2024 Jury.

Adam Goodrum

Principal, Adam Goodrum Studios
Australia

Adam Goodrum is one of Australia’s preeminent industrial designers. Raised in Perth, his designs are inflected with honesty and integrity, his process anchored in inventiveness. A graduate of the University of Technology Sydney, Goodrum is at the forefront of a new generation of designers forging an identifiable Australian aesthetic.

He collaborates with leading Australian brands such as Cult, Tait, and Broached Commissions, as well as international names including Alessi, Cappellini, and Veuve Clicquot. As one half of A&A, he explores collectible straw marquetry furniture. Goodrum’s accolades include the DIA Hall of Fame induction, NGV Rigg Prize, and Indesign Luminary Award, with his work featured in collections such as Powerhouse/MAAS and the NGV.

Aleesha Callahan

Editor, Indesignlive.com
Australia

Aleesha Callahan is the editor of Indesignlive.com, bringing together a breadth of experience in design, digital, and publishing.

Aleesha started her career as an interior designer practising in Brisbane after graduating with Honours from the Queensland University of Technology. While living and working in Berlin, Aleesha was the curator for Architectuul’s Architects in Love video series, which debuted as an Associated Project for the 2013 Lisbon Architecture Triennale. Aleesha’s writing has appeared in the pages of Indesign, Habitus, Details, Mezzanine and Studio. Over the past eight years, she has honed a passion for all things design and digital having worked in roles with the Australian Institute of Architects and various digital agencies.

At Indesign Media, Aleesha is able to get to the bottom of design by interviewing the brightest talent, and exploring the themes that are shaping the design and architecture industry today.

Alex Hopkins

Principal, Studio Tate
Australia

Alex Hopkins is the director of Studio Tate, an interior architecture practice of designers and thinkers committed to intelligent design in projects that reflect the way we live, work and play. Alex’s infectious energy and resourceful determination are why she excels at developing creative solutions across the studio, whether on the business or design side.

With extensive experience across the residential, workplace and hospitality portfolios at Studio Tate, Alex’s varied responsibilities include design review and direction as well as practice strategy. A people person, you always know when Alex is in the room, her style – classic with a certain je ne sais quoi – extends to her abilities to inject colour and life into any space and setting.

Alice Blackwood

Editor, Indesign
Australia

Alice Blackwood is a design editor and journalist, with a background in branding and communications strategy. For 20 years Alice has been a passionate advocate of the Australian architecture and design industry. She served as Editor on Indesign magazine and Indesignlive.com until 2023; has contributed in a programming capacity on major international design festivals, and the INDE.Awards since its inception in 2016; and helped to establish numerous major platforms that recognise and celebrate the region’s most exciting architecture and design, and elevate those industry leaders into the global spotlight.

“Our region’s architecture and design industry is defined by a fresh and sharp-sighted entrepreneurial spirit. We see bold propositions and the flawless execution of complex ideas that go on to achieve world-leading outcomes. I’m fascinated by all the moving parts of our design community – the businesses, the brands, the big-thinkers and everyday-doers,” she says.

Alice remains an active member of the Australian design and media industries as a Moderator, MC, Judge, Commentator, Mentor and Advisor.

Amy Muir

Director, MUIR
Australia

Amy Muir is an architect and director of MUIR, a Melbourne based architecture practice established in 2016. The practice engages with a range of projects including resisdential, public and institutional briefs bringing a sympathetic and strategic attitude to the varying contexts that they work within. The practice is underpinned by a firm belief in project- based research that investigates the language of memory and place.

Holding degrees in Interior Design and Architecture from RMIT University enables Amy to place equal value on the holistic crafting of interior and external form as one. In her previous role as Victorian President of the Australian Institute of Architects and a current lecturer at RMIT University, Amy is committed to establishing strong links between teaching, research, practice and public advocacy.

