The list of judges for WAF 2025 has been announced…
World Architecture Festival (WAF), one of the most comprehensive platforms evaluating architectural production on a global scale, has announced the jury members for its 2025 edition. Bringing together outstanding projects in architecture and design each year, the festival will take place from 12–14 November 2025 at the Miami Convention Center.
This curated selection of jury members, each assigned to specific categories, offers insight into the evaluation process and reflects the diverse perspectives shaping contemporary architectural discourse.
Below, you’ll find the full list of jury members announced by WAF, along with their respective categories and photographs…
World Building Super Jury
Laurinda Spear
Mohsen Mostafavi
Sir Peter Cook
Yosuke Hayano
Future Project Super Jury
Cazú Zegers
Michel Rojkind
Ondrej Chybik
Patrick Bellew
WAF Interiors Super Jury
Adrien Gardere
Charu Kokate
Johnny Chiu
Mike Stiff
Nigel Coates
Landscape Super Jury
Franziska Meisel
Kona Gray
Lily Jencks
Richard Maimon
Shortlist Judges
Andy Theobald
Angie Jim Osman
Angus
Morrogh-Ryan
Annette Fisher
Cindy Walters
Harry Charrington
Hazel Joseph
Jonathan Glancey
Layton Reid
Linzi Cassels
Lucy Tilley
Mike Stiff
Paul Hyett
Rob Gregory
Roger Zogolovitch
Category Judges
Ada Yvars Bravo
Adrien Gardere
Alastair Richardson
Alex Wessling
Alexander Simon
Ambrish Arora
Amir Idiatulin
Annette Fisher
Anthony Montalto
Antonia Pellegrini
Arjun Desai
Azad Chichmanian
Banu Uçak
Barrington Gohns
Bassam Komati AIA OEAB
Beiyun Fan
Bhadri Suthar
Bratislav Toskovic
Brendan Neiland
Brian Eckersley
Brian LeVoguer
Bruno Mendes
Caner Bilgin
Carlo Castelli
Carlos Nunez
Carlotta Zucchini
Carmelo Zappulla
Caspar Schmitz-Morkramer
Catherine Clark
Cazú Zegers
Charu Kokate
Christele Harrouk
Christina Seilern
Christopher Bosse
Clara Arango
Cristina Verissimo
David Basulto
David Darling
David West
Dean Maltz
Diogo Burnay
Edoardo Tibuzzi
Elena K. Tsolakis
Elizabeth Camargo
Emre Arolat
Eric Parry
Erik Nissen Johansen
Farhid Maya
Fernanda Patino
Franziska Meisel
Fred Pilbrow
Gabriela Etchegaray
Gökhan Avcıoğlu
Gonca Arık Çalışkan
Harry Charrington
Heather Dodd
Heather Dubbeldam
Horacio Cherniavsky
Islam Elmashtooly
James O’ Callaghan
James Tan
James Wilson
Jason Bruges
Jean Mah
Jeremy Melvin
Jeremy Smith
Jim Herr AIA NCARB
Johanna Hurme
Johnny Chiu
Jonathan Rose
Jonathan Massey
Jonathan Glancey
Jorge Augusto Noreña Ocampo
Joyce Owens FAIA RIBA
Juliana López Marulanda
Juliana Ramirez
Kateryna Toros
Katherine Chia
Ken Tadashi Oshima
Kevin McMorris
Kona Gray
Laurinda Spear
Layton Reid
Lily Jencks
Lina Lahiri
Loreto Lyon Nuño
Lua Nitsche
Lucy Tilley
Magdalena Federowicz – Boule
Maria Correia
María Dolores Yáñez Jaramillo
Mario Cucinella
Mark Thomson
Mark Powell Kyffin
Mark Middleton
Marlon Blackwell
Mary Bowman
Matt Fairman
Matthew Mackay
Meryati Blackwell
Michael Heenan
Michael Henderson
Michael Stiff
Michel Rojkind
Mien Huei Yong
Miquel Adria
Misak Terzibasiyan
Mohsen Mostafavi
Nicola Leonardi
Niels Kramer
Nigel Coates
Noelia Monteiro
Ondrej Chybik
Paolo Rossi
Paolo Rossi
Patrick Bellew
Paul Hyett
Paul Reidy
Paul White
Paul Williams
Peter Cook
Peter MacKeith
Philip Bartman
Phillippe Fouché
Pieterjan Vermoortel
Qutub Mandviwala
Rajendra Kumar
Rena Sakellaridou
Rhonda Hammond
Richard Francis-Jones
Richard Maimon
Rob Gregory
Rob Goodwin
Roger Zogolovitch
Ronan Dunphy
Rory Olcayto
Sanjay Puri
Sasa Radulovic
Sebastian Monsalve Gomez
Shawn Meyers
Simon Allford
Simon Henley
Simone de Gale
Steve Melvin
Stuart Rough
Tadahiko Murao
Timothy Archambault
Timothy Shepherd
Tracy Meller
Tuğçe Rizeli Bilgi
Vanessa Smith Torres
Viviana Muscettola
Viviana Peña Suárez
Vivivana Pozzoli
Wei Wei
Will Hunter
William Ti Jr.
Yael Reisner
Yosuke Hayano
