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Sanford Kwinter is a Canada-born, New York-based writer and world-renowned architectural theorist, and a co-founder of the influential Zone Books publishers. Kwinter currently serves as Professor of Theory and Criticism at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. He formerly served as an associate professor at Rice University in Houston, Texas, and has also taught at MIT, Columbia University and Cornell University. Having received a doctorate in comparative literature from Columbia University, Kwinter lectured at Harvard University, the University of Applied Arts Vienna (Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien), the Berlage Institute in Rotterdam, the Architectural Association in London and the Staedelschule in Frankfurt. Over the past twenty years, his publications have pioneered new ideas in art, architecture, science and the humanities. He has written widely on philosophical issues related to design, architecture, and urbanism, and was involved in the series of conferences and publications convened by ANY between 1991 and 2000.

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