Hailing from Yorkshire, he arrived in Chicago in 1985. He has mostly been there ever since, and founded Architecture Is Fun on April Fools’ Day 1994. He is a Professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the co-host of PechaKucha Night Chicago, winner of the 2012 Benjamin Moore HUE Award, was the 2013 President of AIA Chicago and serves as a director on the National Board of the AIA (2017-2019).