Das australische Architekturbüro Denton Corker Marshall, 1972 in Melbourne gegründet, zählt zu den wichtigsten Akteuren im pazifischen Raum. Zu den bedeutendsten neueren Projekten, die der Band vorstellt, gehören das Civil Justice Center in Manchester, UK, die Webb Bridge in Melbourne und das Dongqianhu International Educational Forum in Ningbo, China.
About the Author: Leon van Schaik is Innovation Professor at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and author of the book Mastering Architecture, Becoming a Creative Innovator in Practice. Additional essays are by well-known authors such as Deyan Sudjic, Nikos Papastergiadis, Jianfei Zhu, and Nikos Papastergiadis.
Leon van Schaik studied at the Architectural Association (AA) in London and is now a professor of architecture at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), where he holds the Innovation Chair.
Deyan Sudjic has been, among other things, Dean of the Faculty of Art, Architecture, and Design at Kingston University, London and a guest professor of the theory of design at the Hochschule für Angewandte Kunst (University of Applied Arts) in Vienna and the Royal College of Art. In 2002 he directed the Architecture Biennale in Venice. Since August 2006 he has been the director of Design Museum London.
Jianfei Zhu studied at Tianjin University and the Bartlett School of Architecture of University College London. He teaches in the Faculty of Architecture, Building, and Planning at the University of Melbourne.
Nikos Papastergiadis is Associate Professor and Reader in the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne.