Apoorva Shroff

Founder and Principal Designer, lyth design
Mumbai, India

Apoorva Shroff is the founder and principal designer for the boutique architecture firm lyth design. Founded in 2022 and spearheaded by Shroff, the design practice aims to translate inspirations, ideas and memories into efficient and practical spatial solutions that are also breathtaking.

Since its inception, the practice has gained immense traction among a growing roster of noteworthy clients that includes Prestige, Supreme Builders and Central Square Foundation. Shroff’s work has been showcased across some of the most prominent global design publications and she has also been invited to share her expertise and judge various juries at esteemed institutions like INFID.

Shroff has over two decades of experience in the industry. Along with lyth, Shroff occasionally teaches at Balwant Sheth School of Architecture, bridging the gap between academia and practice, mentoring students to become professionals of tomorrow.

Chan Ee Mun

Architect, WOHA
Singapore

Chan Ee Mun is a Director at WOHA. He obtained his Master of Architecture from the National University of Singapore and has been associated with the architectural practice since its inception. Ee Mun is driven by his intrinsic interest in Tropical Urbanity and its change-making potential in shaping responsive architectural solutions to modern issues of density and climate change. His work is characterised by its people-centric approach which is spatially engaging, programmatically vibrant and environmentally responsive.

Chui Lai (Judy) Cheung

Co-founder, Cheungvogl Architects
Hong Kong

Cheungvogl is the architecture workshop of Chui Lai Cheung and Christoph Vogl. In 2011, they participated in the ‘Picturing “Home-for-All”’ exhibition, curated by Toyo Ito and other notable architects, at the Toyo Ito Museum of Architecture, Imabari, Japan.

In 2017, Cheungvogl was named one of “20 designers and brands that define our tomorrow” by Frame Magazine, alongside OMA and Snøhetta. That year, they won First Prize in the international competition for the Yeoui-Naru Ferry Terminal and Masterplan in Seoul. In 2018, Cheungvogl received the FRAME Award Jury Prize for their innovative restoration of the 110-year-old UNESCO heritage Au Pont Rouge in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

David Teh

Founder & Director, Pakatan Reka Arkitek Sdn Bhd
Malaysia

David Teh is the Founder and Director of Pakatan Reka Arkitek Sdn Bhd (PRA), a leading architecture practice based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Established in 1979, PRA has an extensive portfolio spanning masterplans, offices, schools, hotels, and residential developments.

A former President of the Malaysia Institute of Architects (PAM), David has also held leadership roles with the Board of Architects Malaysia, Commonwealth Association of Architects, and ARCASIA. He has contributed to architectural education at Universiti Malaya and Deakin University and organised key industry conferences, including the Asian Congress of Architects. In 2022, David was awarded the PAM Gold Medal, recognising his outstanding service to Malaysia’s architectural profession.

Dianna Snape

Dianna Snape Photography
Australia

Dianna Snape is a Melbourne-based photographer specialising in architecture, interior, and landscape photography. Her work is featured in leading architectural and design publications both nationally and internationally. A graduate of RMIT’s BA (Photography) (Honours) course, Dianna has over 20 years of experience in the field.

In 2021, she collaborated with writer Jan Henderson to release Architecture at the Heart of the Home, published by Thames & Hudson, exploring how architecture defines home. In 2022, she was recognised as one of the ‘100 Most Inspiring Architectural Photographers’ by LOOP Design Awards. Dianna is also the co-founder and President of the Image Makers Association Australia, supporting Australian photographers through education and industry connections.

