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teaches at the Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design of the University of Toronto, and is the editor and publisher of the Architecture Observer and Maas Lawrence (together with Nanne de Ru).
Prior to moving to Canada in 2012, he was the editor and publisher of the Amsterdam-based magazine A10 new European architecture, which he founded in 2004, together with graphic designer Arjan Groot.
Hans studied art history at the University of Amsterdam; in 2019, he obtained his PhD at the University of Coimbra. Hans has curated architectural exhibitions since 1989.
He is the author of a number of books, including Modern Architecture: A Planetary Warming History (2023), European Architecture since 1890 (2011), Supermodernism: Architecture in the Age of Globalization (1998) and several monographs on contemporary architects. The working title of his current book project is ‘ABC: Anything but Canonized’, a history without hierarchy of structures, built and destroyed environments, and landscapes shaped by human intervention and neglect.
