Studied architecture in Rome and Stuttgart. Has been practicing architecture since 1980 from studios in Berlin, Milan, and Zurich. Director of the Deutsches Architekturmuseum in Frankfurt from 1990 to 1994. Editor of Domus from 1990 to 1995. Professor of urban design history at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich) since 1994. Has edited and curated numerous academic publications and seminal exhibitions. Architectural works include the Mergellina underground metro station in Naples and the Novartis Campus in Basel.

【Speaker at the Windowology Symposium on October 3】