Helena Clunies-Ross

Principal, Helena Clunies-Ross Associates
Australia

Helena Clunies-Ross Design is a New York and London-based international design studio, writing the next chapter in great interior design. As former Design Director of Anouska Hempel Design, Helena has over a decade of experience and is regarded internationally as a leading creative mover and shaker in the industry. Her portfolio encompasses a multitude of styles and genres, and her design ethos of understated luxury is an unmistakable thread through all her work. Though no two projects are the same, all are universally beautiful and timeless in their execution; exuding warmth and sophistication, from her use of clean lines and framed views to the placement of screens, bespoke pieces and the layering of textures. In a single year, Helena will work on between six and ten projects across the globe, ranging from 2,500 to 30,000 sq/m, and is renowned for achieving a seemingly effortless balance of elegance and intelligent design. Her in-house team includes three of her sisters, one of which is her Design Director, Sophia Clunies-Ross. Working under Helena’s guiding hand, they run and manage various elements of the business; offering a highly skilled and personalised service for both residential and hospitality clients. Since its inception five years ago, Helena has quickly grown from a British firm undertaking predominantly domestic projects, to an international design studio, delivering projects from concept design through to completion — from New York to Georgia; Manhattan, The Hamptons, Long Island and beyond. Her work was recently included in Beta-Plus Publishing’s ‘Quiet Luxury’ coffee table style book, featuring her Tribeca Apartments project as one of only “18 exceptional private residences” around the world, showcasing the ultimate “understated yet luxurious style of each home and apartment, with exceptional attention to artisan craftsmanship and perfect execution down to the smallest details.”

James Calder

Director, Placing
Australia

James Calder is one of the world’s innovators in workplace, education and health design. His list of key projects has always been a generation ahead and have a unique proposition around the performance of space and place from the user perspective. Landmark projects such as Campus MLC, Macquarie at 50 Martin Place and Shelley Street, multiple projects for NAB including 700 Bourke, TechCentral, SAHMRI and Tonsley Park were all influenced by his thinking and collaborative implementation approach.

Having worked for large international firms, an investment bank, and his own consultancy, James is now embarking on a new area of expertise that is beginning to be called the spatial economy, based on Web 3.0 and the next wave of the technological changes. James has been a founding INDE Jury member and continues in this role for 2025.

Jeremy Smith

Design Director, Irving Smith Architects
New Zealand

Jeremy is Design Director of Irving Smith Architects, a research-based design practice working in sensitive environments throughout Aotearoa, New Zealand and abroad. The practice has won many international awards, including 2021 INDE.Awards, The Building category, World Timber Building of the Year and World Higher Education and Research and multiple World Architecture Festival Awards.

Key to his practice, teaching and research is understanding how buildings inhabit an environment that constantly undergoes change, be it in city or rural landscapes.

John Gollings AM

Managing Director, Gollings Photography
Asia Pacific

John Gollings AM holds a Master’s degree in Architecture from RMIT University, an Honorary Fellowship of the Australian Institute of Architects and is Adjunct Professor, School of Media and Communications, RMIT University.
John works in the Asia-Pacific region as an architectural photographer, much of the work involving long-term cultural projects especially in India, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Libya and New Guinea and specialises in the documentation of cities, old and new, often from the air.

He was co-creative director of the Venice Architectural Biennale in 2010 and has produced multiple books. Among many accolades, John has twice received the Australian Institute of Architects Presidents Prize and in 2016 he received a Member of the Order of Australia (AM).

Juliette Arent

Creative Director & Co-Founder, Arent&Pyke
Australia

Leone Lorrimer

National Practice Leader, GHD Design
Australia

For over 30 years Leone Lorrimer has been a recognisable presence in the architecture and design profession. Her projects have won numerous awards in Australia and internationally.

She has been a leading design professional, a mentor and an executive director of two major international practices, as well as working as a client to some of the world’s most famous architecture and design practices. Leone is GHD Design’s National Practice Leader and has been a member of the INDE.Awards jury since the inception of the program.

Luke Yeung

Principal, Architectkidd
Thailand

Luke Yeung leads Thailand architectural studio Architectkidd along with Udomsak Komonvilas and Jariyawadee Lekawatana. Based in Bangkok, Architectkidd’s designs make use of innovative tools that are sensitively applied to local materials and construction techniques. This combination leads to architectural projects that are bold and inventive but also closely connected with the local conditions of SouthEast Asia.

Working within the context of South East Asia’s growing cities, Architectkidd is known for articulating materiality as a way to bring humanistic and social qualities into the built environment.

