(Chairman of the jury panel) was the 2002 Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. Located in Sydney, Murcutt was the first Australian recipient of this prestigious architectural award. Murcutt's work has been lauded as architecture of place with designs that respond to the surrounding landscape and climate. He uses a variety of materials in his designs and only selects them after careful consideration of the amount of energy used to produce each of the materials.

has had his work widely published in architectural journals and books, including the book on his "Housing & Urbanisation' projects (Thames & Hudson, 1999) and the monographs devoted to his work (Thames & Hudson 1996, Mimar 1987). He has taught at universities in India and across the world, and is the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions, among which are India's Padma Shree and an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Michigan.

Andrew Ogorzalek is one of the founding partners of PCKO Architects of the United Kingdom, a firm incepted after winning the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) competition for a low energy, innovative residential scheme at Crystal Palace in the UK. In 1997 he was awarded the Gold Medal in Architecture for Wales. He has a keen interest in urban design, urban regeneration and sustainable community structures.

Jaime Lerner is a former president of the International Union of Architects and is currently responsible for the creation of the Institute of Urban Planning and Research of Curitiba in Brazil (IPPUC). He participated in a master plan design for Curitiba, resulting in its physical, economic and cultural transformation. Three-time elected mayor of the city; he consolidated its urban transformation and implemented the Integrated Mass Transportation System, acknowledged worldwide for its efficiency, quality and low cost. He is also a consultant to the United Nations for urban issues.

James Berry, Board Director of Skanska Integrated Projects, division of Skanska UK, is responsible for design across a portfolio of projects in the health, education, defence, and housing sectors. Prior to this, Berry spent 12 years developing major infrastructure projects including the design of the stations and air rights developments for London's Crossrail project, as well as part of the senior management team responsible for the Terminal 5 development at London Heathrow airport. T5 is currently the largest and most complex development in Europe, and when complete, will provide facilities for an additional 35 million passengers per annum.

Nicholas de Monchaux educated at Yale and Princeton Universities, has worked in London with Sir Michael and Lady Hopkins; and in New York where he has completed a range of projects with the New York Practice of Diller & Scofidio. Projects included the electronic installation Refresh for the Dia Center for the Arts and an installation on civic scale for the Philadelphia Museum of Art. In 2006 he takes up a position as Assistant Professor of Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley to teach courses in both Architecture and Urban Design.