Tadao Ando is Japan's leading contemporary architect. Working primarily in structural concrete, alongside subtle details in natural materials like wood and stone, Ando has received the Pritzker Prize in 1995 and the American Institute of Architects Gold Medal in 2002.

Richard Pare is a photographer and founding curator of photography at the Canadian Centre for Architecture. Among his many exhibitions, he has had major shows at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Martin Gropiusbau in Berlin, and the Royal Academy of Arts in London.

Dominique Perrault is a French architect and urban planner.