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Realiza sus estudios de Arquitectura en el Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Occidente (ITESO) 1993-1998. En 2005 recibe la beca de estímulo a la creación y desarrollo artístico para jóvenes creadores FONCA. Ha impartido conferencias, sobre su trabajo en diversos foros de arquitectura y universidades del país, ha obtenido reconocimientos tales como, en 2019 son reconocidos como uno de los “10 despachos creadores de Iconos” de la XVIII Edición de Revista obras, en 2018 reciben medalla de plata por el Polideportivo “Alexis Arguello en la XV Bienal Nacional e Internacional de Arquitectura Mexicana FCARM. En 2017 reciben el premio ArchDaily Building of the year en la categoría Infraestructura con el Estadio Sonora, Medalla de Plata por el edificio CRAI en la XIV Bienal Nacional de Arquitectura Mexicana 2016 y la Medalla de Oro en la IV Bienal Regional de Arquitectura 2015. Medalla de Bronce, Premio Obras Cemex por el Poliforum Panamericano en 2015, En el 2014 reciben el Premio de Arquitectura e Interiorismo Interceramic, categoría Institucional y premio Obra del Año del Premio Obras 2013 así como, el Primer Lugar en Equipamiento Urbano del Premio Obras 2013 por el Estadio Sonora. También recibieron el Premio Concretos Moctezuma por el Mérito al uso Arquitectónico del Concreto por el proyecto Puerta Uno de la Universidad Panamericana y en 2010 reciben el reconocimiento de la ‘Fundación Lorena Ochoa’, por su contribución al proyecto educativo ‘La Barranca’.

Ales Znidarsic (1969) studied architecture at the University of Ljubljana’s Faculty of Architecture from where he graduated in 1997. Between 1999 and 2002, he worked as an assistant at the Ljubljana Faculty of Architecture, collaborating on one of the core curriculum courses. A long-time member of the Architects’ Society of Ljubljana, he has also been registered since 2002 as a self-employed artist under the aegis of the Slovenian Ministry of Culture, recognized as one of the outstanding independent creators in the field of culture. He is the lead architect at the Multiplan arhitekti architectural office. In 2017 he was awarded the highest artistic title of the University of Ljubljana for the highest artistic recognition and for the achievement of highly important works in the field of art, which is tantamount to the title of Doctor of Science. Since establishing Multiplan arhitekti with Katja Zlajpah (1971) they have been nominated for awards including the Mies van der Rohe award (2017, 2009), the Piranesi award (2014, 2013), the WAN Waterfront award 2015 and the Architizer A+Award 2014. They obtained the first prize of the BAKU International Architecture award 2013 for the best implemented project in the field of landscape architecture. They also received a Gold and a Silver IOC/IAKS medal.

Zoltan Tima earned MA degree from Budapest University of Technology and Economics Faculty of Architecture in 1989 and he graduated the two years Master School of Architecture in 1994. He is a Registered Architect in Hungary. Mr. Tima is a frequent guest lecturer, having spoken at Hungarian universities and architectural conferences. A recipient of the prestigious Hungarian architectural prize Pro Architectura Award in 2004 and the highest architectural award the Ybl Prize in 2007. He is the holder of the international RICS Heritage Award and the FIABCI Award. Mr. Tima is the member of the Association of Hungarian Architects and board member the Chamber of Budapest Architects and since 2013 full member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts. Zoltan Tima has joined KÖZTI Architects and Engineers in 1989 and he was appointed Head of Studio in 1999. Since that time, he has been responsible for grand scale projects. From 2005 the Tima Studio has taken part in several airport projects in Russia. In Hungary, the Tima Studio has completed the Master Plan and architectural design of the extension of Liszt Ferenc International Airport T2 in Budapest where the first phase SkyCourt was built in 2011 and the second was completed in 2018. Mr. Tima was the lead designer of the reconstruction of the Kossuth (Parliament) square in Budapest. The recently completed state-of-art project comprises a new Parliament Visitor Center and a museum space under the iconic Parliament building.

Chris Baribeau, AIA is the Principal Architect and co-founder of modus studio, a progressive and mutable design collective. The firm is based in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and has contributed a broad range of influential and award-winning design projects to the built realm since its inception in 2008. Together with companion fabrication lab, modus shop, the firm bridges the profession with architectural, graphic, prototyping, and fabrication work. Craft in the hand of design and making is at the core of their design vocabulary, used to create architectures founded in a thinking/making process. As the leader of the firm, Chris draws daily inspiration and experience from his place, the threshold between the natural and man-made world of the Ozarks. He is an advocate of conscious observation as inspiration for design and views the world around him as an unwritten instruction manual for living. He follows an idea; the idea that architecture can be sourced from the simple, everyday experiences of life. He believes the architecture that results from these experiences can be inspiring to all people in a personal, practical, and sustainable way. People deserve good space and good buildings, derived from good ideas.