John King last wrote for Dwell on suburban urbanism, a far cry Hugh Ferriss’s world of sky-scraping charcoal forms. Currently the San Francisco Chronicle’s urban design critic, King first encountered Farriss’s atmospheric imagery in the 1980s, when its sky’s-the-limit ethos seemed more archaic than it does today.

Elding Oscarson is a recently started office run by Johan Oscarson and Jonas Elding. The collective experience is covering both Swedish and international architecture, from museums to private houses, interiors, furniture and product design. Jonas Elding was an associate at Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa (SANAA), Tokyo, for 7 years, in charge of the design for the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York. Johan Oscarson was an associate at Sandellsandberg, Stockholm, for 7 years, in charge of the designs for Villa Nilsson and the interior for the OMX headquarters. Our aim is to challenge a variety of architecture and design tasks and by means of a solid process find new solutions, ways to live, or atmospheric qualities. We look forward to leading a pragmatic workflow influenced by site, program, budget or other parameters, making every project unique, real, and story-telling

Peter Bennetts was born in 1967 in Sydney, Australia. He studied photography at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. His initial pursuit of environmental reportage assignments has led Peter to photograph features all over the world including Argentina, Austria, Chile & Easter Island, China, France, French Polynesia, Fiji, Hong Kong, India, West Papua, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Spain, Solomon Islands, Thailand, U.A.E., U.K., U.S.A. and Vanuatu. He has particularly focussed his camera on the island nation of Tuvalu, whose coral atolls are especially vulnerable to a changing climate. Environmental reportage led to Peter’s burgeoning interest in the constructed environment and since 1997 Peter has been photographing the pre-eminent architecture and design of both his home country of Australia and in the international arena. His work in the field of architecture, interiors and graphic design has allowed Peter to indulge his passion for great design in all its forms. His work regularly features in the Australian publications Architecture Australia, Artichoke, Inside, AR and Monument and he is a frequent contributor to Wallpaper, Frame, Mark, Dwell, Domus, Casabella and other international publications. His photography has appeared in numerous books including four monographs and the two volumes of the Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture. His architectural images have been described as having “a remarkable crystalline stillness” and he is known for his “straight-shooting” style of architectural photography, focussing on the formal, material and atmospheric qualities of a project. He maintains a keen interest in environmental concerns and keeps the Leica at hand. Peter lives in Melbourne, Australia with his wife; architect Rowena Hockin, and their two young sons.

Dan Kiley (1912-2004) was an American landscape architect who did much to further the modern idiom in his field. Though he studied at Harvard University he left before completing his degree, then returned to school to become a licensed architect at the behest of Louis Kahn. He was a contemporary and friend of noted modernist landscape designers Garrett Eckbo and James Rose, and his career got its first big break when he won the competition to design the grounds at the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, site of Eero Saarinen's famed Gateway Arch. His other important works include Lincoln Center in New York, the US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston, and the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado.

Shaping atmosphere, lending identity, creating quality of space – these are the values that characterize the buildings of 4a Architekten. The starting point and guiding principle of our work is the concept of architecture as living space. Our buildings come into being through intensive team work shaped by interdisciplinary thinking and action. What characterizes a location in terms of its culture and history? What are the client’s expectations and objectives? What is viable within the budget and what are the benefits for users? These questions and this approach bring us to solutions with an individual character – and they apply just as much to the planning of buildings as to the design of interior spaces. Apart from the shaping of buildings, the deciding factors for us are the choice of materials, colour design and, above all, preparation right down to the minutest detail. As well as a high atmospheric quality, the focus of planning and implementation also lies on a building’s functionality, longevity and, above all, its cost effectiveness. Many years of experience in the facilitation of construction processes coupled with high-level professional expertise guarantee that the planning and construction phases are realized smoothly. Our office specializes in buildings for sport and leisure, hotels, cultural and educational establishments, as well as private housing construction. We conduct new construction projects and redevelopments in equal measure.