Fernand Pouillon was an architect, urban planner, contractor, teacher, publisher, and writer. His novel "Les pierres sauvages" is a worldwide bestseller. Jacques Lucan is an architect, historian, and architecture critic, as well as a professor at EPFL Lausanne and EAVT in Marne-la-Vallée. His main interest lies in urban issues of the 20th century and the present. Adam Caruso studied architecture at McGill University in Montreal. He worked for Florian Beigel and Arup Associates before founding his own office in London in 1990 and in Zurich in 2010 with Peter St John. He holds a chair in architecture and construction at ETH Zurich. Helen Thomas studied architecture at the University of Liverpool and holds a PhD in art history and theory from the University of Essex. She has worked as an editor and educator at the Victoria & Albert Museum, Phaidon Press, and London Metropolitan University.