Alexander Lehnerer

Assistant Professor

lehnerer@uic.edu

PhD cand, Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zurich
MArch, University of California at Los Angeles
Dipl-Ing, Technische Universitaet Berlin

Something irresistible drew Alex Lehnerer to the City of Chicago in 2008. Lehnerer is an architect and urban designer with his office ALSO in Zurich, Switzerland. He has been teaching and researching at the ETH in Zurich for five years before coming to UIC. His interest lies in the contemporary metropolis and its playful future. His 010 Book Grand Urban Rules is published in spring 2009; it is based on his PhD research and contains a lot of affection for the city's inventiveness and will to steer its own fortune. As urban designer and partner of the urban (research) practice KAISERSROT, he is involved in a series of large scale urban design projects throughout Europe. Lehnerer comes to Chicago via Berlin, Rotterdam, Los Angeles and Zurich.