2021 Judges

150+ JUDGES REPRESENTING 70+ 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 will gather in Lisbon to judge live finalist presentations in December.
Shortlist judging took place in June 2021 - view the shortlist here.

Celal

Abdi Güzer

Faculty of Architecture

Department of Architecture, Middle East Technical University Ankara

Mouaz

Abouzaid

Design Technology Manager

Dewan Architects + Engineers

Miquel

Adrià

Director

Arquine

Tom

Alexander

Director

Aukett Swanke

Simon

Allford

Director

AHMM

Jaime

Andres Marin

Founder and Principal

Jaime Andres Marin Architecture Studio

Gonca

Arik Caliskan

Senior Associate

Tabanlioglu Architects

Cany

Ash

Co-Founder

Ash Sakula Architects

Pedro

Azevedo

Architect & Co-Founder

Rosmaninho + Azevedo

Veronica

Baraldi

Architect & Consultant

VB

David

Basulto

Founder & Editor in Chief

ArchDaily

Meisa

Batayneh

Principal Architect and Founder

Maisam Architects & Engineers

Rahel

Belatchew

Chief Architect & Founder

Belatchew Arkitekter

Patrick

Bellew

Principal

Atelier Ten

Ruth

Berktold

Founder

YES Architecture

Peter

Bishop

Professor of Urban Design

Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London

Shirley

Blumberg

Partner

KPMB Architects

Marta

Bohlmark

Architect and urban planner

Gaia arkitektur

Olga

Bolshanina

Senior Partner

Herzog & de Meuron

Chris

Bosse

Director

LAVA - Laboratory for Visionary Architecture

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)

