander

Director

Aukett Swanke

Simon

Allford

Director

AHMM

Cany

Ash

Co-Founder

Ash Sakula Architects

Meisa

Batayneh

Principal Architect and Founder

Maisam Architects & Engineers

Rami

Bebawi

Principal and Co-founder

KANVA

Patrick

Bellew

Principal

Atelier Ten

Ruth

Berktold

Founder

YES Architecture

Aaron

Betsky

President

School of Architecture at Taliesin

Peter

Bishop

Professor of Urban Design

Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London

Shirley

Blumberg

Partner

KPMB Architects

Mary

Bowman

Partner

Gustafson Porter + Bowman

Keith

Bradley

Senior Partner

Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios

Alison

Brooks

Principal & Creative Director

Alison Brooks Architects

Joseph

Burns

Managing Principal

Thornton Tomasetti

Katelin

Butler

Editorial Director

Architecture Media (Australia)

Azad

Chichmanian

Architect, Partner

NEUF architect(e)s

Peter

Cook

Architect, Professor, and Writer

Karen

Cook

Founding Partner

PLP Architecture

Frederick

Cooper

Principal Professor

School of architecture, PUCP

Jonathan

Coote

Principal

Warren and Mahoney Architects

Catherine

Croft

Director

Twentieth Century Society

Tom

de Paor

Architect

dePaor

Issa

Diabaté

Partner

Koffi & Diabaté Architectes

Pınar

Dinç Kalaycı

Professor

Gazi University

Heather

Dodd

Partner

SAVAGE + DODD ARCHITECTS

John

Drew

Managing Principal

Perkins + Will

Lisa

Ekman Melvin

Operations Director

Alison Brooks Architects

Islam

El Mashtooly

Design Director

Design and More

Alexander

Eriksson Furunes

Director & Founder

Eriksson Furunes Architecture

Yogi

Ferdinand

Principal and Co-founder

Magi Design Studio

Karen

Forbes

Professor of Art, Research Leader

Edinburgh College of Art, The University of Edinburgh

Richard

Francis-Jones

Design Director

Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp

Yvonne

Franquinet

Head of Visual Arts, Heritage and Film

Amsterdam Fund for the Arts (AFK)

