Now in its 20th year, the Architect & Designer Awards competition announces five outstanding talents to this year’s panel. From New York to Utah, each of our judges has been selected for the depth of their expertise in the fields of art, architecture, interior design, and project management. Learn more about them in the bios below and enter your work today.
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Heidi Caillier is an AD100 designer reinventing tradition to create beautiful and enduring interiors. Her projects, through her design studio Heidi Caillier Design, aren’t bound by a singular set of aesthetic codes, but are underpinned by a sense of feeling and intimacy. This continually evolving, and almost anonymous signature, is what makes her one of the most respected names in the industry. Drawing on the sentiment of nostalgia, Caillier believes that decor and furniture should possess a timeless quality which grows with the home. She places value on antiques, heirlooms, and hand-crafted pieces, and celebrates imperfections and patinas rather than masking them. Along with her confident embrace of pattern and color for which she is revered, these elements come together to create rooms that are cozy, elevated, and comfortable.
Michelle Gerson launched her eponymous New York-based design firm, Michelle Gerson Interiors, in 1998 after leaving a successful career in fashion. Since then, Michelle has gained recognition for her modern eclectic approach to design, pairing luxurious furnishings designed for the eye and built for comfort with deco and mid-century elements to create sophisticated interiors that are both glamorous and approachable. In addition to her extensive residential work, Michelle has also designed jewelry designer Jennifer Fisher’s showroom on 5th Avenue, her stores in Soho and Beverly Hills and, most recently, her new Madison Avenue flagship. She has also participated in industry events, including the 2024 Kips Bay Decorator Show House in New York. The acclaimed designer has a successful tile collection in collaboration with Artistic Tile. Offering a striking take on basic geometric shapes, Game On by Michelle Gerson is an expression of the designer’s distinct approach to design: unapologetically bold, utterly luxe, and thoroughly modern.
Jackie Greenberg is the founder of JGID, a New York-based interior design practice, where she creates residential homes tailored to her clients’ lives, collections, and personalities. Rather than adhering to a singular aesthetic, she approaches her work the way a curator hangs a show—attentive to how objects, art, and architecture speak to one another, with fluency across classic, modern, and maximalist styles, always led by the client and the space.
A St. Louis native, Jackie earned a Bachelor of Arts in Art History and a Master of Architecture from the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc). She also serves as Director of Salon 94 & S94 Design, giving her a distinctive perspective on integrating contemporary and historic art and collectible design. Most recently, Jackie’s work was featured in AD for fellow St. Louisan Andy Cohen’s ground-up beach house.
Manuela Macias is a registered architect and interior designer with more than 10 years of experience leading and delivering projects across the hospitality, restaurant, retail, and corporate workplace. As a project manager at CD Companies, Manuela oversees the coordination and execution of projects, guiding teams through schematic design, design development, documentation, and construction phases to deliver successful outcomes for clients. With a multidisciplinary background in architecture and interior design, Manuela brings a unique perspective to each project, balancing design vision, technical expertise, and project requirements. She is passionate about creating thoughtful, functional spaces that enhance the user experience, while responding to the goals and needs of each client.
Manuela holds a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana in Medellín, Colombia, and a Master of Architecture from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois.
Hillary Taylor loves the process of creating beautiful surroundings for her clients and their families. Her layered, thoughtful, and welcoming interiors are often marked by neo-traditional elements informed by her time living in California, on the East Coast, and in Paris. She graduated cum laude from Princeton University, worked for an investment banking firm, and received a J.D. from J. Reuben Clark Law School before founding her business, Hillary Taylor Interiors, in 2003. Having grown up near San Francisco, Hillary learned the art of home design from her mother.
As a mother of four, Hillary understands the power of nurturing spaces and the heartfelt expression a legacy home can provide. Her work has been featured in Veranda, Traditional Home, Frederic, Utah Style and Design, and other notable publications. Her studio is based in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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