Becky Quintal is the Executive Editor of ArchDaily, where she oversees the publication of ArchDaily and its global sites in English, Spanish, Portuguese and Chinese. Prior to assuming her role at ArchDaily, Becky worked as an editor for OMA/AMO, BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group), Reiser + Umemoto and the Princeton University School of Architecture.

Born in Mexico and raised in the US, she graduated from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. She also holds an architecture degree from Princeton University and a M.A degree from the School of Visual Arts.

Though she currently resides in Santiago, Chile, Becky has also lived and worked in the Netherlands and Mexico. Her passion for architecture is complemented by her passion for languages and learning.

Posts about this tour:

• Yael Engelart, Photographer
• Ceramic rooms, entities into space

Laura is the Editorial Project Manager and a contributing writer for Inhabitat.com, a digital publication dedicated to the future of design. She is also a LEED accredited Feng Shui consultant, lover of the outdoors, and a resident of New York’s Hudson Valley.

Laura’s background in psychology and passion for ecological design led her to the study of the built environment and its profound effect on our physical and emotional well-being. Her sustainable roots began on a Hudson Valley farm, and since then she has contributed research and writing to various publications, including the Huffington Post and Clean Plates.com.

In her spare time she enjoys cooking, meditative hiking, and yoga, with big dreams of someday running a bed and breakfast in the countryside.

Posts about this tour:

• Photographer Upcycles Street Trash into Brilliant Home Decor
• Thriving student village allows fauna and flora to flourish
• Israel’s Greenest Building Produces More Energy than it Consumes

Sam Lubell has written five books about architecture: Never Built Los Angeles, Julius Shulman Los Angeles: The Birth of a Modern Metropolis, Paris 2000+, London 2000+, and Living West.  He writes for Wired, The Architect’s Newspaper, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Magazine, New York Magazine, Architect, Architectural Record, Architectural Review, Wallpaper*, Contract, and other publications. He co-curated the A+D Architecture and Design Museum exhibitions Never Built Los Angeles and Shelter: Rethinking How We Live in Los Angeles. He is currently working on three upcoming books: Never Built New York, Shooting Modernism, and Midcentury Modern Travel Guide.

Posts about this tour:

• A new exhibition delves into the early modernism of British Mandate Palestine

Bob is widely recognized as the blogger behind Life of an Architect—currently one of the world’s most trafficked individually maintained architectural blog. As an emerging voice within the architectural community, he has bridged the gap and engaged multiple generations of architects and architectural enthusiasts by sharing his personal experiences, professional practice tips, and anecdotes on what it’s like to work with and be an architect. A graduate from the University of Texas at Austin, Bob is a licensed architect, LEED accredited professional, and past recipient of the AIA Dallas ‘Young Architect of the Year’ award.

Bob is active in the Dallas American Institute of architects, currently as a member of the Columns Advisory Board, and previously as Dallas AIA Executive Board – Vice President of Programs, and past multi-term chair of the Texas Society of Architect’s Digital Communications committee. In 2013, his firm was selected as the ‘Firm of the Year’ by the Dallas Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.

Since work doesn’t count as a hobby, and Bob doesn’t consider drinking wine a hobby, the closest activity that might count as a leisure activity is smoking BBQ and cooking. It is only his disdain for cleaning dirty dishes that kept Bob from trying to become a chef.

Posts about this tour:

• Exhibit: Architecture in Palestine during the British Mandate (1917-1948)
• Israel – but first, let me take a groupie
• Something Every Young Architect Should Do