Tony Fretton, AA Dip RIBA (1945), founded Tony Fretton Architects in 1982. After graduating from the Architectural Association School of Architecture he worked as a project architect for, amongs others, Arup Associates and Neylan and Ungless. Tony Fretton was Unit Master in the Diploma School at the AA, London from 1990-1992 with Mark Pimlott. He was visiting Professor at the Berlage Institute, Amsterdam and the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne between 1994-1996. Since 1999 he is Professor of Architectural Design and Interiors at the TUDelft, taught a semester at the Graduate School of Design, Harvard, Cambridge MA, USA, Spring 2005 and two semesters at the ETH, Zurich (2011).
Mechthild Stuhlmacher was born in Germany, studied music and architecture in Germany and the Netherlands, graduated in 1992 and worked at various offices in the Netherlands and the UK from 1992. In 2001, she founded the Korteknie Stuhlmacher architectural firm, together with Rien Korteknie. The firm has recently established a close working relationship with the Munich-based Hildundk firm. The two firms collaborate on educational and healthcare projects in Belgium. Mechthild has been a member of the editorial team of OASE for many years, and she is involved in various other publication projects. She teaches architectural design at Delft University of Technology, and she is regularly invited to give lectures and workshops in the Netherlands and abroad.
From 1995-1999 Dirk Somers studied architecture in Antwerp and Milan from 1995-1999, completing his degree in Urban and Environmental Planning at KU Leuven in 2002. In 2001, he established Huiswerk Architecten, together with Erik WieĂŤrs. He regularly writes and holds lectures on topics including tectonics, materialisation and urban architecture, and he is a frequent participant in workshops and juries at universities in Flanders and abroad. Dirk teaches architectural design at Delft University of Technology. Since September 2011, he has also been a visiting professor in the faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Department of Architecture and Urban Planning at UGent. In 2011, Dirk Somers established a new firm: Bovenbouw Architecture.
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