Peterson, Hills, Chen, McColm join Dezeen Awards 2026 jury

Architects Miriam Peterson and David Hills, along with designers Min Chen and Donna McColm, have been named judges for the Dezeen Awards 2026. Peterson, founding partner of Brooklyn-based Peterson Rich Office, will serve on the architecture jury. Her recent projects include a revamp of the Condé Nast Galleries at The Met and its inaugural show Costume Art, which inspired this year's Met Gala. Hills, a founding director of London-based DSDHA, also joins the architecture jury. His practice has worked on a Henry Moore Studios gallery revamp and a renovation of the National Youth Theatre. Chen, an industrial designer based in Hangzhou and founder of Chen Min Office, will judge design entries. He has developed projects for Nike, IKEA, and Huawei, and champions Chinese craft through his cultural initiative Neo-o-old. McColm, assistant director at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, rounds out the design jury with two decades of curatorial and museum education experience. Entries close at 23:59 London time on 27 May 2026. The awards, in partnership with Trimble, seek the world's best architecture, interiors, and design across 49 categories.