Richard Coyne is Professor of Architectural Computing in the Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture at the University of Edinburgh. He was formerly Head of the School of Arts, Culture and Environment. He inaugurated the MSc in Design and Digital Media, and is Programme Director of the MSc by Research in Digital Media and Culture. He researches and teaches in architectural theory, design theory and digital technologies, and is author of ten books that include Interpretation in Architecture: Design as a Way of Thinking (with Adrian Snodgrass, 2006), Derrida for Architects (2011), The Tuning of Place: Sociable Spaces and Pervasive Digital Media (2010) and Network Nature: The Place of Nature in the Digital Age (2018).