Jury Curricula

2007 Participating Jury

Antonio Toca Architect
Specialist in:	Architecture and Urban Development.
Currently:	Independent professional architect.
Previously:	General Director of Strategic Projects for the Government of the State of Mexico (2000-2004); Director of Projects for the Mexican Social Security Institute (1995-2000); and Under-secretary for Urban Development for the Government of the State of Sinaloa (1987-1992).
Projects undertaken:	In association with José Grinberg, Francisco López Guerra and Sara Topelson, he obtained first place in the international bidding for building the Mexican State of Jalisco’s Public Library (2005).
Collaboration:	With the architect López Guerra, winning the bidding for the Mexican Pavilion at the Expo-Aichi in Japan (2004) and for the Latin-American Pavilion at the EXPO-AGUA in Zaragoza, Spain (2008).
Other achievements:	Publication of the following books: Arquitectura y Ciudad. IPN, Mexico 1998. América Latina: Nueva Arquitectura. Gustavo Gili, Barcelona, 1998. Casas Latinoamericanas. Gustavo Gili, Barcelona, 1994. México: Nueva Arquitectura. Gustavo Gili, Barcelona, 1993.

Fernando López Architect
Specialist in:	Architectural Design, Administration and Project Management.
Currently:	President of the Mexican National Academy of Architecture, Monterrey Chapter; Foreign Associate of the American Society of Landscape Architects; and Director of Fernando López Architects – Architecture Workshop.
Previously:	Head of Projects for the Public Works Department in San Pedro Garza García, N.L., Mexico; Founding Partner of 103 Grupo de Diseño; and Professor of Architecture.
Projects undertaken:	Residential and institutional projects for the public and private sectors, urban design and the development of real estate complexes.
Collaboration:	Project advisor to the Department of Urban Development and Public Works of the State of Nuevo León; and Professional Advisor for the Master’s Degree in Landscape Architecture at Louisiana State University.
Other achievements:	Mexican contemporary architecture projects and works, with a special focus on integration into the natural and urban environment, and environmental protection. His work has received numerous prizes and been published by different architectural and construction institutions.

Carlos Antonio Clément Icaza Architect
Specialist in:	Architectural Design
Currently:	President of Clément & Medina Arquitectos, S.A.
Previously:	Secretary of Public Works of the Republic of Panama; and President of the Congress of Architects
Projects undertaken:	Government City and the Panama College of Architects Project. He has received 30 prizes in the different categories of the Competition for Best Architectural Works: institutional buildings, bank offices, offices, apartments and residences.
Collaboration:	As an architect and consultant on the master plans of important projects, such as the Development of the Reverted Areas of the Panama Canal and the Fuerte Amador development project.
Other achievements:	He has been a consultant to diverse foreign firms on the design of airports in different South-American cities.

Roberto Stark Engineer
Specialist in:	Design and Evaluation of Concrete Structures in Earthquake Regions.
Currently:	Independent consultant.
Projects undertaken:	In Mexico City: the Shriner Hospital, the Hotel Novotel Santa Fé, the World Trade Center’s Exhibition Center, the Banamex Exhibition Center, and Studios 10 and 11 for Televisa, San Angel; in Los Cabos, Baja California: the Tenders Dock; and the structural evaluation of more than 700 buildings, including the U.S. Embassy, the Benjamín Franklin Library, the UN Building and the main buildings of the BBVA-Bancomer Financial Group.
Collaboration:	He has participated over the past 23 years in courses offered by the Mexican Institute of Cement and Concrete (IMCYC); as a member of the ACI Committee 318 (Construction Regulations) for the American Concrete Institute for the past 11 years; as a member of the Jury for the National Science Foundation (NSF) in the United States; as a Delegate for Mexico in the ISO/TC71 (Concrete Standards); and as a member of the ACI-ISO advisory committee.
Education:	Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, and Master’s and Doctoral degrees in Structures from the University of Illinois
Other achievements:	He has been a pioneer in the use of High-Resistance Concretes and also of Carbon Fibers as elements of reinforcement, and is a distinguished member of the ACI.

