Mira (Mimi) Locher is an architect, educator, and writer working in the U.S. and Japan. She is a graduate of Smith College and received her Master of Architecture degree from the University of Pennsylvania. After working for architecture firms for a decade, including seven years with Team Zoo Atelier Mobile in Japan, she set up an architectural practice with Takayuki Murakami (www.kajikaarchitecture.com). Locher is an associate professor of architecture in the College of Architecture + Planning at the University of Utah, and the author of Super Potato Design, Traditional Japanese Architecture, and Zen Gardens. She is an avid traveler with a keen interest in traditional building crafts and vernacular settlements.