2025 Design Awards: The Jury

Germane Barnes, RA
Studio Barnes
U Miami School of Architecture
Miami

Germane Barnes, RA, is principal of Studio Barnes and associate professor and director of the Master of Architecture graduate program at the University of Miami School of Architecture. His practice investigates the connection between architecture and identity, examining architecture’s social and political agency through historical research and design speculation. Barnes’ work has been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, MoMA, 2021 Chicago Architecture Biennial, and Biennale Architettura di Venezia 2023. He has won the Architectural League Prize and Rome Prize, and was an inaugural member of the Dorchester Industries Experimental Design Lab.

Barbara Bestor, FAIA
Bestor Architecture
Los Angeles

Barbara Bestor, FAIA, founded Bestor Architecture in 1995. Her studio is recognized for inventive integration of architecture, urbanism, infrastructure, and landscape at multiple scales. Bestor has led the design of award-winning projects ranging from homes, restaurants, and technology and fashion headquarters to community arts buildings, including the Silverlake Conservatory of Music and Ashes & Diamonds Winery. Her varied and aesthetically progressive body of work expands architecture into atmospheric urbanism. Current projects include the Summaeverythang Community Center, a re-envisioning of ICA LA, and custom residences in Southern California, Seattle, and beyond.

Tom Kundig, FAIA
Olson Kundig Architects
Seattle

After years of honing his distinctive style, Tom Kundig, FAIA, became principal and founder of Olson Kundig Architects in 1996. He has spent over 40 years crafting award-winning architecture across six continents. Kundig finds joy in the grit and determination needed to innovate, creating functional architecture that responds to context and reflects the stories of its users. His portfolio spans a range of built and ongoing projects, from adaptive reuse developments and hospitality destinations to sports facilities and venues, museums, wineries, private homes, and more.

Víctor Legorreta, Hon. FAIA
LEGORRETA
Mexico City

Víctor Legorreta, Hon. FAIA, studied architecture at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City. After working at firms including Leason Pomeroy & Associates in California, Martorell, Bohigas y Mackay in Spain, and Fumihiko Maki in Japan, he joined Legorreta Arquitectos in 1991, becoming partner two years later. Since 2001, he has served as partner, general manager, and design director of LEGORRETA. He has lectured in the US, Latin America, and the Middle East, and has served on various juries. He is an honorary member of AIA and a distinguished member of several architecture academies.