Melvin Keng

Founder and Principal Architect, Kaizen Architecture
Singapore

Ar. Melvin Keng is a registered architect in Singapore, holding a master’s in architecture from the National University of Singapore. He is the founder of Kaizen Architecture (KZA), a multidisciplinary practice focused on architecture, space, branding, and furniture design to create meaningful narratives that bridge physical and digital spaces.

In its early years, KZA has received numerous awards, including the Golden Pin Design Award, SIA Architectural Design Awards, and mentions in Dezeen and INDE Awards for both residential and commercial projects. Melvin is an active advocate in the Singapore architectural community, serving as a council member of the Singapore Institute of Architects and teaching as an adjunct lecturer at Lasalle School of the Arts.

Meryl Hare

Principal, Hare + Klein
Australia

Meryl Hare is Principal of Hare + Klein and has 36 years-experience in design. She is a Fellow of the Design Institute of Australia and has received a DIA citation for services to the Design Industry. She was inducted into the DIA Hall of Fame in 2011, House & Garden Hall of Fame in 2018 and Belle Hall of Fame in 2021. In 2020 she was awarded the IDEA Gold Medal Award and was nominated as The Luminary at the 2022 INDE Awards.

Hare and Klein is a five-time winner of the Australian Interior Design Awards, among many other awards. The practice has also been selected for the prestigious Andrew Martin International Design Review in 13 volumes. Meryl has authored two books, both published by Thames & Hudson.

Patrick Keane

Founder, Enter Projects
Asia

Born in Nairobi, Keane studied environmental design at the University of Western Australia and earned a Master’s in Architecture from Princeton University. After working at Steven Holl Architects and Eisenman Architects in New York, he returned to Australia and founded Enter Projects in 2005.

In 2018, Keane relocated to Phuket and rebranded his practice as Enter Projects Asia, now with a 25-strong team across two offices. The firm is known for blending artisanal crafts with digital fabrication and streamlining processes to minimise project delivery time.

Sustainability is central to Keane’s work, with a focus on reducing material waste. He believes the post-COVID era of design demands a reconsideration of architecture’s role as shelter, particularly from an environmental standpoint.

Patrick was accorded The Luminary award at the 2023 INDE.Awards.

Peta Heffernan

Director, LIMINAL Studio
Australia

Peta Heffernan is co-founding director of LIMINAL Studio, a design and architecture practice with studios in Hobart and Melbourne, Australia. The studio is known for its inventive outcomes fed by creative thinking that embraces collaboration. Its interdisciplinary approach is captured through the Studio’s Architecture, Spaces, Objects and Ideation identities.

Responsible for quality, inventive and inclusive environments deeply connected to place, Peta has led teams to deliver high profile and award-winning projects, such as the The Hedberg in Hobart, the Coastal Pavilions at Freycinet and community galvanising projects such as the Youth 2 Independence Housing in Hobart.

Peta’s leadership in collaborative practice, design and advocacy has led to multiple invitations to participate on forums, advisory councils and juries.

Raj Nandan

Founder & CEO, Indesign Media Asia Pacific
Singapore/Australia

Rajesh Nandan is the Founder, Publisher and Chief Executive Officer of the design industry’s premier regional media house, Indesign Media Asia Pacific. After acquiring his first magazine at the age of 22 in 1993, Raj continued to launch a suite of magazine titles throughout the 1990s that would become the foundation for his boutique publishing house in 2000 under the flagship title, Indesign.

In 2010, the company moved further throughout Asia with digital and print titles in Indonesia, Singapore, Hong Kong – including welcoming India to the fold in the very near future. The root of his success lies in Raj being a very early proponent of the potential for digital platforms to support our region’s creative talent.

Roshni Kshirsagar

Partner, SJK Architects
India

Roshni Kshirsagar is a partner at SJK Architects, a Mumbai-based architecture, interior design and masterplanning practice founded in 1990 by Shimul Javeri Kadri. Working across diverse scales and typologies, she is driven by the belief that good design can transcend the brief to create enduring impact. Her design approach is defined by a balance of aesthetics and efficiency.

