2026 Judges

The 2026 Judges

164 judges representing 37 countries. Only at WAF are you judged by your peers, your heroes and the industry’s power players, all live at the festival. All finalists present their projects within their categories during the first two days. Category winners then go on to present to the Super Jury. Meet the first of the 2026 judges, with more to be revealed soon!

World Building Super Jury

Fernando Menis
Architect-Director
Fernando Menis SLPU
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Marlon Blackwell
Principal
Marlon Blackwell Architects
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Future Project Super Jury

Cazú Zegers
Director and Founder
Cazú Zegers Architecture
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Murat Tabanlioglu
Founder, Architect
+MURAT TABANLIOGLU
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Olga Bolshanina
Senior Partner
Herzog & de Meuron
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Rene Tan
Director
RT+Q Architects
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WAF Interiors Super Jury

Johnny Chiu
Founder
JC. Architecture & Design
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Yael Reisner
Objects Beautiful gallery director
Objects Beautiful Ltd
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Landscape Super Jury

Mary Bowman
Founding Partner
Gustafson Porter + Bowman
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Matt Grunbaum
Associate Partner
Field Operations
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Category Judges

Adrien Gardère
Founder & CEO
Studio Adrien Gardère
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Albert Gil Margalef
Senior Partner
Batlleiroig
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Alexander Simon
Partner
Archimatika
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Ali Nemati
Principal Architect
Eade va Ejra
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Andy Downey
Board Director
Elliott Wood
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Ankur Choksi
Co-Founding Principal
Studio Lotus
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Anthony Montalto
Chief Design Officer
HKS Architects
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Arjun Desai
Principal
Desai Chia Architecture
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Arne Emerson
Partner
Morphosis
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Asher Marcus
Lead Designer and Founder
Hubo Studio
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Banu Uçak
Founder
BU Studio
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Bhadri Suthar
Co Founder and Co Principal Designer
tHE gRID Architects | Research & Design Studio
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Carlo Castelli
Founder Director
Urban Purpose
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Carlos Nunez
Founding partner
ARE
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Carmelo Zappulla
Ph.D Architect / CEO & Head of Design
External Reference
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Catherine Croft
Director
C20 Society
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Catherine Clark
RIBA-USA New York Chapter Chair
RIBA-USA
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Cazú Zegers
Director and Founder
Cazú Zegers Architecture
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Chad Porter
Director of LINE
HKS Architects
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Chris Williamson
President
RIBA
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Christine Buyco-Sy
Principal
Avally Design Studio
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Cristina Verissimo
Founding Partenrs
CVDB architects
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Daiji Chikuba
Principal
Nikken Sekkei
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Dean Maltz
Managing Partner
Shigeru Ban Architects
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Diogo Burnay
Founding Partner CVDB arquitectos, Associate Professor Dalhousie University
CVDB arquitectos
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Dr Paul Bavister
Project Director
Flanagan Lawrence
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Dr.med.univ. Anastasija Lesjak
Co-Founder, 13&9 Design and ScienceDesignLab
13&9 Design
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Edoardo Tibuzzi
Design Director
AKT II
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Edward Watson
Architect & Partner
MJMA Architecture & Design
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Esen Karoğlu
Founding Partner/Architect
IGLO ARCHITECTS
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Everald Colas
Founding Principal
STORYN Studio for Architecture
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Fernanda Patiño
Interior Design Director
Sordo Madaleno
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Fernando Menis
Architect-Director
Fernando Menis SLPU
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Frances Anderton
Writer, broadcaster, educator
Frances Anderton Projects
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Frankie Lui
Founder / Principal Architect
Atelier Glow
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Frederick Yambao
Principal Designer
Plontur
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Ghazal Khezri
Architect + Educator I Director at LOHA
LOHA
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Gokhan Avcioglu
Founder / Architect
Global Architectural Development
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Gonca Arik Caliskan
Director
Tabanlioglu Architects
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Hamed Badri Ahmadi
Founder
Boozhgan Architecture Studio
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Harry Charrington
Professor
University of Westminster
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Hassan Hamdy
Founder
Boozhgan Architecture Studio
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Heather Dubbeldam
Principal
Dubbeldam Architecture + Design
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Immanuel Koh
Assistant Professor
Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)
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Jan Clostermann
Founding Director
Clou Architects
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Javier Moya Ortiz
Associate Architect
Hyphen
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Jeff Huber
Partner and Architect
Brooks Scarpa Huber Architects, Inc.
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Jeremy Smith
Design Director / Adjunct Professor
Irving Smith Architects
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Johanna Hurme
Managing Partner
5468796 Architecture
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John Prentice
Principal
Woods Bagot
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John McElgunn
