Programme Salon Suisse 2012 - biennials.ch

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