Bio
After graduating from the University of Technology Delft, Roemer van Toorn published The Invisible in Architecture (1994), in collaboration with Ole Bouman; in this acclaimed encyclopedic manifest he dissects the varied range of cultural, economic, political and philosophic outlook within the contemporary architectural discourse with the aim of outlining the different positions and issues of today's architecture. Recently he has been appointed Theory Professor at the Umeå School of Architecture Sweden. From 1993 till 2010 he has been in charge of the History and Theory program and was Head of publications at the Berlage Institute. He has been a researcher and educator at the Delft School of Design run by Arie Graafland at University of Technology Delft, while at the same time pursuing a career as an international lecturer. He has been the editor of several issues of the annual publication Architecture in the Netherlands, as well as an advisor of the magazine Archis (Volume), Hunch, Domus and Abitare. As author and photographer he also contributes to many other publications. His photography work has been exhibited in Winnipeg, Los Angeles and was part of the exhibition Cities on the Move curated by Hou Hanru and Hans-Ulrich Obrist. In October 2004 his photos on the Society of The And have been exhibited at Archilab The Naked City curated by Bart Lootsma. Currently he is working on a publication entitled From Fresh Conservatism to Radical Democracy. Aesthetics as Form of Politics. Forthcoming is his English photobook the Society of The And (Nai publishers, 2010), which includes besides text by himself, articles by Stefano Boeri, and Bart Lootsma.