Senior Director
RSHP
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Johnny Chiu
Founder
JC. Architecture & Design
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Joyce Owens FAIA RIBA
Founding Principal
Architecture Joyce Owens LLC
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Kai-Uwe Bergmann
Partner
BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group
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Katherine Chia
Principal
Desai Chia Architecture
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Kenan Ou
Executive Director
MORROW Architects and Planners Pte Ltd
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Kfir Gluzberg
Director
Kilogram Studio
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Lucy Tilley
CEO London
Adjaye Associates
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Marc Koehler
Founder, Architect
Marc Koehler associates
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Maria Correia
Architect, Founder
Segmento Urbano
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Mark Powell Kyffin
Director of Architecture
The Department of Culture & Tourism
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Marlon Blackwell
Principal
Marlon Blackwell Architects
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Martin Lesjak
Co-Founder, CEO and Design Director
INNOCAD architecture
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Mary Bowman
Founding Partner
Gustafson Porter + Bowman
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Matt Grunbaum
Associate Partner
Field Operations
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Matt Fairman
Partner
Assembly Studios
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Meg Graham
Partner
Superkül
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Meryati Blackwell
Partner
Marlon Blackwell Architects
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Michael Leckie
Founder
Leckie Studio
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Michael Heenan
Director, Chair of the Board, Design Lead
AJC Architects
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Michael Stiff
Chairman
Stiff+Trevillion
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Miquel Adria
Director
Arquine
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Misak Terzibasiyan
Architect-Director
UArchitects / Misak Terzibasiyan
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Murat Tabanlioglu
Founder, Architect
+MURAT TABANLIOGLU
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Nicholas Leahy
Co Ceo & Executive Director
Perkins Eastman Architects
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Olga Bolshanina
Senior Partner
Herzog & de Meuron
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Ondrej Chybik
Founding partner
CHYBIK + KRISTOF Architects
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Owen Hopkins
Director
Farrell Centre, Newcastle University
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Paul White
Founding Director
Buckley Gray Yeoman
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Paul Monaghan
Executive Director
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
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Paul Hyett
Director
Vickery Hyett Architects
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Peter Cook
Director and Architect
Peter Cook Studio Crablab
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Peter Miglis
Director
Woods Bagot
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Peter Titmuss
Principal
BVN Architecture
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Peter Rutti
Managing Principal & Chief Design Officer
DLR GROUP
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Philip Bartman
Senior Associate
SAOTA
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Philip Gumuchdjian
Founder
Gumuchdjian Architects
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Prof. Christine Nickl Weller
Founder and Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board
Nickl & Partner
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Prof. Olaf Arne Drehsen
Founding General Partner
JSWD Architects
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Qutub Mandviwala
Principal Architect
Mandviwala Qutub and Associates(MQA)
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Raissa Furlan
Partner Director | Senior Architect
Studio Arthur Casas
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Rene Tan
Director
RT+Q Architects
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Rob Gregory
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Rob Dennis
President
RIBA-USA
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Robert Ivy
Author/Editor/Architect
Ivy Architect
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Rosan Bosch
Founder, Creative Director
Rosan Bosch Studio
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Saba Raji
CEO/ Architect
FractalViews
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Sanjay Puri
Principal Architect
Sanjay Puri Architects
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Sasa Radulovic
Partner
5468796 Architecture
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Sergei Tchoban
CEO
TCHOBAN VOSS Architekten GmbH
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Shawn Meyers
Middle East Director of Masterplanning
DLR Group
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Simon Allford
Executive Director | Head of Design Studio
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
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Sir Lawrence Scarpa
Principal
Brooks Scarpa Huber
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Stephen Buckle
Design Director
ASPECT Studios
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Steve Melvin
Principal
Atelier Architecture & Design
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Sérgio Rebelo
Founder/Creative Director
Atelier Sérgio Rebelo
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Timothy Shepherd
Founder, Managing Director
SHEPHERD&
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Tobias Keyl
Associate Partner
gmp Architekten
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Tomas Stokke
Co-founder and director
Haptic Architects
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Tracy Meller
Senior Director
RSHP
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Trevor Boddy FRAIC
Architecture Critic + Curator
School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, U. of Calgary
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Trong Nghia Vo
Founder and Principal Architect
VTN Architects
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Yael Reisner
Objects Beautiful gallery director
Objects Beautiful Ltd
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Yasemin Sener
Founder, Editor-in-Chief
pRchitect Media & Communications
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