Cesar Pelli became Dean of the School of Architecture at Yale University and established his architectural firm, Cesar Pelli & Associates, in New Haven, Connecticut. He was nominated by the AIA in 1991 as one of the ten most influential living American architects, and has received over 100 awards for design excellence. He is the only architect to have been given a Connecticut State Arts Award, and his importance has been further recognised by the AIA with the award of the Gold Medal in 1995 and the Firm Award for Cesar Pelli & Associates in 1989. His work has been widely published and exhibited, with eight books dedicated to his designs and theories.

Michael J. Crosbie is a practising architect and the author of numerous books on architecture. A former editor of Progressive Architecture, he has contributed to a number of journals and magazines, including Domus, Architectural Record, Faith & Form, ArchitectureWeek.com and Landscape Architecture. He teaches architecture at Roger Williams University in Bristol, Rhode Island, and has lectured at architecture schools in North America and abroad.