Originally from Scotland, Graeme Williamson and Zoe Smith were educated at Strathclyde University in Glasgow, L’Ecole d’Architecture in Strasbourg and at the Barlett School of Architecture, University College London. Both directors have independently taught at East London and North London Universities and at the Bartlett Diploma School along with Bob Sheil as Unit 23. They have lectured at many schools of architecture in the UK and abroad and currently live and work together in London.