Julia

Gamolina

Founder & Editor, Madame Architect

and Director of Strategy, Trahan Architects

Nabil

Gholam

Principal

Nabil Gholam Architects

Rob

Gregory

Campus Division Architect

University of Bristol

Milène

Guermont

Founder

Milène Guermont

Hattie

Hartman

Sustainability Editor

The Architects’ Journal

Richard

Hassell

co-Founding Director

WOHA

Rachel

Haugh

Co-Founder

SimpsonHaugh

Christine

Hawley

Emeritus Professor of Architectural Design

UCL

Michael

Heenan

CEO & Principal, Design

Allen Jack+Cottier

Kim

Herforth Nielsen

Co-Founder & Principal

3XN Architects

Paloma

Hernaiz

Director

Oliver Hernaiz Architecture Lab

Katharine

Heron

Professor of Architecture

University of Westminster

Ronald

Hicks

Principal and Director of Health

HDR

Francine

Houben

Founding Partner and Creative Director

Mecanoo

Paul

Hyett

Principal

UK SPORTS DIRECTOR

Philip

Johnson

Senior Principal

Populous

Tanya

Kalinina

Founding Partner

McAdam Architects

Christopher

Kelly

Founding Principal

Architecture Workshop

Petr

Kudryavtsev

Partner and CEO

Citymakers

Jacob

Kurek

Partner

Henning Larsen

Tim

Kwan

Founding Partner and Design Director

OFFICE AIO

Nina

la Cour Sell

Partner

Henning Larsen

Lina

Lahiri

Architect, Executive Group, Business Development Team

Sauerbruch Hutton

Tilman

Latz

Partner & Design Director

LATZ+PARTNER

Ann

Lau

Director

Hayball

David

Leech

Director

David Leech Architects

Nicola

Leonardi

Publisher and Managing Editor

THE PLAN & THE PLAN EDITIONS

Mårten

Leringe

CEO + Partner

C.F. Møller Architects

Martin

Lesjak

Co-founder / CEO / Design Director

INNOCAD Architecture

Friedrich

Ludewig

Founding Director

ACME

Dean

Mackenzie

Director

Monk Mackenzie Architects

Richard

Maimon

Partner

KieranTimberlake

Stepan

Martinovsky

Project Leader

Heatherwick Studio

John

Marx

Co-Founder and Chief Artistic Officer

AIA

Bjarne

Mastenbroek

Founding Architect

SeARCH

Anuradha

Mathur

Architect, Landscape Architect and Professor

University of Pennsylvania

Claudia

Meixner

Principal

Meixner Schlüter Wendt

Benjee

Mendoza

Founding Partner

BAADSTUDIO

Mark

Middleton

Partner

Grimshaw

Mirjana

Milanovic

Senior Designer & Project Leader

Department of Urban Planning and Sustainability, Gemeente Amsterdam

Hamish

Monk

Director

Monk Mackenzie Architects

Sebastian

Monsalve Gomez

Architect

LATITUD Studio, CAUCE Studio

Angus

Morrogh-Ryan

Founding Director

De Matos Ryan

Tadahiko

MURAO

Executive Officer

Nikken Sekkei

Viviana

Muscettola

Associate Director

Zaha Hadid Architects

Shane

O'Toole

Architect, Urban Designer and Critic

Jaime

Oliver

Director

Oliver Hernaiz Architecture Lab

Bassel

Omara

Lead Design Architect

Dorsch Gruppe

Joyce

Owens

Principal Architect

Studio AJO

Finn

Pedersen

Co-founder and Director

Iredale Pedersen Hook Architects

Vesna

Petresin

Visiting Fellow at Goldsmiths

University of London

Wendy

Pullan

Professor of Architecture and Urban Studies

University of Cambridge

Sanjay

Puri

Principal Architect

Sanjay Puri Architects

Sonali

Rastogi

Founding Partner

Morphogenesis

Layton

Reid

Director

Desitecture

Yael

Reisner

Founder

YAEL REISNER STUDIO

Sebastien

Ricard

Director

WilkinsonEyre

Joan

Roig

Founding Partner

Batlleiroig Architecture

Jonathan

Rose

Principal, Design & Planning

AECOM

Marcos

Rosello

Director

aLL Design

Robert

Schäfer

Landscape Architect & Journalist

Christina

Seilern

Principal

Studio Seilern Architects

Ken

Shuttleworth

Founder

Make Architects

Mariana

Simas

Director

studio mk27

Charlotte

Skene Catling

Co-founder

Skene Catling de la Pena Architects

Catherine

Slessor

Contributing Editor

The Architectural Review

Jeremy

Smith

Design Director

Irving Smith Architects

Carin

Smuts

Director

CS Studio Architects

Tszwai

So

Director

Spheron Architects

Fernando

Sordo Madaleno

Design Principal

Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos

Neil

Spiller

Editor

AD

Peter

Stewart

Chartered architect and principal

Peter Stewart Consultancy

Murat

Tabanlioglu

Founding Partner

Tabanlioglu Architects

Alireza

Taghaboni

Founder & CEO

Nextoffice

Misak

Terzibasiyan

Founder and Owner

UArchitects

Yui

Tezuka

Founder and Lead Architect

Tezuka Architects

Kerstin

Thompson

Principal

KTA

Mark

Thomson

Australian Architect and Director

Eco Effective Solutions

James

Timberlake

Partner

KieranTimberlake

Bratislav

Toskovic

Partner

Parviainen Architects

Nadia

Tromp

Founder and Owner

Ntsika Architects

Banu

Uçak

Architect

Ferko Construction

Bob

van Bebber

Director

Boogertman and Partners

Ben

van Berkel

Founder/Principal Architect

UNStudio & Founder UNSense

Ingrid

van der Heijden

Co-founder, architect

Civic architects

David

van der Leer

Principal

DVDL Design Decisions

René

van Zuuk

Founder

René van Zuuk Architekten

Pieterjan

Vermoortel

CEO

B2Ai

Brita

von Schoenaich

Principal

Bradley-Hole Schoenaich Landscape

Stanley

Wai Cham Lung

Director and Associate

Turenscape

Cindy

Walters

Co-Founder and Director

Walters & Cohen Architects

Li

Wan

Research Associate

The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Maria

Warner Wong

Design Director

WOW Architects & Warner Wong Design

Austin

Williams

Lecturer, Author, Architect

Kingston School of Art, Future Cities Project

Bruce

Wolfe

Chair

Conrad Gargett Architecture

Nikita

Yaveyn

Head

Studio 44 Architects

Ada

Yvars Bravo

Design Director

Mangera Yvars Architects

Lu

Zhongxiao

Executive Officer/ Principal, Architectural Design Department

Nikken Sekkei

Roger

Zogolovitch

Creative Director

Solidspace

Carlotta

Zucchini

Editor in Chief

THE PLAN

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