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Anthony Speaight QC – Barrister, in practice at 4 Pump Court, Temple, London. Bencher of Middle Temple. He is a co-author of The Law of Defective Premises and of Butterworths Professional Negligence Service. Anthony is a past member of the Council of the Society of Construction Law, past chairman of the Editorial Board of Counsel, Journal of the Bar of England & Wales, and past Chairman of the Bar Council’s Access to the Bar Committee. He is a supervisor of dissertations at the King’s College London Centre of Construction Law. He is an accredited Adjudicator and trained Mediator. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

Vincent Moran, MA (Cantab) – called to the Bar in 1991 and is a member of Keating Chambers in London. He specialises in construction and professional negligence law. He is an editor of Chitty on Contracts (30th edition) and contributor to Keating on JCT Contracts. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

Sherin Wing received her Ph.D. in the Humanities from UCLA, USA. In addition to being a published scholar, she also writes for several publications including Architecture Magazine, ArchDaily.com, the Huffington Post, and Metropolis Magazine on a wide range of issues surrounding the cultural, economic, and social aspects of architecture. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

Anthony Speaight QC – Barrister, in practice at 4 Pump Court, Temple, London. Bencher of Middle Temple. He is a co-author of The Law of Defective Premises and of Butterworths Professional Negligence Service. Anthony is a past member of the Council of the Society of Construction Law, past chairman of the Editorial Board of Counsel, Journal of the Bar of England & Wales, and past Chairman of the Bar Council’s Access to the Bar Committee. He is a supervisor of dissertations at the King’s College London Centre of Construction Law. He is an accredited Adjudicator and trained Mediator. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

Michael U. Hensel is an architect, researcher, and writer. He is Professor for Architecture at the Oslo School of Architecture where he directs the Research Centre for Architecture and Tectonics. He is a board member of the OCEAN Design Research Association and of BIONIS, the Biomimetics Network for Industrial Sustainability. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

Mehran Gharleghi is an architect and director of Studio Integrate together with Amin Sadeghy. He received his BA Degree from Tehran University of Science and Technology and his Master of Architecture from the Emergent Technologies and Design programme at the Architectural Association. His dissertation won international awards such as ‘AA Fab Research Cluster Symposium 2009’ and ‘International prize for sustainable Architecture-2010’. He collaborated with the most prominent architect in Iran, Hadi Mirmiran, and worked for Plasma Studio and Foster and Partners in London. He has won several competitions and design awards. He lectured at The House of Architecture in Graz in 2011, Smart Geometry09, AA Fab Research Cluster Symposium and ACADIA 2009. Mehran Gharleghi has been interviewed in the book entitled Conversation With the Young Architect by Dr Nasrine Faghih in which he discusses the current role of the young architect. Mehran Gharleghi and Amin Sadeghy exhibited their ‘Responsive Pneumatic Systems’ research at London's Design Festival 2009. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

Amin Sadeghy is an architect and director of studio integrate together with Mehran Gharleghi. He received his BA Degree from Tehran University of Science and Technology and his Master of Architecture from the Emergent Technologies and Design programme at the Architectural Association. He has been collaborating with prominent architects in Iran since 2000 and currently works for Fosters and Partners in London. He has won several design awards, such as International honourable mention for sustainable design. His Dissertation in Emtech in collaboration with Mehran Gharleghi won two international awards, ‘AA Fab Research Cluster Symposium 2009’ and ‘International Prize for Sustainable Architecture’. He lectured at The House of Architecture in Graz in 2011, AA Fab Research Cluster Symposium 2009 and his work was presented in Acadia 2009 and Smart Geometry conference 2009. Mehran Gharleghi and Amin Sadeghy exhibited their ‘Responsive Pneumatic Systems’ research at London's Design Festival 2009. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

James Cross, QC – read law at Magdalen College, Oxford and was called to the Bar in 1985. He was appointed a QC in 2006 having ‘proved himself to be “absolutely first class”’ (Chambers UK, 2007). James has an extensive and wide-ranging commercial practice with particular expertise in professional negligence (especially construction industry professionals), construction and engineering, insurance and product liability. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

Kenneth Williamson is a partner in the Hurd Rolland Partnership, an architectural practice located in London, Manchester and Scotland. He is in charge of a specialist consultancy section dealing with listed buildings and built heritage issues and has provided strategic heritage advice in relation to a number of urban regeneration projects throughout Scotland. He has wide-ranging design and contractual experience encompassing projects for local authority, central government and private sector clients. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

Graham Bizley studied architecture at Bath University and ESTAB in Barcelona.He has worked for various architects in the UK, India and Zimbabwe. In 2005, he set up Prewett Bizley Architects with Robert Prewett. He is a regular contributor to Building Design and since 2004 has prepared a regular working detail feature under the title ‘In Detail’ . A first volume of Architecture In Detail was published by the Architectural Press in 2007. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

Paul Appleby is a freelance consultant having recently retired from his role as Director of Building Sustainability at the URS Corporation Ltd. With a 40-year career in consultancy, academia and research, having numerous publications to his name, Paul has worked with some of the world's leading architects and developers and recently appeared in a Property Week list of 'Green Heroes' of the construction industry. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

Andrew Fraser-Urquhart, MA (Cantab) – called to the Bar in 1993, having previously been employed by the Bank of England. He practises from 4 – 5 Gray’s Inn Square where he specialises in Town and Country Planning, Local Government and Judicial Review. He has extensive experience in both of planning inquiries and Local Plan work. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.