After studying at the University of Illinois in Urbana, the cole Nationale Suprieure d'Architecture in Versailles, Cranbrook Academy of Art and working in the Boston offices of Goody Clancy and Moshe Safdie & Associates, Ben Olson established his own architecture and design firm in 1984. Ben Olson sees architecture as a continuous questioning of how to work, rest and entertain people in today's society. He firmly believes in challenging his clients and to offer the greatest number of possibilities to whoever requires his services.