In this nineth edition of the Prize the Jury will evaluate the entries for both the sections during March 2012.
This year the International Jury Members are going to be:
               
- Thomas Herzog (Jury Chairman) -
Thomas Herzog works in Munich, where he was born in 1941.
He is considered one of the founders of bioclimatic architecture, both as a practitioner and teacher, having spent a large part of his life on this task in Europe, in the US and more recently in China.
Thomas Herzog founded his practice in 1971.
He was one of the pioneers of the theory and application of solar energy, first with houses and then, very quickly, with larger buildings designing a large numbers of housing schemes and developing typology of collective solar housing.
He was Dean of the Faculty of Architecture at Technische Universität München, visiting Professor at Ecole Polytechnique Féderale de Lausanne (EPFL) Guest Professor at Tsinghua University Beijing, Graham Professor at University of Pennsylvania (PENN) and Guest Professor at Royal Danish Academy Copenhagen DK.

- Peter Rich -
Peter Rich is principal architect at Peter Rich Architects an award winning practice based in Johannesburg dedicated to the creation of authentic contemporary African architecture. As a practicing architect and as Professor of Architecture at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg for 30 years, he developed a contemporary architectural vocabulary that built on his research. This was, controversially, a fusion of modernist influences (notably Loos, RM Schindler and Guedes) and spatial models derived from a local tribal vernacular. Peter Rich soon began to engage with tribal communities, acting as an architect, a facilitator or an activist, believing that it was ordinary people who were most in need of his services.
In 2010, in recognition of his achievements, Peter was awarded the prestigious Honorary Fellowship of the American Institute of Architects and The South African Institute of Architects Gold Medal (the highest award for Architectural achievement in South Africa).

-LI Xiaodong - 
Li xiaodong  is Associate Professor at the Tsingua University of Beijing and  principal architect at LIXIAODONG Atelier, a practice that believes in the responsibility of the architect to strive for the highest order of the human environments. Each project is unique and should add uplifting spiritual characteristic of the project to the built environment. For this the design reflecs an overall balance of aesthetic quality, tectonic order, precise detailing with the program.
Li xiaodong's design strategy starts a careful analysis of the program and site in relation with the resource which will play central role in the overall integration of ideas.
The concepts are conducted by both cultural and climatic environment of context and seek to capture the spiritual essence of "place". The designs strive for tranquility and harmony suggested by space, light and structure order. Fixed architectural styles are avoided , as they limit potentials to be unique and creative. However, precedents of past experiences and knowledge are important for the pratcice to provide a solid background in order to solve new problems.

- Nicola Marzot -
Nicola Marzot was born in Imola (Bologna) in 1965.
He's Researcher in Architectural and urban composition at the Ferrara Faculty of Architecture.
He has been  Visiting Professor in Architecture at Hosey University, Tokyo, Japan, at Lund University, Sweden, and Associate Professor in Architecture at TU Delft Polytechnic, Delft, Holland.
Vice director of the international magazine Paesaggio Urbano and collaborator of Urban Morphology and Opera/Progetto (directed by François Burkhardt).
In 1996 he founded studio PERFORMA A+U.

- Gianluca Minguzzi (Jury Secretary) -
Gianlcua Minguzzi was born in Ravenna (Italy) in 1972, he’s Secretary and Member of Jury of the "International Sustainable Architecture Prize " from 2004, year of its first edition. 
Since 1999 he’s a contract professor in Environmental Design at the Ferrara Faculty of Architecture and teacher in post graduates master on  the themes of the ecological architecture and the energetic efficiency.
In 1999 Gianluca Minguzzi founded (with Nicola Pasi and Golfieri Enrico) the “Officina di Architettura” a practice based in Alfonsine (Ravenna). 
He’s also author of publications on sustainalbe architecture and fiber reinforced plastics.