Albert C. Smith is an Associate Professor (Emeritus) in the Department of Architectural Science, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada. He holds a PhD in architecture from the Georgia Institute of Technology, with a focus on history, theory, and criticism. He has a main interest in representation and is the author of the book Architectural Model as Machine.

Kendra Schank Smith (1953-2019) was a professor and former Chair of the Department of Architectural Science at Ryerson University, now Toronto Metropolitan University. With a PhD in architecture from Georgia Tech, she has written on representation, urbanism, architectural education, and media, and has published two books that explore the representational qualities of architectural sketches.