Judges

We’re delighted to announce our judging panel for 2025.

Co-founder & Director
Ullmayer Sylvester
Board Director
Buckley Gray Yeoman
Associate Director
Architype
Managing Partner
FORE Partnership
Director
Studio Tashima
Design Director
AKT II
Director
Belsize Architects
Co-Founder
ConForm Architects
Director
Prewett Bizley
Director
Burrell Foley Fisher
Director of Sustainability
Max Fordham
Director
Morrow & Lorraine
Managing Director
Barr Gazetas
Founder
Julian Harrap Architects
Director / Co founder
Bureau de Change
Partner
Sheppard Robson
Associate Director & Regional Head of Sustainability
ECD Architects
Partner, sustainability lead
Hawkins\Brown
Partner
10 Design
Founder
less.eco
Director
TAP
Consultant
HUT
Associate Director
Orms
Director
Featherstone Young
Associate/ Heritage and Conservation Lead
Gort Scott
Director
West Port Architects
Director
Theis & Khan
Director
BDG architecture + design
Founder & CEO
Seaforth
Curator & Consultant
Consultant
Senior Lecturer in Architecture
Leicester School of Architecture, De Montfort University (DMU)

Judging process

MID-MAY

The judging process for all categories will begin in mid-March, with the shortlisted entrants being notified in mid-May of their achievement. 

LATE JUNE

For two weeks in June, finalists, judges and the AJ team unite when all shortlisted entries will be invited to present to judges.

  • A 15-minute presentation slot will be assigned to all shortlisted entries. This will involve a 5-minute presentation to judges, and a 10-minute Q&A where judges will probe further into the detail.
  • The majority of these will take place online, but some categories will be presented in person, during this same time period, at a venue to be confirmed.

More detailed information will be communicated upon practices being notified of their shortlisted status.

10 SEPTEMBER

All winners will be announced at the AJ Retrofit & Reuse Awards ceremony, taking place in the evening of 10 September at The Brewery. This will follow on from the AJ Retrofit Live conference earlier in the day.