2009 Competition Review Panel

Allison G. Kwok, Ph.D., AIA
Alison G. Kwok, Ph.D., AIA, is an associate professor in the University of Oregon architecture program and a licensed architect. Prof. Kwok teaches design studios, environmental control systems, and green design elective courses. She has taught in New York, California, Hawaii, Hong Kong, and Japan. She is co-author of the recently published Green Studio Handbook (2007) and Mechanical and Electrical Equipment for Buildings (10th ed. 2006) and was a key participant in the University of California Berkeley's Vital Signs Project. Prof. Kwok was Principal Investigator for the Agents of Change curriculum project that addressed building performance through on-site case study development. She is a member of the USGBC's Formal Education Committee and has been a governing member of the Architectural Research Centers Consortium and the Society of Building Science Educators; is an active member of several technical committees for the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers; and is active in the American Solar Energy Society.

Mark S. Gangi, AIA NCARB LEED AP
Formed Gangi Architects as a division of Gangi Development in 1990, and is currently Vice President, Chief of Design. Internship served under the direction of Panos Koulermos FAIA. Worked on project team in Studio Koulermos and was involved in many projects ranging from Europe to Asia. Exhibitions of the Studio’s work in New York at Cooper Union, and Venice, Italy at the Masieri Foundation. On design team for the Venice Biennale in Venice, Italy. Worked on two Architecture Books: 20th Century European Rationalism and Panos Koulermos, Architect. Recently involved in Panos Koulermos - the Complete Works by the Academy of Architecture, Switzerland. Personally designed over 50 projects ranging from Urban Design of Mixed - Use Main Streets and Town Squares to complex technical production of Environmental Analytical Laboratories.

Juintow Lin
Juintow Lin is an assistant professor at Cal Poly Pomona and a founding partner in the office of Fox Lin, Inc. At Cal Poly Pomona, she teaches design and sustainability courses. She created and maintains the website toolsforsustainability.com, an online community for students and young practitioners to learn about and discuss design tools specifically as they relate to issue of sustainability. She has worked in the offices of Marmol Radziner and Associates in Los Angeles, Foster and Partners in London, and Pei Cobb Freed and Partners in New York. Lin also served as a Research Fellow at MIT working on Sustainable Urban Housing in China and co-edited and co-authored a book of the same title in 2006. She was a pioneering member of the Kinetic Design Group at MIT investigating the design and application of behavioral kinetic systems in architecture. Juintow received both her undergraduate and graduate degrees from MIT.

Duane A. Kell, FAIA
Duane A. Kell, FAIA, is an award-winning architect and founding partner of Ankeny Kell Architects in St. Paul, Minnesota. A practicing architect for 35 years, he merges project leadership, broad experience and an understanding of client issues and needs. Duane holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Minnesota and a Master of Architecture degree from MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1976, he was awarded the prestigious Rotch Travelling Fellowship in recognition of his design capabilities. Mr. Kell has participated in multiple design juries in Minnesota and various states. Duane’s leadership has earned recognition at the national level as a member of the AIA College of Fellows. He has served his profession for over 20 years in various leadership capacities including the American Institute of Architects National Board of Directors (Richard Upjohn Fellow), the AIA National Ethics Council, and the AIA Trust as Trustee and Chairman.

Pablo La Roche
Pablo La Roche is Associate Professor in the Department of Architecture at California State Polytechnic University Pomona. He has also taught at the University of Southern California and Universidad del Zulia in Venezuela. He has an Architecture and Masters of Science degree from Universidad del Zulia and a PhD from the University of California Los Angeles. He has been a guest lecturer and session chair in international conferences in India, the USA, Venezuela, Mexico and Brazil. Professor La Roche was the principal author of the book published by the Passive Low Energy Architecture Association PLEA, "Keeping Cool: Guidelines to Avoid Overheating in Buildings" and was selected for the exhibit "New Blood: Next Gen" in the A+D Architecture Museum in Los Angeles. La Roche has been a registered architect in Spain and Venezuela, and is an Assoc AIA, and a LEED accredited professional. He has received multiple awards and fellowships including the 2008 NCARB Grand Prize.

Patrick M. Sullivan, FAIA, Fellowship Secretary
Patrick Sullivan has been responsible for innovative planning approaches and facility design for the past 30 years. Since 1975, his firm has been recognized as a national leader in the fields of juvenile shelters, public projects and assignments related to the Americans with Disabilities Act. Patrick Sullivan Associates has numerous repeat commissions for public and private clients, including the City of Claremont, The Claremont Colleges, County of San Bernardino, Orange County, Santa Barbara County, the County of Riverside, the County of San Luis Obispo, the State of Washington, the State of Colorado, and the State of Georgia.

In addition, Mr. Sullivan is a Professor Emeritus and former Chairman of the Department of Architecture, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He has presented papers and lectured at the ACSA administrator's conference, EDRA conferences, college campuses in Southern California, North Carolina State University, the University of Minnesota, AIA chapter presentations, and numerous professional seminars. Publications include Ethics and the Practice of Architecture.

Mr. Sullivan is the recipient of numerous awards for excellence in architecture including the 1977 Rotch Family Travelling Scholarship. His work was presented at the original AIA California Council Monterey Design Conference in 1976. Mr. Sullivan's firm has been honored with 24 awards from the AIA/AAJ Justice Facility Review. In addition, his firm received a 1977 and 1982 Progressive Architecture Award for applied research; a 1978 Citation from the Santa Barbara Chapter AIA; a 1980 Plywood Design Award from the American Plywood Association; three 1982 Design Awards from the California Central Coast Chapter AIA; a 1988 Citation from the Santa Clara Valley Chapter AIA; a 1988 Commercial Development Award from the Claremont Chamber of Commerce; the Claremont Architectural Commission Excellence in Design Award in 1991 and 2000; a Merit Award from the Inland California Chapter AIA in 1997; and an Honor Award from the Pasadena and Foothill Chapter AIA in 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 2002 and 2006.

As a registered architect and Fellow in The American Institute of Architects, Mr. Sullivan holds a Bachelor's Degree in Architecture from the University of Minnesota and a Master's Degree in Architecture from Harvard University.

For the past several years, he has been a member of the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) Alumni Council and the University of Minnesota CALA National Advisory Board, as well as a founding representative of Cal Poly Pomona’s Partner’s Circle. In addition, he has served on the boards of Mt. San Antonio Gardens, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, and Claremont Heritage.

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