Since 2007, she has led the interior design of multiple award-winning projects, such as the Hotel in Bodh Gaya (shortlisted for the INDE.Awards in 2022), the Retail Store for Forest of Chintz (Prix Versailles 2016 winner), and the recently completed multi-generational family home in Nagpur, the Light House, that exemplify the firm’s ethos of designing spaces attuned to climate, culture, history, technology, and communities.

Sanjay Bhardwaj

Partner, team3
India

Sanjay Bhardwaj is a Partner at team3, an award-winning, multi-disciplinary architectural practice that aspires to create human-centric and contextual architectural expressions. The work of the practice draws on contemporary influences while responding to local climatic, historical and social settings. Founded in 2012 in New Delhi by the three partners Sanjay Bhardwaj, Shubhra Dahiya, and Vijay Dahiya, team3 specialises in creating holistic projects across diverse scales.

With over 30 years of prior experience in the field, Sanjay brings an expertise in delivering complex projects at the scale of urban planning, mixed-use developments, and housing. His forte lies in balancing sustainability and financial viability to create context-responsive designs. His work has been the recipient of numerous reputed awards, including an accolade from the Indian Institute of Architects for Excellence in Architecture, commendations from the Indian Institute of Interior Design, among many others.

Sara Folch

Founder, Sara Folch Interior Design
Spain

Sara Folch is one of Barcelona’s most renowned interior designers, with over 20 years of experience and a diverse portfolio of projects, ranging from residences and luxury hotels to restaurants and retail spaces globally.

After graduating from the School of Arts and Crafts in Barcelona, she founded Sara Folch Interior Design in 1995. The studio moved to Barcelona in 1998, and has since expanded internationally, with offices in Bogotá, Miami, Mexico, and plans for further growth in Brazil, Portugal, Dubai, Australia, and the UK. Her studio’s multidisciplinary team allows Sara to offer comprehensive services across all project phases, from concept through to execution and delivery.

Sarah Bader

Executive Director and Co‑Regional Client Relationship Leader, Principal, Gensler
Japan

As Executive Director and Co-Regional Client Relationship Leader, Sarah leads local and global teams in crafting design solutions that harmonise aesthetic appeal with business objectives for clients worldwide. In her previous roles, she served as the Managing Director of Gensler’s Tokyo office for six years and as Co-Managing Director of the firm’s Chicago office for three years.

Her extensive experience encompasses a variety of industries and project types, ranging from new urban high-rise hospitals to intimate workplace designs. Sarah excels in leading teams within diverse, multicultural environments and consistently prioritises client experience.

Shashi Caan

Founding Partner, SC COLLECTIVE & GloWD
United States of America/United Kingdom

Shashi Caan is internationally celebrated as a multidisciplinary designer, educator, and author whose work highlights the transformative power of design to elevate life quality. As Founder, President, and CEO of GloWD (Globally We Design), SCC (The SC COLLECTIVE), and IFI (International Federation of Interior Architects/Designers), she has spearheaded landmark initiatives, including the IFI Interiors Declaration, the GloWD Universal Design Education Charter, GloWD GEL-Lab and the GloWD World Youth Designer Program.

With 30 years of practice experience and a career spanning continents and disciplines, her prior leadership roles include Design Director at SOM and Chair of Interiors at Parsons. Shashi is widely recognised for her contributions. Broadly honoured with design awards, accolades, and fellowships (from IFI and RSA (world), Latin America, Australia, the UK, and the USA), she actively shapes global design thinking and practice by advancing design excellence and fostering cross-cultural collaboration.

