Jury

Maciej Jakub Zawadzki prior to establishing his office MJZ in Warsaw in 2013, gained experience in the best Polish practices and later world renown architectural offices including Bjarke Ingels Group BIG based in Copenhagen and MVRDV in Rotterdam.   He was in the core design group and the originator in the prize winning competition for the Air Traffic Control Tower in Łódz, the 650 euros million Waste to Energy Plant in Copenhagen or the Chongwenmen shopping mall M-Cube in Beijing, China.

In his international practice MJZ Architects he operates in a multinational teams on a global scale. The work is interdisciplinary combining culture, science and  technology to deliver the best performance of designed buildings for their users,adjacent ambients and entire cities where they are located. It became known for creating innovative concepts such as a water-gathering and earthquake resistant structure in Taichung or a gas station that can be adapted within in days into a charging facility. 

Technologies such as AR,VR and AI are used in the daily work of the office to improve the design process and quality of communicating creative or investment ideas.

In 2021 he founded the urban think-tank Laboratory for Urban Research & Education LURE, that focuses on research & development work to deliver answers to upcoming challenges in cities and the new green deal agendas.

Throughout his career he received numerous awards such as the  International Architecture Awards in 2016,the German Design Award in 2018 and 2020 and was nominated twice for the WAF Building of the Year Award.

Maciej Jakub Zawadzki is a member of the International Academy of Architects with the title of Professor.