Daniel D. Watch, AIA, is an architect and laboratory planner with the renowned architectural firm Perkins + Will (recipient of the American Institute of Architects' 1999 National Architecture Firm Award). He has personally coordinated the design of nearly twenty major research laboratory facilities.

Stephen A. Kliment, FAIA (Series Founder and Editor), is an architectural journalist and an adjunct professor at the City College of New York. He was chief editor of Architectural Record from 1990 to 1996.