Zetao

Chen

Founding Partner, Creative Director

FCHA

Ankur

Choksi

Design Principal

Studio Lotus

Nigel

Coates

Director

Nigel Coates Studio

Darryl

Condon

Principal

HCMA Architecture + Design

Peter

Cook

Architect, Professor, and Writer

Karen

Cook

Founding Partner

PLP Architecture

Maria

Correia

Principal Architect & Founder

SEGMENTO URBANO | MELOM

Catherine

Croft

Director

Twentieth Century Society

Abdelkader

Damani

Artistic Director

Frac Centre-Val de Loire | Biennale d'Architecture d'Orléans

Sharon

Davis

Principal

Sharon David Design

Nanne

de Ru

Founding Partner

Powerhouse Company

Issa

Diabaté

Partner

Koffi & Diabaté Architectes

Pınar

Dinç Kalaycı

Professor

Gazi University

Heather

Dodd

Partner

SAVAGE + DODD ARCHITECTS

Lorna

Edwards

Senior Associate

Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners

Ekkachan

Eiamananwattana

Director & Co-Founder

Creative Crews

Lisa

Ekman Melvin

Operations Director

Alison Brooks Architects

Islam

El Mashtooly

Design Director

Design and More

Alexander

Eriksson Furunes

Director & Founder

Eriksson Furunes Architecture

Jamie

Fobert

Director

Jamie Fobert Architects

Karen

Forbes

Professor of Art, Research Leader

Edinburgh College of Art, The University of Edinburgh

Richard

Francis-Jones

Design Director

Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp

Luca

Galofaro

Architect and Associated professor

Università di Camerino - SAAD Ascoli Piceno

Jeanne

Gang

Founding principal and partner

Studio Gang

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

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

Owen

Hopkins

Architectural Writer, Historian & Curator

Francine

Houben

Founding Partner and Creative Director

Mecanoo

Paul

Hyett

Founding Partner

Vickery Hyett

Lily

Jencks

Founder

LilyJencksStudio JencksSquared

Eva

Jiřičná

Founder

AI - DESIGN

Margaret

Jo

Co-founder & Principal

Magi Design Studio

Philip

Johnson

Senior Principal

Populous

Ralph

Johnson

Principal, Design Director, Chicago

Perkins + Will

Ewan

Jones

Partner

Grimshaw

Tanya

Kalinina

Founding Partner

McAdam Architects

Annabel

Karim Kassar

Founder

AKK Architects

Christopher

Kelly

Founding Principal

Architecture Workshop

Britta

Knobel Gupta

Founding Partner

Studio Symbiosis

Marc

Koehler

Founder

Marc Koehler Architects

Petr

Kudryavtsev

Partner and CEO

Citymakers

Ben

Kumper

Co-Founder

Modern Office of Design + Architecture

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

Ann

Lau

Director

Hayball

Christopher

Lee

Architect

Serie Architects

David

Leech

Director

David Leech Architects

Nicola

Leonardi

Publisher and Managing Editor

THE PLAN & THE PLAN EDITIONS

Martin

Lesjak

Co-founder / CEO / Design Director

INNOCAD Architecture

Todd

Longstaffe-Gowan

Landscape Architect, Historian, Author and Collector

Todd Longstaffe-Gowan Landscape Design

Cristiano

Luchetti

Adjunct Professor of Architecture | Associate Editor, Compasses

Friedrich

Ludewig

Founding Director

ACME

Stanley

Lung Wai Cham

Founder and Principal

MIX Design Studio

John

Marx

Co-Founder and Chief Artistic Officer

Form4 Architecture

Bjarne

Mastenbroek

Founding Architect

SeARCH

Claudia

Meixner

Principal

Meixner Schlüter Wendt

Tracy

Meller

Partner

Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners

Benjee

Mendoza

Founding Partner

BAADSTUDIO

Mirjana

Milanovic

Senior Designer & Project Leader

Department of Urban Planning and Sustainability, Gemeente Amsterdam

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

Anna

Noguera

Architect

Arquitectura Anna Noguera

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

Mark

Powell Kyffin

Head of Architecture

Department of Culture and Tourism Abu Dhabi

Wendy

Pullan

Professor of Architecture and Urban Studies

University of Cambridge

Sanjay

Puri

Principal Architect

Sanjay Puri Architects

Sonali

Rastogi

Founding Partner

Morphogenesis

Manit

Rastogi

Co-founder

Morphogenesis

Layton

Reid

Director

Desitecture

Gerard

Reinmuth

Design Principal

Terroir

Yael

Reisner

Founder

YAEL REISNER STUDIO

Darius

Reznek

Partner | Landscape architect

Karres en Brands

Tugce

Rizeli

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

GEO_ID

Joan

Roig

Founding Partner

Batlleiroig Architecture

Marcos

Rosello

Director

aLL Design

Susana

Rosmaninho

Architect, Museologist & Cultural Producer

Rosmaninho + Azevedo

Wendy

Saunders

Co-Founder, Principal Architect

AIM Architecture

Evandro

Schwalbach

Associate Architect

Noero Architects

Robert

Schäfer

Landscape Architect & Journalist

Christina

Seilern

Principal

Studio Seilern Architects

Bob

Sheil

Professor in Architecture and Design through Production

The Bartlett School of Architecture UCL

Ken

Shuttleworth

Founder

Make Architects

Mariana

Simas

Director

studio mk27

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

MaryAnne

Stevens

Independent Art Historian and Curator

Peter

Stewart

Chartered architect and principal

Peter Stewart Consultancy

Carl Fredrik

Svenstedt

Founder

Carl Fredrik Svenstedt Architecte

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

Bratislav

Toskovic

Partner

Parviainen Architects

Nadia

Tromp

Founder and Owner

Ntsika Architects

Philip

Turner

Director

Allford Hall Monaghan Morris

Toshimi

Ura

Design Director, Architectural Design Department

Nikken Sekkei

Banu

Uçak

Architect

Agustos

Jay

Valgora

Lead Architect

STUDIO V Architecture

Bob

van Bebber

Director

Boogertman and Partners

Ingrid

van der Heijden

Co-founder, architect

Civic architects

Pieterjan

Vermoortel

CEO

B2Ai

Ben

Vickery

Co-Founder

Vickery Hyett

Brita

von Schoenaich

Principal

Bradley-Hole Schoenaich Landscape

Cindy

Walters

Director and Co-Founder

Walters & Cohen Architects

Li

Wan

Research Associate

The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Austin

Williams

Lecturer, Author, Architect

Kingston School of Art, Future Cities Project

Albert

Williamson-Taylor

Design Director

Peter

Winston Ferreto

Associate Professor

Condition Lab - School of Architecture CUHK

Kongjian

Yu

Doctor of Design

Harvard GSD

Ada

Yvars Bravo

Design Director

Mangera Yvars Architects

Mengdi

Zhou

Senior Landscape Designer

AECOM

Roger

Zogolovitch

Creative Director

Solidspace

Carlotta

Zucchini

Editor in Chief

THE PLAN

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