Tom F. Peters is Lehigh University professor emeritus of architecture and history. He writes on the theory of technological thinking in engineering and architecture, construction pedagogy and materials, and construction history, a field he helped establish. He studied architecture at the ETH Zurich, focusing on construction and materials, and practiced architecture in Denmark, England, and Switzerland before turning to teaching and research. He holds master's and doctorate degrees in architecture from the ETH Zurich and a habilitation in history of technology from the TH Darmstadt. He taught architectural technology and history at the University of California, Berkeley, Cornell University, and Lehigh University, where he also served as director of the Building and Technology Institute from 1989 to 2007.