Sonali Rastogi

Founding Partner, Morphogenesis
India

Sonali Rastogi is the Co-Founding Partner of Morphogenesis. Her multifaceted creativity encompasses roles as an architect, urban design and planner, artist, writer, speaker, and innovator. She firmly believes that every project should set a new standard for innovative design by embracing a systemic approach to sustainability, aiming to create a significant impact. Her dedication to environmental design led to the development of Morphogenesis’ copyrighted design philosophy known as S.O.U.L©, representing Sustainable, Optimized, Unique, and Liveable design principles. The impact of projects designed by Morphogenesis: • Over 9 million sq. m. of built environment benefiting over 5,60,000 inhabitants. • Freshwater saved: 22 billion litres. • Energy saved: 4.1 million kW/hr. • Reduction in CO2 emissions: 4.2 billion kg • Gross area of sustainable buildings completed: 50,000,000 sq. ft. Among recent accomplishments for the firm, the completion of the Surat Diamond Bourse in India, the world’s largest single office building, stands out. This remarkable achievement includes a Platinum rating from the Indian Green Building Council, exemplifying her commitment to excellence in sustainable architecture. Sonali’s works have featured in over 1000 publications, both International and National, including the firm’s monograph. With a special interest in ‘History and Theory’ of architecture, she has spoken at multiple prestigious colleges and conferences, including the Brown University Arts Symposium, the Design Leadership Summit, New York and the World Architecture Festival, Berlin. She is passionate about steering the discourse around the AEC industry to a responsible and responsive realm. Owing to the same, she is a regular speaker and presenter at reputed national and international institutions, conclaves, and conferences. She has also brought significant attention to gender issues in the AEC industry. Today, Morphogenesis is an exemplar for the profession for equal opportunity and gender pay parity.

Thien Duong

General Director, GroupGSA
Vietnam

Thien Duong is a design and development professional with over 25 years of global experience. He has worked across locations including England, Norway, Canada, Bermuda, Dubai, Australia, and Vietnam, bringing expertise to his role as General Director of GroupGSA Vietnam. Committed to sustainable design, Thien serves on the Board of Directors of the Vietnam Green Building Council, driving the country’s green building movement. He aims to inspire and connect teams to create impactful projects that resonate with local communities.

Beyond his professional endeavors, Thien is passionate about nurturing future generations of designers. He shares his knowledge and expertise as a guest lecturer at local universities and a mentor to international school students. Thien is honoured to be part of the influential INDE.awards serving as a juror and has been a long-standing Chair of the judging panels of the PropertyGuru Asia and Vietnam Property Awards.

Wendy Saunders

Co-Founder & Principal Architect, AIM Architecture

Born and raised in Bruges, Wendy comes from a family of craftspeople. After earning a master’s in architecture from Ghent University, she worked in top design firms in Amsterdam before moving to China in 2005, where she co-founded AIM ARCHITECTURE with her partner, Vincent de Graaf, focusing on spaces that foster social change and human connection.

Wendy created a vibrant, human-centred studio surrounded by young, international designers united by a goal to transform urban environments. Her design influences come from street life in China, craftsmanship, and sensory experiences such as the smell of leather, leading her to create impactful spaces. Over the past two decades, Wendy has led projects spanning architecture and interior design, earning numerous accolades, including MIPIM, Architizer, WAN, WAF, Wallpaper*, and ELLE Deco Awards. Wendy also received the accolade of Luminary at the 2023 INDE.Awards.

Whare Timu (Ngāti Kahungunu, Te Arawa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa)

Principal, Te Matakirea Lead – Warren and Mahoney
Aotearoa (New Zealand)

Whare Timu is an award-winning architect, cultural advisor, and advocate for indigenous design with over 18 years of experience. Known for integrating cultural narratives into design, Whare has led projects such as the Aurecon Te Tihi, blending indigenous values with sustainable practices, and the He Tohu exhibition, which celebrates New Zealand’s foundational documents through immersive design.

A thought leader and writer, Whare contributes to Architecture NZ and CTI Fresh Thinking for Princeton, focusing on indigenous principles in contemporary practice. He engages with indigenous communities across Aotearoa and beyond, fostering conversations on embedding indigenous perspectives in architecture. A passionate advocate for socially just, sustainable design, Whare creates inclusive spaces that address the needs of indigenous communities, helping shape a responsible, diverse architectural landscape.