Roberto de Leon, FAIA
de Leon & Primmer Architecture Workshop
Louisville, Kentucky
Roberto de Leon, FAIA, is partner and cofounder of DPAW, a collaborative design studio focusing on cultural, civic, and nonprofit public projects. His work is recognized for contextual sensitivity, innovation in material applications, and holistic integration of sustainable strategies rooted in regional specificity, and his research explores relationships between local and global building traditions at a range of scales and environments. De Leon received a 2010 Design Vanguard award from Architectural Record, 2011 Emerging Voices award from the Architectural League of New York, and 2023 Architecture Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Gordon Gill, FAIA
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
Chicago
Gordon Gill, FAIA, is a founding partner of AS+GG and one of the world’s foremost exponents of performance-based architecture. He has led numerous landmark projects that have pursued energy independence by harnessing the power of natural forces on site and striking a balance with their environmental contexts. These include the world’s first net zero-energy skyscraper, Pearl River Tower in Guangzhou, China; the world’s first large-scale positive energy building, Masdar Headquarters; Jeddah Tower in Saudi Arabia, which upon completion will be the world’s tallest building; and Al Wasl Plaza, whose domed steel trellis served as the centerpiece of Expo Dubai 2020.
Celia Esther Arredondo Zambrano
Tecnológico de Monterrey
Monterrey, Mexico
Celia Esther Arredondo Zambrano is an emeritus professor at Tecnológico de Monterrey. Her areas of expertise include history, theory, and cultural studies in architecture, as well as sustainable architecture and urban design. Arredondo holds a bachelor’s degree in architecture from Tecnológico de Monterrey, a master’s in landscape architecture from Texas A&M University, and both a master’s in urban design and a PhD in architectural history and theory from Oxford Brookes University in England. She was the first female president of the Monterrey chapter of the Mexican National Academy of Architecture and in 2010 was named academic emeritus, the organization’s highest distinction.