José M. Izquierdo Encarnación Engineer
Specialist in:	Special Structures and Historical Buildings.
Currently:	Delegate of the National Science Foundation at a Restoration Congress.
Previously:	Principal of the consulting firm PORTICUS, President of the American Concrete Institute and a consultant in structural engineering; Vice-governor, Chancellor and Minister of Transportation and Public Works of Puerto Rico; and President of the College of Engineers and Surveyors of Puerto Rico.
Projects undertaken:	Planning of the revitalization of 18 urban centers in Puerto Rico; planning and management of the investment of more than $4 billion dollars/pesos?? in infrastructure.
Collaboration:	With the American Concrete Institute on the standardization and simplification of concrete building codes in the Americas through seminars, talks and presentations.
Other achievements:	As a staunch believer in the social responsibility of professionals, he has been involved with numerous non-profit corporations and entities in the promotion of social and economic progress through investment in development.

Luis Guillermo Aycardi Engineer
Specialist in:	Structural Design.
Currently:	General Manager and Partner of the firm Proyectistas Civiles Asociados.
Previously:	Professor at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia and founder and professor of the Colombian School of Engineering.
Projects undertaken:	Structural design of hundreds of buildings, bridges, and shopping centers in Colombia over a period of more than 40 years.
Other achievements:	Professor Emeritus of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia; Guillermo González Zuleta Award from the Colombian Society of Engineers for excellence in his contributions to structural design and construction; AICUN Life Achievement Award; Julio Garavito Order of Merit from the Colombian Ministry of Transportation; and ADEXUN Award for Professional Excellence in Engineering.

Carlos Campuzano Castello Architect
Specialist in:	Architectural Design.
Currently:	Director of the firm of architects Campuzano & Asociados Arquitectos, Director of the International Architecture Workshop in Cartagena and professor for the degree project at the Universidad de los Andes de Bogotá.
Previously:	Independent architect working in design and construction as a partner at Campuzano Londoño y Arquitectos.
Projects undertaken:	Pfizer Colombia Offices; del Campito Library, Faculty of Architecture, Universidad de los Andes; Corfipacífico Building; Montecatini Condominiums in Quito; Oracle Offices in Colombia; Aragón Tower Block; Bank of Bogotá Chico; and San Carlos Housing Complex.
Conferences:	Guest speaker at numerable university forums and international biennales.
Other achievements:	Awarded Honorable Mention at architecture biennales in Colombia and Quito; Andalucia Council Award for the Architecture Library project at the Universidad de los Andes; and member of the jury at biennales in Chile, Colombia and Quito, and national and international competitions.

Carlos H. Fonseca Engineer
Specialist in:	Foundations and Structures.
Currently:	Director of the Civil Engineering Degree Program and Coordinator of the Master’s Degree in Engineering and Construction Management at ITESM, Monterrey Campus. He also conducts research in Transportation Engineering in the area of transportation infrastructure: the geometric design of highways, road surface engineering, advanced asphalt materials and road surface management systems.
Previously:	Professor in diverse areas at ITESM’s School of Engineering and Architecture.
Projects undertaken:	He worked for the General Management of Federal Highways, which is part of the Mexican Ministry of Communications and Transportation (SCT); and was the engineer in charge of the SENIZABÚ project for the Small Hydroelectric Plant Program, Nicaraguan Energy Institute (INE).
Other achievements:	He won first place in the Poster Competition at ITESM’s XXXII Congress on Research and Extension, January 2002. In 2000, he received the “José Carreño Romaní 2000 National Prize” for the Best Technical Article published in 1999 and 2000 from the Asociación Mexicana de Ingeniería en Vías Terrestre, A.C., AMIVTAC. In 1999, he was awarded Special Mention for the Second Best Technical Article selected from among 183 articled submitted by 24 countries at the 10th Spanish-Latin American Asphalt Congress (CILA), in Seville, Spain. He won the Teaching and Research Award at ITESM, Monterrey Campus, in the assistant professor category for the School of Engineering and Architecture.

