Since his studies of architecture at the ETH Zurich 1985 - 1991 and an architectural internship in then communist Hungary, Peter Sägesser has been researching and writing about architecture in the former communist countries. Since 2006 he has been running the website ostarchitektur.com. Peter Sägesser works as a freelance architect, organizes architectural trips, was on the board of the Architekturforum Bern for many years and is a lecturer at the Bern University of Applied Sciences.