The jury's mandate
The jury's mandate is to evaluate projects in which design and/or architecture is the driving force behind innovative results that create social, environmental and economic value.
You can find the criteria here.
Jury member selection
Around 20 professionals are engaged by Design and Architecture Norway to jury the DOGA Award for Design and Architecture.
In the process of selecting jury members, DOGA requests input from professional organisations. The jury members must be leading in their field and have experience in both the public and private sectors.
Jurying process
The DOGA Award is determined based on digital entries. The application form and corresponding links and images form the basis for the jury evaluation.
In special cases, the jury may request to visit the project or test physical models or products.
Who is in the jury?
The DOGA Award jury consists of:
- Leading professionals representing a wide range of design and architectural disciplines, with overall broad experience from public and private companies
- Business and public sector representatives
- Experts on social, environmental and economic sustainability
The jury members are selected on the basis of input from the design and architecture professional organizations and other relevant organisations. Jury members are recruited from across the country and will represent the breadth of the design and architecture field.
A member of the jury can be on for up to three years, plus two years as a jury head.
Impartiality rules
Jury members who do not qualify for the evaluation due to impartiality issues are replaced by a substitute.
Jury members are considered ineligible if they have:
- participated in the project.
- worked on related projects.
- participated in the project in some way.
- been a commissioning party of the project.
- been a supplier of the project and/or
- are closely related to or part of the organisation or company.
