Toshiko Mori, FAIA, is the Robert P. Hubbard Professor in Practice of Architecture and the Chair of the Department of Architecture at Harvard University Graduate School of Design. She is also Principal of Toshiko Mori Architect, established in 1981 in New York City. She has taught at the Cooper Union School of Architecture and has been a visiting faculty member at Columbia University and Yale University, where she was the Eero Saarinen Visiting Professor in 1992. Her strong research-based approach to design has been commended in awards and invitations to lectures and exhibitions around the world. In the fall of 2005, Toshiko’s work was exhibited in "Renewing Wright" at the Heinz Architectural Center of the Carnegie Museum of Pittsburgh. Her profile, "Postscripts: Building on Sacred Ground", appeared in The New York Times in May 2005. She has edited a volume on material and fabrication research, Immaterial/Ultramaterial, and is currently preparing her next publication: Textile Tectonic in Architecture. In 2003, she was awarded the Cooper Union Inaugural John Hejduk Award. In 2005, she received the Academy Award in Architecture from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Medal of Honor from the New York City chapter of the AIA. She has served on the board of trustees of the Van Alen Institute and the Storefront for Art and Architecture, and has been an advisor to the New York Foundation for the Arts. She holds an Honorary Master of Architecture from Harvard University Graduate School of Design and a Bachelor of Architecture from Cooper Union School of Architecture.
Jori Erdman is Associate Professor and Director of the Graduate Program at Clemson University. She serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Architectural Education (JAE). She has authored two articles and several book reviews in the Journal, and is currently the Design Editor. She has served on the jury for the ACSA / American Steel Institute Student Competition. Studio South, which Jori co-founded with Patricio del Real, was the recipient of the 2004 ACSA Collaborative Practice Award. She has also received the ACSA New Faculty Teaching Award and the AIA Education Award Honorable Mention. Her research area includes Southern Modernism, the pedagogy of architecture schools, and building materials technology. She has also taught at Drury University. She holds a Master of Architecture from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Virginia.
Liz Martin is an Associate Professor at Southern Polytechnic State University School of Architecture. She is also Principal of Alloy Projects based in Atlanta with ongoing projects in Los Angeles. Trained as a musician as a child and attending Manhattan School of Music for ten years, Liz sees the design process through the eyes of a musician. In 2006, she was awarded one of Atlanta's emerging voices by the AIA / Young Architects Forum, which resulted in her participation in a group show at Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA). Liz recently won an NEA Grant to edit a publication on socially responsible design work. She holds a Bachelor Architecture from Tulane University and a Master of Architecture from SCI-Arc.
Bruce McEvoy, AIA, is an Associate Principal at Perkins+Will in Atlanta. An expert in three dimensional design, modeling, rendering and interactive media, he uses virtual modeling to enhance the design and development process. He regularly serves as a design critic at Georgia Tech and Southern Polytechnic State University. Bruce is 2008 President of the Atlanta chapter of the AIA and a National Liaison to the Young Architects Forum (YAF). He is a board member of the Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA) and on the advisory board of the Peachtree Pine Homeless Shelter. He holds a Master of Architecture and a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Rusty Smith is an Associate Professor at Auburn University. He is also Coordinator of the Program of Architecture. He has served as a Distinguished Visiting Artist at the Art Institute of Chicago. He is the recipient of the 2005 American Institute of Architects National Teaching Honor Award and the 2003 American Institute of Architecture Students National Teaching Honor Award. Rusty is a regularly invited speaker on design education. He has also practiced professionally since 1991, and has worked as a senior designer at Perkins + Will and HOK. He is also an artist whose juried work has been exhibited nationally and collected by private benefactors as well as public museums and galleries. He holds an MFA from the School of Art Institute of Chicago and a Bachelor of Interior Design from Auburn University.