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Barth holds a masters degree from the Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO). He started working for SPINN in 2012 with founding partners James Dodson, and Leif Houck. Barth was later made partner in 2016. His work with educational buildings in northern climates has explored facilitating for a range of pedagogic strategies, as well as hybrid strategies for energy and ventilation. SPINN is a specialist studio, with an emphasis on educational architecture, academic research, and public projects. The studio offers consulting services for all phases, ranging from programming to the site follow up. SPINN is designing for ages from kindergarten to college, and is among the leading architectural practices within its niche in Norway, and has offices in Oslo, Stavanger, and Tromsø.

Born in 1983. Graduated from University of Oulu Department of Architecture year 2012. After 10 years of working in several architectural offices in Helsinki Teemu formed his own office Arkkitehtitoimisto Teemu Pirinen in 2014. He lives in Inari village (population 700) up north in Finnish Lapland with wife and two kids.

Udi Kassif, Founding Partner, has graduated from the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London, following his studies in Vienna and Jerusalem. He founded Mayslits Kassif Architects together with Ganit Mayslits Kassif in Tel Aviv in 1994, following a six years period in London where he worked with Raoul Bunschoten and John Pawson. During this last decade he has directed Mayslits Kassif Architects towards winning a number of major architectural competitions in a wide range of design practices, including public buildings and urban schemes, landscape design, residential and infrastructure projects. As the practice director he is currently developing new interdisciplinary strategies for some of the most significant urban and coastal regeneration projects in Israel and designs some large and challenging buildings in very prominent locations. Along the practice Udi combines teaching workshops at various academies such as the Technion in Haifa, Acma Master Course in Milan, School of architecture in Malaga etc.