The 2023 Design Awards judging panel

Our judging panel is made up of a broad range of specialists and professionals working across the field of planning, architecture, and design.


Cllr Isobel Davidson - Vice Chair of Infrastructure Services Committee

Cllr John Crawley - member of Infrastructure Services Committee

Tom Stewart – President of the Aberdeen Society of Architects

Steven Robb – Deputy Head: Historic Buildings, Planning, Consents and Advice Service for Historic Environment Scotland

Sarah Fletcher – Planning Officer with Cairngorms National Park Authority 

Gokay Deveci – Professor of Architecture Scott Sutherland School of Architecture

Robert Coutts – Winner of the Student Award 2020

The judging panel inside a building