Simon Frommenwiler was born 1972 in London. He studied architecture at the ETH Zurich and graduated in 2000 with Prof. Hans Kollfhoff. During his studies he was a faculty member with Prof. Andrea Deplazes. Before starting his own office he was collaborating with Bearth & Deplazes, Chur, Switzerland), ARchos Architecture (Basel, Switzerland) and Skidmore Owings & Merrill (New York, USA). For the WTC-Competition he was a team member in the Team of SOM-Sejima-Neutelings-Maltzan, (New York, USA). Since 2003 he is a partner of HHF architects in Basel, Switzerland.