Jury Unveiled for the 2026 National Architecture Awards

Adam Haddow

Adam Haddow is the National President of the Australian Institute of Architects and Partner at the multi-disciplinary design firm, SJB. He is a champion of good design and a strong advocate for the value Architecture brings to communities throughout Australia and the world. Adam is a firm believer that Australia’s future will be better where architecture and design thinking are prioritised, and that good design can deliver both economic benefits and improved health and wellbeing outcomes.

With over 30 years’ experience across diverse scales and typologies, Adam’s contributions to architecture are recognised both nationally and internationally. His work has earned prestigious accolades, including the Robin Boyd Award for Residential Architecture, the Walter Burley Griffin Award for Urban Design, and the Harry Seidler Award for Commercial Architecture. Adam’s work reflects the belief that architecture should provide an armature for community life; that the activities buildings facilitate are just as important as the physicality of the buildings themselves. He remains curious and driven by a passion for creating cities and spaces that serve the community and shaping a profession that supports its contributors.

Alice Hampson

Alice Hampson is a registered architect and sole practitioner, her practice sensibilities include design, public art, writing, editing, architectural criticism, and heritage expertise specialising in mid-twentieth century works. She graduated from the University of Queensland in Design Studies and Architecture with first class honours, the Board of Architects’ Prizes, the Royal Australian Institute of Architecture Medallion, and prizes for design, construction and drawing.

Hampson is an Adjunct Professor at UQ, an RAIA Life Fellow, an honouree member of both AIA and IRAC, Chair of the National Heritage Committee, and she sits as the heritage expert on the IEP for Arts Queensland. She was National President of RAIA 2020-2021, 2021 National Architecture Awards Chair, and for six years was a Councillor of Queensland Heritage Council. Previously she has been Queensland editor of Monument and a contributing editor for Architecture Media and has been Chair of Juries for the AIA Queensland Awards and chair of the National Awards, she has sat three times on the Gold Medal Jury, once as Chair.

Jeremy McLeod is the Co-founder of Breathe Architecture and Co-founder of Nightingale Housing. Jeremy believes humanity and the planet matter and uses design as a weapon for good to build a better future. Recognised with over 20 Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) awards, Breathe are change agents, advocating for the people in the cities where they live and work, creating meaningful and accessible spaces.

Jeremy is the recipient of the 2025 AIA’s Urban Design Champion Award, the 2018 Victorian President’s Prize and the AIA’s 2016 Leadership in Sustainability Prize. Jeremy is also the Head of Partnerships at Goodbye Gas and is convinced that architects, through collaboration, can push industry and government to do better for a country in a housing and climate crisis.

Dr Helen Norrie is a design academic working across scales, from the curation of ideas through text and exhibitions, to the design of buildings and urban environments. Helen is the Associate Head: Students and the Master of Architecture Course Coordinator and the University of Tasmania School of Architecture & Design.

Helen is the founder of the Regional Urban Studies Laboratory (RUSL), a collaborative urban design research project that engages with local councils and communities to explore the intersection of development, planning and urban design, examining the agency of architecture to engage with broader urban and cultural narratives.

Helen is an architectural critic and commentator, writing about architecture, design and art projects across Australia for 30 years. She edited the Architecture Australia Regional Dossier (2019) and wrote about regional architecture in Cameron Bruhn’s MMXX: Two Decades of Architecture in Australia (2020). Helen was co-Creative Director of the 2014 Australian Institute of Architects National Conference in Perth.

Isaac McCormack RAIA is a Registered Architect at GHD Design in Perth, specialising in complex public infrastructure and large-scale architectural projects. An award-winning professional, Isaac brings extensive experience from leading practices in both Australia and Asia. He has worked on major civic works from concept to completion, including the upgrades to Airport Central and Claremont Stations, as well as the EmAGN award winning Altum Retirement Living project. Isaac’s work and research critically examine the intersection of historical land narratives and modern urbanism. He strongly advocates for the meaningful integration of First Nations culture into contemporary cityscapes—a perspective that deeply informs his professional practice, academic contributions, and skill in digital artistry. Committed to shaping the future of architecture, Isaac is actively involved in architectural education. He serves on the Curtin University Architecture Advisory Board and teaches social and multi-residential architectural design.

His current research explores the technological evolution of the built environment. Through papers such as Creativity in the Age of AI and The Algorithmic Voice, he investigates the ethical dimensions of artificial intelligence, the changing creative process, and how algorithms increasingly influence the urban fabric and spatial perspectives.