Doron von Beider is an architect, researcher, and academic. He collaborates with peers in the industry, including architects, designers, theorists, curators, and artists. He has led research on acclaimed projects worldwide, resulting in design paradigms that integrate extensive academic architectural analysis with practical applications. As an architect, he employs research, writing, curation, and photography as part of his diverse skill set. He has created scenography for numerous international exhibitions and has authored or contributed to numorous critical publications. ​​In 2010, he founded the Bureau of Cultural Investigations, a research agency that draws on his interests and work accumulated over the past decade. This experience has given him a comprehensive understanding of various knowledge systems, covering topics from early history to contemporary architecture, art, furniture, fashion design, geography, as well as anthropological, historical, racial, gender, queer, religious, and cultural theories. He explores the intersectional influences of these fields on the built environment and its related disciplines across all scales.   In 2017- 2023, he acted as Head of Research at Adjaye Associates, where he established and formalized the research department; as a research director, he led the research teams in London, Accra and New York. His focus and responsibility were to conduct original research based on thoroughgoing investigations of history, theory, philosophy, culture, and the interpretations of future thinking into a strategic advantage for spatial design responses, cultural and social impact - work that was integrated into all aspects of the design process, supporting the practice international projects and competitions.  ​ He lectures, teaches, leads workshops, and provides critiques at prestigious academies and institutions worldwide.