RETO GEISER, CO-FOUNDER AND PRINCIPAL
IS AN ARCHITECT AND RESEARCHER WITH A FOCUS IN MODERN ARCHITECTURE AND THE CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURAL AND URBAN DISCOURSE. HE HAS STUDIED AT ETH ZURICH AND COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, AND IS CURRENTLY A PHD CANDIDATE AT THE INSTITUTE FOR THE HISTORY AND THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE (GTA) AT ETH ZURICH. HIS DOCTORAL THESIS FOCUSES ON THE ARCHITECTURAL AND ARTISTIC RELATIONS BETWEEN SWITZERLAND AND THE USA; SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT ISSUES OF CULTURAL IDENTITY AND MODERNIZATION IN THE WORK OF SIGFRIED GIEDION. RETO GEISER HAS TAUGHT AT THE ETH ZURICH, AND AS THE 2003-2004 WILLIAM MUSCHENHEIM FELLOW AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN.
DONALD MAK, CO-FOUNDER AND PRINCIPAL
IS AN ARCHITECT DEVELOPING PROJECTS IN A RANGE OF MEDIA AND ACROSS VARIOUS SCALES, FROM THE DESIGN OF BOOKS TO PRODUCTS TO BUILDINGS TO LANDSCAPES. HE HAS COLLABORATED WITH BRUCE MAU DESIGN IN TORONTO, THE MIKE SMITH STUDIO IN LONDON, AND CURRENTLY WORKS WITH HERZOG & DE MEURON ARCHITECTS IN BASEL, SWITZERLAND.