Martin Looser-Frey

University Professor, architect and chartered engineer Hermann Kaufmann is a pioneer of contemporary timber architecture whose practice and academic work have helped establish timber construction as a sustainable and forward-looking architectural approach.

Professor Emeritus and chartered engineer Wolfgang Winter is a recognised expert in timber and hybrid structures whose work has brought together architectural design, structural engineering and the development of resource-efficient multi-storey timber construction.

Civil engineer and entrepreneur Lauri Tuulberg advances industrialised timber construction by bringing together off-site manufacturing, technological innovation and collaborative leadership.

Julian Zotter is an Austrian structural engineer whose work brings together resource-efficient design, timber-hybrid structures and the principles of low-impact circular construction.

Architect Raphael Eder brings European and Japanese spatial traditions into dialogue, pursuing durable and circular approaches across educational, residential and urban architecture.

Professor Alar Just is an internationally recognised expert in the fire performance of timber structures, combining academic research, structural design experience and the development of European design standards.

Dr Katrin Nele Mäger is an expert in the fire performance of timber structures whose research contributes to the development of European calculation methods, design standards and safer timber buildings.