The Editors of RECORD are pleased to introduce this year’s selection of jurors, each of whom has a broad range of expertise, including residential and commercial design, enclosure detailing, and adaptive reuse. Winning products will be published in the December 2025 issue of RECORD. Coverage of competition winners from prior years is available here.

Katherine Chan | Senior Associate, Walter P Moore

Katherine Chan has extensive experience in a variety of sectors and both national and international work. She has demonstrated repeated success in aligning design intent with specific project performance requirements, including using bespoke systems and complex architectural geometry. Chan joined Walter P Moore in 2018 as a senior technical designer in its New York office’s enclosure engineering practice. Her focus on the design of building enclosures and specialty structures allows her to combine her interests in structures, architecture, and sustainability. Chan teaches as MArch adjunct faculty at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, and at the Pratt Institute. She is founding co-chair and president of the Society of Facade Engineering North America Hub.

Tim Fryatt | Partner, Marvel

For 25 years, Marvel partner Tim Fryatt has developed meaningful places that leverage latent value and inspire delight. Awarded projects, all in New York, include the landmark Battery Maritime Building adaptive reuse, the Pierrepont Brooklyn apartment towers, the master plan for Staten Island’s Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, and the Financial District’s streetscapes and security enhancements. He is also spearheading an office building at 29 Jay Street in Brooklyn’s Dumbo’s neighborhood; a lab building in Somerville, Massachusetts; a waterfront hotel in Portland, Maine; and New York’s FiDi and Seaport Climate Resilience Masterplan. Known as a prolific designer and a creative catalyst, Fryatt founded the “MAD” Marvel Design Group to promote firm design culture.

Megumi Tamanah | Studio Director, ARO

Megumi Tamanah joined ARO in 2000, and has since become the studio director. She has led multiple projects in this role, including Brooklyn Bridge Park and Brooklyn Botanic Garden, retail designs for Calvin Klein, a synagogue, and several academic and commercial projects. Tamanah leads office mentorship initiatives, including ARO’s involvement in the CityTech Pre-Internship Program. She has previous work experience in Tokyo and Seattle and has also taught at New Jersey Institute of Technology; Parsons School of Design’s School of Constructed Environments, and Barnard College.

Michelle Wagner | Project Director, Morris Adjmi Architects 

With over 25 years of experience, Michelle Wagner brings deep expertise in managing complex, large-scale projects from concept through completion. As project director at Morris Adjmi Architects, she has been instrumental in delivering some of the firm’s most ambitious mixed-use developments, guiding multidisciplinary teams and overseeing design execution with precision and vision. Her recent work includes Front & York, a 1.2 million-square-foot mixed-use residential development in Brooklyn, New York; Steel House, a 558,000-square-foot commercial and retail building featuring high-end amenities in Denver; and a transformative, 670,000-square-foot multi-parcel project in Atlanta.

Matthew Marani | Senior Editor, Architectural Record

Matthew Marani is senior editor at Architectural Record. Previously, he served as program manager at The Architect’s Newspaper and has several years of experience as a freelance writer specializing in urban planning, historic preservation, and architectural technology.