Stephen Bates graduated from the Royal College of Art in London in 1989 and co-founded Sergison Bates architects with Jonathan Sergison in 1996. The office is known for housing and for work that is rooted in place, material and construction. In 2006 it received the Heinrich Tessenow Gold Medal. Bates has taught at the Architectural Association, ETH Zurich, EPFL Lausanne, Harvard GSD and the University of Antwerp, among others. Since 2009 he has been Professor of Urbanism and Housing at TU Munich, where he explores the relationship between city-making and domesticity. 

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