Ricky Burdett is professor of Urban Studies at the London School of Economics (LSE), and director of LSE Cities.

He curated the International Architecture Exhibition at the 2006 Venice Biennale, was architectural adviser to the mayor of London from 2001-06, and was chief adviser on architecture and urbanism for the London 2012 Olympics.

Deyan Sudjic is a writer, broadcaster and director of the Design Museum.

Before his post at the Design Museum, he was the design and architecture critic for The Observer, the Dean of the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture at Kingston University and co-chair of the Urban Age Advisory Board.

He is a leading figure in the field of architectural theory.