Hans Ulrich Obrist, Tom Kundig and Vicky Richardson

Hans Ulrich Obrist, Tom Kundig and Vicky Richardson are judges at Dezeen Awards 2022

Swiss art curator Hans Ulrich Obrist is joined by American architect Tom Kundig, Vicky Richardson of the Royal Academy of Arts in London and Nigerian American designer Nifemi Ogunro to judge Dezeen Awards 2022.

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Now in its fifth year, the programme has become the ultimate accolade for architects and designers everywhere, with winners selected by a prestigious panel of international judges.

Read on for the fourth out of seven announcements in which we will reveal the 93 industry professionals who will be judging your entries this year.

Dezeen Awards 2022 judge Vicky Richardson
Vicky Richardson will be judging the architecture categories for Dezeen Awards 2022

American architect Kundig is an owner and design principal of global design practice Olson Kundig. He is judging the architecture categories at Dezeen Awards 2022 alongside Obrist, who is a Swiss art curator and creative director of the Serpentine Galleries London.

Joining them is dean of Tongji University College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Li Xiangning, and head of architecture at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, Richardson.

Also on the panel is architect Jonathan Tuckey, whose's eponymous practice has a reputation for working with existing buildings and set up the programme Building on the Built.

Dezeen Awards 2022 judges Arianna Lelli Mami and Chiara Di Pinto
Arianna Lelli Mami and Chiara Di Pinto of Studiopepe are on the interiors jury

Judging the interiors categories at Dezeen Awards 2022 are Arianna Lelli Mami and Chiara Di Pinto of Milan-based design agency Studiopepe.

They are joined by Jonghwan Baek of South Korean studio WGNB. The spatial design practice was named emerging interior design studio of the year at Dezeen Awards 2021.

Architect Nelson Chow of Hong Kong studio NCDA is also on the interiors panel, along with the creative director of Lore Group Jacu Strauss and Australian interior designer Danielle Brustman.

Dezeen Awards 2022 judge Hassan Rahim
New York-based designer Hassan Rahim is on the design jury

Judging the design categories is Nigerian-American furniture designer Nifemi Ogunro. She is joined by New York artist and designer Hassan Rahim, and German-born designer Gitta Gschwendtner.

Dezeen Awards 2022 will be judged by a panel of 93 industry-leading professionals. The media and sustainability categories will have their own judging panels, which will be announced soon.

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