Elia Zenghelis (b. Athens 1937) studied and taught for 20 years at the Architectural Association in London. He is one of the original founders of OMA in partnership with Rem Koolhaas until 1987, when he established Gigantes Zenghelis Architects in Athens and Brussels with Eleni Gigantes. He has been professor at the Dusseldorf Academy of Fine Arts and thesis tutor at the Berlage Institute for more than 10 years; Visiting professor at Columbia University, New York, Princeton University, UCLA, Department of Architecture, UTH, Volos, and other schools of architecture in the United States, South America, Spain and Japan; since 1998 at the EPFL Lausanne, ETH in Zurich and professor at the Accademia di Archittetura in Mendrisio. external examiner at the Bartlett School of Architecture, and the Edinburgh College of Art. He was awarded the RIBA Annie Spink award for outstanding contribution to architectural education in 2001.