The judges
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Tom Dyckhoff, writer and broadcaster
Tom Dyckhoff is a writer and broadcaster specialising in architecture, cities and places. He is architecture critic for The Culture Show and has written and presented many documentaries on both television and radio, including The Secret Life of Buildings, Saving Britain’s Past, and I Love Carbuncles. Most recently he presented The Great Interior Design Challenge on BBC2, which has already been recommissioned for a second series. Further to his broadcast work, he writes a weekly column for The Guardian’s Weekend magazine and regularly guest lectures at a variety of universities. Tom is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, a trustee of the Architecture Foundation, and has been on the national shortlisting jury for the Stirling Prize for architecture since 2008.
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Dr. Russell Foster, Professor at Oxford University and daylight expert
Russell Foster is Professor of Circadian Neuroscience and the Head of Department of Ophthalmology at Oxford University. Russell’s research spans basic and applied circadian and photoreceptor biology. He has a keen interest in daylight and the effects of light on our body clock, sleep, human behaviours and overall health. Multi award winning and highly respected in his field, he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2008.
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Sarah Butterfield, Artist
Sarah is an established figurative artist. She studied at the Ruskin School of Fine Art at Oxford and her distinctive paintings have been exhibited in the UK, USA and the Far East. Sarah’s paintings encompass landscapes and still life, and her landscapes often include figures. Her paintings range from palm-sized studies painted outdoors, to diptychs more than three metres wide, created in the studio. Sarah paints the weather and time of day in her landscapes and has a particular gift for capturing a moment by painting the light. In the summer of 2013 Sarah was appointed Artist in Residence at the British Embassy in Paris and more recently exhibited at the London Olympics.
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Joe Tree, founder of Blipfoto - the online photo sharing community
Edinburgh-based Joe Tree is the founder and CEO of Blipfoto, the global community of daily photo journalists. Joe began his own photo journal by taking a picture each day and uploading it online as a hobby, but his idea quickly spread and now with users in over 170 countries around the world, it has become a global phenomenon. Around five million photos have been posted on Blipfoto - each representing an individual day in someone’s life - with over 29 million shared comments. In 2009 Blipfoto was awarded a BAFTA Scotland award and since then it has gone on to collaborate with a number of organisations, from governments to national media. Joe has also spoken about Blipfoto at numerous high profile events, including TEDx, Social Media Week and Pecha Kucha.