Pedro Miguel Sosa Engineer
Specialist in:	Building Rehabilitation and Construction Systems.
Currently:	Professor at the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, as a member of the faculty of the Department of Construction Engineering of the Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos.
Projects undertaken:	Experimental and numerical study on reinforced concrete supports with metal sections subjected to the stresses of compression and tension; theoretical-experimental study on the adhesive behavior under cyclic loading conditions of pre-tensioned frames in prefabricated concrete elements; experimental study on high-resistance, narrow concrete supports subjected to combined compression and biaxial tension stresses; and the adaptation of high-resistance concrete technology to prefabrication, amongst others.
Collaboration:	He has published the book Proyecto de Estructuras de Hormigón mediante el Método de las Bielas y Tirantes. He was a design and calculation consultant for the extension of the N-330 highway underpass under the Utiel–Aranjuez railway line in Utiel, Spain; and also carried out the design, preliminary testing and analysis for a segmented beam prototype using an in-situ modular joint system; and made a study on the physical and chemical evolution of the concrete in the Forata and Benageber reservoirs, as well as many other studies.
Other achievements:	Patent being tested for the characterization of the adherence properties of pre-tensioned frames to concrete and the corresponding equipment. Participation in diverse congresses such as: the International Congress of the FIB; the 5th International AMCM Conference 2005; the II Congress on Structures 2005; the VII Congress on Numerical Methods in Engineering; and many others.

Roberto Espejo Architect
Specialist in:	Architectural Design.
Currently:	Project and Design Manager at the Carnival Center for the Performing Arts in Miami.
Previously:	He competed as the head designer in an international competition for the New York Times head offices and an office building in Bilbao, Spain; and was project manager and head designer for “Del Bosque” in Mexico City.
Projects undertaken:	He designed a shopping mall in San Francisco, California; the 30 NTT Shinjuku head offices, in Tokyo; the corporate office building for Nations Bank in Charlotte, North Carolina; the Norwest Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota; and the Boyer Center for Molecular Medicine at Yale University.
Collaboration:	He joined Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects in 1985. He was a designer in Ricardo Bofill’s workshop in Barcelona, Spain, where he helped to design a Synagogue in Jerusalem. In 1992, he also worked on Olympics in Barcelona and a urban project in Montpellier, France.

Jerry Zave Regenbogen Architect Jurado CEMEX BUILDING AWARD USA
Specialist in:	Landscape Architecture.
Currently:	Head of Regenbogen Associates, a land planning, landscape architecture and urban design firm located in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Previously:	With over 35 years’ experience, Mr. Regenbogen has created master plans and designed recreational and urban parks at state and municipal levels. He has also prepared the plans for civic and cultural centers, corporate offices for nationally renowned corporations, multi-purpose urban centers, medical and educational facilities, single- and multi-family housing developments, and airport terminals.
Projects undertaken:	TrabHe worked with the Lancaster Planning Committee in South Carolina on preparing a landscape design for 48 miles of Highway 521 inside Lancaster County. This study was used as a tool to create several beautification projects in order to make the county more attractive for economic growth. The firm also implemented the initial phase of the US Highway 521 and SC Highway 9 intersection.
Other achievements:	Landscaping plan for the corridor and entry to the town of York; road design and contract documents for the York and Union, South Carolina, historic centers; and Director of Works and Designer for the two completed phases of the road design for the town of Cheraw. Each of these projects was sponsored by the ISTEA program. Another of his contributions was the Overall Master Plan for the city of York, South Carolina.

