Jakob + MacFarlane

[3] Dominique Jakob was born on 26 August 1966 in Paris, France.

[6] In 2002, following the destruction of the World Trade Center in the September 11 attacks the previous year, the firm proposed that the site be "turned into a new World Peace Center, dominated by sinuous red and green towers that curve into the sky like twisting blades of grass".

[7] The pair later criticized the conduct of the World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition held to select a design for the rebuilding of the site, saying that "architects from around the world never really got what was at stake at Ground Zero", with proposals failing to focus on the improving the lives of people, and that "our profession gave the worst kind of response.

[8] In 2007, the firm won the Globe de Cristal Award for best architect.

[10] The pair have also lectured as visiting professors in various European architecture programs.