In response to the overwhelming popularity of our One Rendering, One Drawing and One Photo Challenges, Architizer developed this the Vision Awards program to recognize some of the architecture industry’s most unsung creative heroes. As with Architizer’s A+Awards, we’ve assembled a stellar, multi-disciplinary jury of architectural thought leaders from around the world, allowing entrants to get their work in front of some of the industry’s leading figures and see their work published in print.
In the same democratic and truly global spirit as Architizer’s A+Awards, the Vision Awards’ jury comprises influential figures in the fields of architecture, design, technology, film and beyond. Looking for tips to make sure your entry stands out in front of the crowd? Check out our Editor’s Guide to Winning Architizer’s Vision Awards. Now, without further ado, discover the trailblazing experts we’ve handpicked to help select the winners for this year’s competition.
Shajay Booshan
Associate Director at Zaha Hadid Architects
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Matthew Bannister
Founder of DBOX
Matthew earned a Bachelor of Architecture from Cornell University and a Masters of Architecture from Princeton University. He has taught at both institutions.
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Katherine Chia
Co-Founder of Desai Chia Architecture
Katherine grew up in New York State and Belgium. She earned her Master of Architecture degree from M.I.T. and received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Amherst College. Prior to founding Desai Chia Architecture, she worked for Maya Lin on numerous art and architecture commissions. She is a Trustee Emerita of Amherst College, a board member at the Center for Architecture, and a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.
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Arjun Desai
Co-Founder of Desai Chia Architecture
Arjun grew up in New Delhi and Mumbai, India. Prior to founding Desai Chia Architecture, he worked at SHCA/NY on numerous civic projects in New York and Washington, D.C. He earned his Master of Architecture degree from M.I.T. and received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Bennington College.
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Andres Ramirez
Founder of PLANESITE
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James Whitaker
Founder of Whitaker Studio
Prior to setting up Whitaker Studio James worked as an architect for Thomas Heatherwick and Ron Arad in London and Hong Kong, on a variety of internationally renowned projects, both big and small. He has also worked as a photographer and a digital artist.
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Xuanru Chen
Co-Founder and Architect at ZJJZ Atelier China
Marc Tsurumaki
Founding Principal of LTL Architects
Marc is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Architecture at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation and has taught at multiple institutions, most recently as the Davenport Visiting Professor at Yale University. Marc is the author with Paul and David Lewis of five books including the recently published Manual of Biogenic House Sections, a follow up to their best-selling Manual of Section which addresses questions of embodied carbon and the architectural potentials of plant and earth based materials. He is currently the President of the Board of Directors of Storefront for Art and Architecture.
Thomas Phifer
Partner at Thomas Phifer and Partners
A monograph on the work of Thomas Phifer and Partners was released in 2010 by Skira Rizzoli. Thomas Phifer received the prestigious Rome Prize in Architecture from the American Academy in Rome in 1995 and was awarded the Medal of Honor from the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects in 2004. He was elected as an Academician of the National Academy of Design in 2011. In 2013, Mr. Phifer received the Arts and Letters Award in Architecture from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 2016, he was honored by the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects with the President’s Award and by the Sir John Soane’s Museum Foundation. He also gave the 2016 keynote lecture at the Royal Institute of British Architects in London. In 2019, he was awarded the National Design Award in Architectural Design from the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum. In 2022, he was elected as a lifetime member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Mr. Phifer is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and serves on the board of the Architectural League of New York. In 2022 the Clemson University of School of Architecture announced a newly endowed fellowship for historically underserved and underrepresented students.
The Thomas Phifer Fellowship will support tuition in the School of Architecture for two graduate students for two years in an effort to increase access and broaden a more diverse pathway within the profession of architecture in South Carolina. Thomas Phifer has served as a visiting professor at numerous architecture schools, including the Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Cooper Union, University of Southern California, University of Texas, University of Pennsylvania, and Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning. Mr. Phifer has been appointed the William Henry Bishop Visiting Professor of Architectural Design and the Louis I Kahn Visiting Professor of Architectural Design, both at the Yale School of Architecture. Mr. Phifer received his Bachelor of Architecture in 1975 and his Master of Architecture in 1977, both from Clemson University. In 1977 he studied at the Clemson Architecture Center in Genoa, Italy.
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