David Hertz Architect CEMEX BUILDING AWARD USA
Specialist in:	Sustainable Strategies and Environmental Products.
Currently:	Founder and President of Syndesis Inc., a multi-disciplinary architecture, design and manufacturing firm specializing in creating sustainable strategies and environmental products. Syndesis is most noted for its development of Syndecrete®, an innovative pre-cast lightweight concrete architectural surfacing material which incorporates recycled aggregates extracted from society’s waste stream.
Previously:	He has been an active participant in the areas of environmental protection and community development for more than a decade.
Collaboration:	Participation in numerous organizations: the L.A. Chapter of the American Institute of Architects’ Committee on the Environment; the Environmental Affairs Committee of the Construction Specifications Institute; the Environmental Committee of Concrete Organizations; and the California Energy Commission’s High Performance Wall Systems Collaborative.
Other achievements:	His work has been widely exhibited and published, and he has received numerous awards for his architectural and materials design work, including the 1990 Progressive Architecture Magazine’s Young Architects Competition, the Architectural League of New York’s Young Architects Competition and Forum, the 1993 Design Leadership Award sponsored by Inc. Magazine and the Corporate Design Foundation. His architectural work has been included in several tours, including CABoom and the Reinvento conferences, and has also been published in architecture journals such as Dwell and Global Architecture. In 2001, the L.A. chapter of the AIA nominated David Hertz for a fellowship.

Pedro M. Cardona Roig Architect Presidente de Jurado PREMIO OBRAS CEMEX Puerto Rico
Specialist in:	Urban and Regional Planning.
Currently:	President of the Architects and Landscape Architects Association of Puerto Rico; and President of Grupo En Tándem, Inc. (GET, Inc.), a zoning strategies, territorial plans, and urban consulting firm, and of Studio A + U, Architecture + Urbanism, PSC, which designs and constructs residential and commercial projects.
Previously:	Partner of CMA Architects & Engineers, where he led the Architecture and Urbanism Department; and Member of the Organizing Committee of the XI Latin-American Congress on Urbanism, held in San Juan in October 2004.
Projects undertaken:	Special Plan for the “Portal del Futuro” to redevelop the Roosevelt Roads Naval Base; zoning strategies for the Southern-Central Region, the Southern-Central Sub-region, Yauco, Guayanilla, Peñuelas, Ponce and Juana Díaz; territorial plans for Carolina, Juncos, Gurabo, Arecibo; area plans for different kinds of centers; residential developments; and commercial developments.
Collaboration:	Lecturer and speaker at diverse local and international forums, including the X Ibero-American Congress on Urbanism, in Zaragoza, Spain, the VIII Ibero-American Congress on Urbanism, in Oporto, Portugal, and at Harvard University. Author of several articles and editorials on architecture, urbanism and the construction industry.
Other achievements:	First Puerto Rican accredited by the Form Based Code Institute. Honorable Mention at the Architecture Biennale 1997 and Honorable Mention at the Urbe Awards 1998. He belongs to the American Planning Association, the Puerto Rican Planning Society and the American Institute of Architects.

Special Prize Jury

Taide Buenfil Garza Architect
Category:	Sustainable Architecture / Accessibility Congruence
Specialist in:	Accessibility and Universal Design.
Currently:	Secretary of the ICTA-LA International Commission on Technology and Accessibility, Latin-American Region.
Previously:	National and International Speaker (Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Dutch Antilles, United States, Canada, Japan, Spain and the United Nations) on the topic of public policy, architecture and disabilities.
Collaboration:	With the office for the Social Integration of the Disabled, Mexican President’s Office (2000-2005), and with the Mexican Institute for the Management and Valuation of National Assets (INDAABIN) setting the Guidelines for Accessibility for the Handicapped in Government Buildings. These guidelines were published in the Official Journal of the Mexican Federation on January 12, 2004.
Other achievements:	Participant in the project Access to Design Professions, a Project of Adaptive Environments; and associate since 1996 of the Civil Free Access Association.

César Ulises Treviño Treviño Civil Engineer
Category:	Sustainable Architecture
Specialist in:	Environmental Planning, Management and Certification of Construction Projects.
Currently:	Founding President of the Mexican Green Building Council. Treasurer of the World Green Building Council. CEO of the firms Bioconstrucción y Energía Alternativa, S.A. de C.V. and Green Building de México, S.A. de C.V.
Previously:	Associate General Director of Construction for the Metro Collective Transportation System in Mexico City.
Projects undertaken:	International certification of energy-efficient, low environmental impact buildings; and green real-estate projects and ecotourism developments.
Collaboration:	With the Norwegian Institute for Building Research on projects and at international seminars financed by the European Community in the areas of quality and information technology applied to the building process. He has published numerous papers in this area.
Other achievements:	He has been a pioneer in the organization of intersectorial initiatives related to research into, and the development and diffusion of, energy efficient and low environmental impact aspects of design and construction.

