Philip Hamp has over thirty-five years’ experience as an architect focused on the restoration of historic architecture, museum installations and the design of new buildings. He received a B.A. from the University of Michigan in 1976 and a Master of Architecture from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee in 1980. After serving internships with the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the Historic American Buildings Survey, he joined the Office of John Vinci in 1980. Mr. Hamp partnered with John Vinci to form Vinci | Hamp Architects in 1995. His restoration work includes award - winning projects at the Illinois State Capitol, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Wingspread, re-installation of the permanent collection galleries at the Art Institute of Chicago, and other projects including the Henry Ford Museum, the University Club of Chicago and the Paine Art Center. Recent commissions include the renovation of the Illinois Governor’s Mansion, consulting for the Tribune Tower redevelopment and several private residences. Mr. Hamp has taught historic preservation at the University of Illinois at Chicago, is a past board member at Landmarks Illinois and has served on the Illinois Historic Sites Advisory Council. He presently serves on the AIA’s Committee on Design and the Art Institute of Chicago’s Architecture and Design Society. He was elected to the AIA College of Fellows in 2006 and is a LEED accredited professional.

Donald Henke is an architect and design manager with the Turner Construction Company. He received a Bachelor of Architecture from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in 1991. He has 31 years of experience, including 22 years of design, followed by three years of program management as an owner representative, and then followed by six years of design management experience at Turner. His project experience has focused on healthcare, science and technology, education, and Federal projects. His central focus is in advising project teams in executing great projects. He has been serving on the AIA’s Committee on Design for the last 12 years. He is a LEED accredited professional. 

Regine Leibinger founded her architectural practice Barkow Leibinger together with Frank Barkow in 1993 in Berlin. Barkow Leibinger’s work is realized over a wide range of scales and building types - important milestones include the Biosphere in Potsdam, the Campus Restaurant in Ditzingen and the Tour Total office high-rise in Berlin. Their work was included in the Serpentine Summer House program 2016 in London and was shown in the 2nd Chicago Architecture Biennial 2017. Regine is also a member of the Visiting Committee at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, Trustee at the American Academy and member of the Akademie der Künste Berlin.  Along with Frank Barkow, she often teaches at Princeton University as a visiting professor.

Zhu Pei received his master’s degree in architecture both from Tsinghua University and UC Berkeley. He also founded Studio Zhu-Pei in Beijing in 2005. His works have been exhibited at world important museums such as the Venice Biennial, the Sao Paulo Art Biennial, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, GA gallery in Japan, the Victoria and Albert Museum in UK, the Dresden State Art Museum in Germany, AEDES in Germany, Kassel in Germany, Harvard University and Rome MAXXI Museum in Italy, etc. Moreover, some of the design models and sketches are permanently collected by MoMA, Centre Pompidou and Victoria and Albert Museum.

Tiantian Xu is founding principal of DnA_Design and Architecture Beijing Office. She received her Master of Architecture in Urban Design from Harvard Graduate School of Design, and her baccalaureate in architecture from Tsinghua University in Beijing. Prior to establishing DnA Beijing.  She worked at a number of design firms in the United States and the Netherlands. She has received 2006 WA China Architecture Award and 2008 Young Architects Award from The Architectural League New York.