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Andrew Morrison is Professor of Interdisciplinary Design and coordinates design research at the Institute of Design, Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO). He has published in new media, applied discourse studies and various fields of interaction and communication design. His recent books include Inside Multimodal Composition and Exploring Digital Design (2011, Hampton Press). Andrew leads the YOUrban research project and NarraHand. He is course leader of the PhD school at AHO, active in the Nordes Design Research conferences, and formerly head of Communication Design research at InterMedia, University of Oslo. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

Henry Mainsah is a visiting researcher at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design. He has a PhD from the Department of Media and Communication, University of Oslo where he currently lectures on subjects such as media, cultural identity, and globalization. His doctoral thesis focused on the role played by digital online media in the construction of identity among ethnic minority youth. His research interests include cultural studies, migration studies, media studies, visual culture, and design ethnography. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

Einar Sneve Martinussen is a designer and researcher working with interactive products, technology and urban and cultural studies. He holds a Master's Degree in Design from the Oslo School of Architecture and Design and has a background from architecture and urbanism. Martinussen's work includes research on mobile technologies, interaction design and product development; he lectures about physical computing and technologies as materials for design. Details of projects can be found at www.einarsnevemartinussen.com. 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.

Mathilde Simonsen Dahl

Siv Helene Stangeland is a Norwegian architect and researcher based in Stavanger, Norway. Together with Reinhard Kropf, she founded the architectural office Helen & Hard in 1996. Siv Helene Stangeland studied at the University of Barcelona and at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design AHO, under Christian Norberg-Schulz. She has taught at AHO, NTNU (Trondheim), Chalmers University (Gothenburg) and KTH (Stockholm). Helen & Hard have received several awards for their work, including the Norwegian National Award for Building and Environmental Design for the Pulpit Rock Mountain Lodge. They have exhibited internationally, including at the Venice Biennale, the Lisbon Biennale and Manifesta 7. In 2008, the firm was selected with eight others to represent European architectural offices in the travelling exhibition ‘New Trends of Architecture’. They have won several competitions including the Norway Pavilion at Expo Shanghai 2010 and have an extensive body of built work. Helen & Hard have written, published and lectured extensively in Europe, North America and Asia about their research on sustainable practices and methods. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

Reinhard Kropf is an Austrian architect and researcher educated at the University of Science in Graz and the Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO), where he studied under Christian Norberg-Schulz. In 1996, together with Siv Helene Stangeland he founded the architectural office Helen & Hard in Stavanger on the west coast of Norway. Helen & Hard have received several awards for their work, including the Norwegian National Award for Building and Environmental Design for the Pulpit Rock Mountain Lodge. They have exhibited internationally, including at the Venice Biennale, the Lisbon Biennale and Manifesta 7. In 2008, the firm was selected with eight others to represent European architectural offices in the travelling exhibition ‘New Trends of Architecture’. They have won several competitions including the Norway Pavilion at Expo Shanghai 2010 and have an extensive body of built work. Helen & Hard have written, published and lectured extensively in Europe, North America and Asia about their research on sustainable practices and methods. 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.

Defne Sunguroğlu Hensel [MSc EmTech AA Dipl RIBA II] is an architect, interior architect, and researcher. Currently she serves as a board member in the OCEAN Design Research Association. She studied architecture Part I at Kent University and completed her degree at the Architectural Association, where she also gained her MSc in the Emergent Technologies and Design Programme. Currently, she is working on her PhD entitled Multiple Performance Integration Models Based on Wood and Clay Based Systems as a stipend-funded PhD research fellow at AHO Oslo School of Architecture and Design. She received the Buro Happold studentship (2006) to pursue her research into Complex Brick Assemblies; the Holloway Trust Award (2006) for a significant contribution to the construction industry; a stipend by BDA – the Brick Development Association (2007); the Anthony Pott Memorial Award (2007) for detailed analysis and research of Eladio Dieste's work; as well as the CERAM Industrial Category Award (2007). She held innovation fellowships, and lectured, taught and exhibited internationally and her work has been published widely. Most recently she co-edited: Ertas H., Hensel M. and Sunguroğlu Hensel D. (Eds) (2010). Turkey – At the Threshold. London: AD Wiley. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

Jeffrey P. Turko [AA Dipl. RIBA II] is the founder of the design practice NEKTON. He is currently Vice Chairman of the OCEAN Design Research Association and has collaborated on projects such as Landsc[r]aper – Urban Ring Bridge, the World Centre for Human Concerns and most recently the MM tent (aka Membrella). He studied and taught at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London. He currently teaches architecture at the postgraduate diploma level at the University of East London School of Architecture and Visual Arts where he has been a senior lecturer since 2001. He has published his work and writings in numerous international architecture journals. He has been practising since 1999 and has been a registered architect in The Netherlands since 2001. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

Robert Pickard is Emeritus Professor in Heritage Conservation at Northumbria University, UK, and a consultant to the Council of Europe on cultural heritage. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

Halina Dunin-Woyseth is an architect and professor at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO). Since 1990 she has been the founding head of AHO's Doctoral Programme. Her professional, teaching and research experience originated in urban design and spatial planning-related issues. During the recent decade she has been mainly involved in issues of knowledge in the design professions. She has lectured extensively at the doctoral level and supervised PhDstudents in Norway and abroad, and she has been commissioned as an evaluator by several research councils in Scandinavia and has also experience from assessing EUfunded research. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

Fredrik Nilsson is architect SAR/MSA, professor of Architectural Theory at Chalmers University of Technology, and Partner and Head of Research and Development at White Arkitekter AB, Sweden. He has taught and lectured widely, and has written especially on contemporary architecture, architectural theory and philosophy with a special interest in the epistemology of architecture and the interaction between conceptual, theoretical thinking and practical design work. Nilsson is author and editor of several books and frequently publishes articles, architectural criticism and reviews of books. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.