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Kara is a registered architect in Turkey where he worked on commissioned designs, competition entries and construction supervision. In 2013, one of his designs in Turkey, Kuscuburun Railway Station in Izmir, received critical recognition in the International Station Central Symposium & Exhibition in Istanbul and Ankara. He works at the USF SACD Design Workshop as a lead designer.

Weston is an Assistant Professor of Architecture at the University of South Florida, where he teaches graduate courses in design and technology and is currently charged with developing a state-of-the-art digital fabrication laboratory and its associated curriculum. His research focus is multi-disciplinary, combining experimental building materials, digital fabrication, and physical computing with traditional notions of making in order to generate interactive and complex physical environments. The goal of this work is to situate digital architecture between art, construction, and the environment, rather than as a mere method for technical problem solving.

Dulaney studies the history and design of workforce housing in the U.S, design and representation through drawing and photography and design pedagogies and methodologies. He was an architect with Bohlin Cywinski Jackson in Pittsburgh, Smith Dalia Architects in Atlanta, Ray Huff Architects in Charleston, S.C., and other firms. His work has appeared in regional, national and international juried venues.