The Jury (left to right): Chris Genik - A co-founder of Daly Genik Architects in Santa Monica, Calif., Genik has taught at institutions including the Art Center College of Design and the Southern California Institute of Architecture, where he is undergraduate program director; Blaine Brownell - A visiting professor in sustainable design at the University of Michigan, Brownell is also the founder of Transstudio, a firm devoted to materials reearch and awareness. He is the author of 'Transmaterial' and 'Transmaterial 2' (Princeton Architectural Press); Andres Lepik - Curator of contemporary architecture at New York's Museum of Modern Art, Lepik has written and edited several books, including 'Skyscrapers' (Prestel) and a monograph of Berlin-based Barkow Leibinger Architects (Hatje Cantz Verlag)
Mike Morgan The Jury (left to right): Chris Genik - A co-founder of Daly Genik Architects in Santa Monica, Calif., Genik has taught at institutions including the Art Center College of Design and the Southern California Institute of Architecture, where he is undergraduate program director; Blaine Brownell - A visiting professor in sustainable design at the University of Michigan, Brownell is also the founder of Transstudio, a firm devoted to materials reearch and awareness. He is the author of 'Transmaterial' and 'Transmaterial 2' (Princeton Architectural Press); Andres Lepik - Curator of contemporary architecture at New York's Museum of Modern Art, Lepik has written and edited several books, including 'Skyscrapers' (Prestel) and a monograph of Berlin-based Barkow Leibinger Architects (Hatje Cantz Verlag)

The jurors began the selection process with a discussion of what the criteria should be. They decided that the ideal entry should offer both a compelling hypothesis and research that led to an equally compelling answer. Sounds simple, and suitably scientific. But so many of the entries asked such provocative questions, and provided such provocative answers, that, in the fever of discussion, some of the jury members nearly missed their flights home. At the end of the day, five entries emerged as award-winners and four projects as citation-winners. All nine demonstrate that architectural technology is alive and well—and evolving in remarkable ways.