"This is a great honor for me. It was a fantastic event. A great opportunity to showcase new technology and different strategies for design image-making as well as incorporating conscious sustainable design philosophy in architecture. The pressure of the live event with time constraints provided an extra thrill. Thanks to everyone who was involved in making this event happen!"

"Initially I thought the challenge was to the death, but then it became clear that sustainability was referring to architecture. It was a pleasure to join in the 7 sided octagon and sweat out some pixels with LA's finest dressed architects and designers. You never know what your capable of until you have an MC'd countdown, and a few hundred pairs of eyes on your screen, and a Vodka greyhound at your side. Let's take this on the road!"

"All of the entries were impressive, considering the relatively little time the contestants were given to produce their design," commented Paul Petrunia, event judge and publisher of Archinect.com and Bustler.net, "but the two winners clearly stood out. Mark Goerner, the runner-up, displayed awesome rendering skills but did not meet the program requirements as well as the winning entry by Olek Novak-Zemplinski. Olek's entry was presented beautifully, in addition to displaying a variety of eco-friendly elements and realistic budget requirements."

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"However, the challenge was about more than just technical skills. The event really brought out a lot of imaginative ideas and responses - and there was even a real sense of humor in some of the designs. In fact, I was pleasantly surprised by how different the approaches were. Above all, I think this showed that people will always find a new, and impressive, way to solve existing challenges."