Mirco Tardio was born in 1970 in Italy and studied at the Polytechnic Institute of Milan and the École Paris-Belleville. He has lived in France since 1996. Between 2000 and 2009 he worked in the offices of Chaix & Morel and the Ateliers Jean Nouvel. Caroline Djuric was born in France in 1974 and studied at the École Paris-Belleville before working in the same offices as Tardio. Winners of the Europan 7 contest in 2004, they created their office in Paris the same year. Their recent work includes a 174-Apartment Complex in Marcel (2009-) 44 Apartments in Le Mans (2008-11) and “Eco Neighborhoods” in Le Havre (2010-) and Langoiran-Bordeaux (2010-). They have designed several single-family residences, including the Eco-Sustainable House published here (Antony, 2010-11), all in France. Djuric + Tardio are also working on a number of projects in tandem with Chaix & Morel and Jean Nouvel. Much of their production has been related to research into durable wooden structures.