Programme Salon Suisse 2012 - biennials.ch
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Kester Rattenbury is an ar<strong>ch</strong>itectural journalist,<br />
critic and writer. Previously she trained as an<br />
ar<strong>ch</strong>itect, before completing a PhD on ar<strong>ch</strong>itecture<br />
in the mass media. She is a Reader in Ar<strong>ch</strong>itecture at<br />
the University of Westminster, where she tea<strong>ch</strong>es a<br />
Diploma Studio with Sean Griffiths of Fashion Ar<strong>ch</strong>itecture<br />
Taste.<br />
Elias Redstone (born Stoke-in-Teignhead, UK) is an<br />
independent curator, writer, editor and consultant.<br />
He is the founder and curator of ARCHIZINES, the<br />
editor-in-<strong>ch</strong>ief of the London Ar<strong>ch</strong>itecture Diary<br />
and an online columnist for the New York Times’ T<br />
Magazine.<br />
Vicky Ri<strong>ch</strong>ardson is the Director Ar<strong>ch</strong>itecture,<br />
Design, Fashion at the British Council in London.<br />
She was previously Editor of Blueprint, the monthly<br />
ar<strong>ch</strong>itecture and design magazine and Deputy Editor<br />
of RIBA Journal. She is a regular writer on ar<strong>ch</strong>itecture<br />
and design.<br />
Joseph Rykwert (born 1926, Warsaw, Poland) is<br />
an ar<strong>ch</strong>itectural historian and critic, the Professor<br />
of Ar<strong>ch</strong>itecture Emeritus at the University of<br />
Pennsylvania and author of many influential works<br />
of ar<strong>ch</strong>itectural criticism and history including<br />
The Idea of a Town (1963), On Adam’s House in Paradise<br />
(1972) and The Dancing Column (1996).<br />
Karin Sander (born 1957, Bensberg, Germany) is an<br />
artist. She has been the Professor of Ar<strong>ch</strong>itecture<br />
and Art at ETH Zuri<strong>ch</strong> since 2007, where she is<br />
responsible for the artistic education of students<br />
at the Department of Ar<strong>ch</strong>itecture. She lives<br />
and works in both Zuri<strong>ch</strong> and Berlin, and exhibits<br />
internationally.<br />
Christoph S<strong>ch</strong>aub (born 1958, Zuri<strong>ch</strong>, Switzerland)<br />
is a film producer and director, best known for<br />
his features Stille Liebe (2001), Sternenberg (2004)<br />
and Jeune Homme (2006), who also makes documentaries,<br />
focusing on ar<strong>ch</strong>itectural and urban themes,<br />
including Il Girasole (1995) and Bird’s Nest (2008).<br />
Caspar S<strong>ch</strong>ärer (born 1973, Liestal, Switzerland)<br />
studied ar<strong>ch</strong>itecture (at ETH Zuri<strong>ch</strong>) and journalism<br />
and is an editor for the magazine werk, bauen +<br />
wohnen and a regular contributor to other magazines<br />
and newspapers. He is based in Zuri<strong>ch</strong>.<br />
Jonathan Sergison (born 1964, St. Asaph, Wales)<br />
established Sergison Bates ar<strong>ch</strong>itects with Stephen<br />
Bates in 1996. He is Professor of Ar<strong>ch</strong>itectural<br />
Design at the Accademia di Ar<strong>ch</strong>itettura in Mendrisio,<br />
Switzerland, and has previously taught at a number<br />
of s<strong>ch</strong>ools of ar<strong>ch</strong>itecture in the UK and Switzerland.<br />
Geoff Shearcroft is a Director of AOC Ar<strong>ch</strong>itecture,<br />
whi<strong>ch</strong> he established in 2003 with Tom Coward,<br />
Daisy Froud and Vincent Lacovara. He has taught<br />
and lectured internationally and is a Unit Tutor at<br />
London Metropolitan University.<br />
Miroslav Šik (born 1953, Prague, Cze<strong>ch</strong>oslovakia) is<br />
Professor of Ar<strong>ch</strong>itecture and Design at ETH Zuri<strong>ch</strong>,<br />
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