Uros is an accomplished designer and researcher with experience on projects ranging from large urban-scale master plans to small residential renovations. He is particularly interested in studying the relationship between architectural practice and ideology, with a research focus on aesthetic implications within the philosophy of Slavoj Žižek. Prior to co-founding Office Ou, Uros has worked for several sustainability-focused design firms. These include A00 Architecture in Shanghai, a practice pioneering the use contemporary rammed earth construction, Kiss + Cathcart in New York, where he worked on the first LEED certified subsidized housing project in New York City.

Alex Bozikovic is the architecture critic for the Globe and Mail. He is an author or editor of three books - the bestseller 305 Lost Buildings of Canada; Toronto Architecture: A City Guide; and House Divided. He won the 2019 President’s Medal for Media in Architecture from the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada for his journalism.

Stefan Novakovic is a Toronto-based writer and editor specializing in architecture and urbanism. Stefan is a Senior Editor at Azure Magazine, and previously served as Associate Editor at Canadian Architect, and Assistant Editor at UrbanToronto.ca. His writing has also appeared in a wide range of publications, including Canadian Interiors, Designlines, Building Magazine, the New York Review of Architecture, the McGill International Review and Torontoist.

Stefan has also appeared as a speaker at the Architecture and Design Film Festival, Toronto’s Interior Design Show, the Ontario Association of Architects Conference, the University of Toronto Munk School’s Walter Gordon Symposium on Public Policy, and Architect@Work International. He has also presented original research at the 46th Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada Conference. He is the winner of a Canadian National Magazine Award (B2B) and a Canadian Online Publishing Award.

As a Senior Editor at AZURE, Eric reports on contemporary design. After studying architecture in university, he developed a lasting enthusiasm for sharing the stories behind the built environment. Over the course of his media career, he has interviewed industry titans like Frank Gehry, covered new trends and emerging talents at international design fairs, and cast a spotlight on the sustainable thinking that is moving the world forward. His past roles have included positions at Sharp and Designlines, and he has also volunteered as a tour guide for the Toronto Society of Architects.

A registered architect and founding Principal of ERA Architects, Michael McClelland OAA, AAA, FRAIC, CAHP has specialized in heritage conservation, heritage planning, and urban design for over 30 years. Having begun his career in municipal government, most notably for the Toronto Historical Board, Michael continues to work with a wide range of public and private stakeholders to build culture through thoughtful, values-based heritage planning and design.

Michael is a frequent contributor to the discourse surrounding architecture and landscape in Canada, and has edited a number of books on urban conservation including East West – a Guide to where people live in Downtown Toronto; Concrete Toronto – a guidebook to concrete architecture from the fifties to the seventies; The Ward – the Life and Loss of Toronto’s first Immigrant Neighbourhood, and The Ward Uncovered – the Archaeology of Everyday Life.

Stephanie Mah, CAHP, is the Creative Director at Giaimo, a Toronto-based architecture firm that integrates design, conservation, and sustainability. Her current projects and research focus on community placemaking and cultural heritage, leveraging existing infrastructure, and exploring deconstruction, salvage, and re-use as a sustainable alternative to demolition in Ontario. Stephanie has been involved with the charitable non-profit Architectural Conservancy of Ontario (ACO) since 2014, and currently serves as the President of ACO's Toronto Branch. She also sits on the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada (SSAC) Diversity, Equity, Inclusivity, and Sustainability Committee and is a past member of City of Toronto’s Montgomery’s Inn Museum Art Committee. Over the last eight years in the city-building industry, she has worked for tech start-ups, real estate developers, architecture firms, and non-profits developing a diverse range of perspectives. She has a multi-disciplinary background in History and Theory of Architecture and Technology, Society, and Environment Studies from Carleton University in Ottawa, as well as Digital Media Studies from OCAD University in Toronto. 

With a background in architecture, landscape architecture, and regional planning, Nico is always looking at our environments in a holistic way to create sustainable and socially impactful projects. Nico was designer and project manager for K-House, which gained acclaim as the first electricity net zero straw bale house in Hamilton, Canada. Prior to co-founding Office Ou, Nico worked in some of the world's most innovative design firms, including MAD in Beijing, Ateliers Jean Nouvel in Paris, Zeidler in Toronto, and Field Operations in New York. Nico has also worked as research associate in sustainability at the University of Pennsylvania and taught courses in the Master of Landscape Architecture program at the University of Toronto.

Higgin is the web developer / webmaster of the Architecture and Design Film Festival. He has been supporting Mr. Bergman's projects including Pacific Rim Parks and The Glass House Play. He has developed numerous commercial websites, non-profit organizations sites, and social network sites. He has worked with every web and multimedia technology such as HTML, DHTML, CSS, XML, PHP, JavaScript, Ajax, Flash, web broadcasting, etc. He is specialized in developing dynamic and interactive web pages. Lately, he's been developing websites with "Mobile First" design concept using responsive/adaptive framework and Javascript libraries.