Invited Jury 2008

Abel Salazar Vargas Architect
Specialty:	Architecture and Construction.
Currently:	President of the Costa Rican College of Architects and of the Green Building Council of Costa Rica; Vice-President of the National Heritage Commission of Costa Rica; Director of the Costa Rican College of Architects’ magazine “Habitar”; Director of the Costa Rican Federated College of Engineers and Architects; and President of the companies Arquitek and HERSAVA Inversiones.
Previously:	Member of the “Council of the Illustrious” of the Costa Rican Federated College of Engineers and Architects; journalist and television producer specializing in architecture and educational programs; and President of the Center for Digital Architecture.
Projects Completed:	The design, development or construction of more than 170 architectural projects.
Collaboration:	He has been a professor of architectural design since 1993 and has collaborated on editorials for magazines and newspapers, and radio and television programs.
Destaca:	Director of the Colleges and Councils of Architecture of Costa Rica.

Mathias Brewer Martínez Civil Engineer
Specialty:	Execution and Control of Engineering and Architectural Studies and Projects.
Currently:	Private professional work.
Previously:	Directly responsible for more than 1,000 engineering projects.
Projects Completed:	Structural and civil engineering projects, including small, medium and very tall buildings; road and railway bridges; tunnels; structures for hydraulic works and other similar projects; components for bathroom and sewage installations; roads and railroads; architectural plans; and components for industry.
Collaboration:	Participation in several professional organizations, such as the Venezuelan College of Engineers, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the American Concrete Institute (ACI), the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI), the Venezuelan Society of Consulting Engineers (SVIC) and the Venezuelan Association of Structural Engineers (AVIE).
Outstanding Achievements:	Elected member of the Board of Directors of the Venezuelan College of Engineers and of the Venezuelan Society of Consulting Engineers.

Gilberto L. Rodríguez Architect
Specialty:	Architecture and Urban Design.
Currently:	Private professional work.
Previously:	Partner of Arte Tectónico and of Alfredo Arribas Arquitectos Asociados in Barcelona, Spain;Coordinator of the Luis Barragán Chair at the Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM); Member of the Editorial Council of the magazine “Mexico Design”; and academic member of the National Academy of Architecture.
Projects Completed:	Multiple residential, commercial, corporate and institutional architectural projects.
Collaboration:	Professor of Projects at the Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM); Member of the Jury of the Mexican National Youth Prize in the area of Artistic Activities; and Juror for the X Biennial of Architecture of the State of Nuevo León.
Outstanding Achievements:	For his recent works: second place in the Housing Category of the International Edition of the XVI CEMEX BUILDING AWARD and winner of the Calli First Prize in the Multifamily Housing Category of the XIV Biennial of Architecture of the State of Nuevo León for the "Torre Miravalle" building.

Jure Radic Civil Engineer
Specialty:	Structural and Bridge Engineering.
Currently:	Director of the Institute of Civil Engineering of Croatia and a Member of the Scientific Council of the Croatian Institute of Bridges and Structural Engineering.
Previously:	President of the Committee for Transportation, Communications and Maritime Issues of the Croatian Parliament; Minister of Development and Reconstruction in Croatia; President of the Supervising Council and Member of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Civil Engineering of Croatia; and President of the Croatian Association of Engineers and of the Croatian Society of Structural Engineers.
Projects Completed:	Multiple academic and research projects, and a large number of designs and studies in the area of structural engineering and for bridges.
Collaboration:	Full-time Professor for Life at the School of Civil Engineering and ex-President of the Board of Trustees of the University of Zagreb; Member of the Croatian Academy of Engineering; speaker at many international symposia and events; and author of more than 26 books in his field.
Outstanding Achievements:	National Science Prize from the Republic of Croatia for his contribution to science and research; the Great Order of King Dmitar Zvonimir; the Order of Danica Hrvatska, Croatia’s highest award for science and innovation; and many other awards for his academic, professional and research work.