BRADFORD PERKINS, FAIA, AICP, is the founder of Perkins Eastman Architects, a New York-based architectural, interior design, and planning firm with a national practice and branch offices in Pittsburgh, Stamford, and Toronto. His firm's designs of educational facilities and other building types have received many awards for design excellence and have been widely published. He is the son of Lawrence Perkins, FAIA, and grandson of Dwight Perkins, FAIA, two of the leaders in the design of modern elementary and secondary schools.
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.