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David C . liucek Jr. is a Houston architect and a principal in the firm of Stern and Bucek Architects.

David Crosslcy is president of the Gulf Coast Institute.

Joe Mashburn is dean of the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture, University of Houston.

Kevin Moore is a doctoral candidate at Princeton University and a ( luster Dale Fellow in the Department of Photographs at the Metropolitan Museum of Art , N e w York.

Gerald Moorhcad, FA1A, practices with Ray Bailey Architects, Inc. and is a contributing editor to Texas Architect.

Barric Scardino was managing editor of Cite f rom 1996 to 1998. She now lives in N e w York City, where she writes on architectural topics.

Mitchel l J. Shields is managing editor of Cite.

Wil l iam F. Stern is an architect and a principal in the firm of Stern and Bucek Architects. He is also an adjunct associate professor at the Gerald D. I lines College of Architecture, University of Houston.

Bruce C . Webb is a professor in the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture, University of Houston .

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