Government of Jamaica Houses of Parliament Design Competition
Meet the Panel
Gordon Gill, FAIA
Competition Patron
Gordon Gill is a Jamaican born and internationally recognised architect who is one of the world’s foremost exponents of performance-based architecture. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Gordon grew up in the Parish of St. Ann and emigrated to Canada in 1974 where he ultimately achieved his Undergraduate degree before achieving his Masters’ Degrees in Architecture from the University of Texas at Arlington and Harvard University respectfully. His work, which ranges from the world’s largest buildings to sustainable communities, is driven by his philosophy that there is a purposeful relationship between formal design and performance; and that there is a language of performance, which is the basis of his practice: Form Follows Performance.
Meet the Jury

Mr. Mark Raymond
Architect, TTIA, RIBA
Chair Association of Commonwealth
Societies of Architects in the Caribbean (ACSAC)
Jury Chair

Mr. Dwight Ricketts, PE MJIE JP
President
Jamaica Institution of Engineers

Ms. Jacquiann Lawton, RA MJIA MTTIA
Head of School
Caribbean School of Architecture,
University of Technology

Dr. Elizabeth Pigou-Dennis
Associate Professor
Caribbean School of Architecture
University of Technology

Mr. Richard Picart
UDC/Sponsor
Senior Architect

Mr. Martin Addington, MJIP
President
Jamaica Institute of Planners
Chair Construction Industry Council (CIC)

Mr. Christopher Lue, RA MJIA
President
Jamaican Institute of Architects
Parliamentary Advisors

The Hon. Karl Samuda CD, MP.
Minister and Leader of Government Business
Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation

Mr. Phillip Paulwell MP.
Leader of Opposition Business

Mrs. Heather Cooke CD, JP.
Clerk of the Houses of Parliament
Parliamentary Steering Committe
- The Honourable Karl Samuda CD, MP. (Chairman)
- The Honourable Dr Horace Chang MP.
- The Honourable Marlene Malahoo Forte MP, QC, JP.
- Mrs. Marisa Dalrymple-Philbert MP.
- Mr. Phillip Paulwell MP.
- Mr. Julian Robinson MP.
- Mrs. Natalie Neita Headley MP.