Greg Lynn is an architect with practices in Los Angeles (FORM) and New York (United Architects). He is also a Professor at the Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien, Davenport Visiting Professor at Yale University (2004) and Studio Professor at UCLA.

Mario Carpo is Head of the Study Centre at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal; Robert Sterling Clark Visiting Professor of Art History at Williams College (2004); and Associate Professor of Architectural History at the School of Architecture of Saint-Etienne, France (on leave).