Drawing dreams.
Paul is an architectural designer, ornament surveyor and drawing enthusiast.
He is the founder of Pixelweight, and a Lecturer at the University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture. Paul holds a Bachelor of Environmental Design from Texas A&M University and a Master of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania Weitzman School of Design. His portfolio, Protagonists of Architecture received the 2020 Kanter Tritsch Prize in Energy & Architectural Innovation in concert with the 2020 Kanter Tritsch Medalist, Peter Eisenman. Upon graduating fron Penn, Paul received the Arthur Spayd Brook Memorial Prize: Gold Medal - following in the footsteps of former recipients Julian Abele, Louis I. Kahn, and Jenny Sabin. Metropolis Magazine has named Paul one of the Future 100 designers in the United States.
Paul has professional experience from numerous international practices including: Michael Hsu Office of Architecture, Weiss/Manfredi, and Oyler Wu Collaborative. His collaborations have included multiple winning entries into local and internation competitions, and exhibitions at the 2022 ACADIA conference, the Pratt Institute, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the City X Virtual Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, and notable faculty publications. He has also been a guest critic at the University of Texas, the University of Pennsylvania, Pratt Institute, Ball State University, Texas A&M University, and the Barcelona Architecture Center.
Paul is greatly invested in the discourse of architecture and its disciplinary and professional dimensions. In 2017, he was an organizer of the INTERFACE Debate between Patrik Schumacher and Mark Foster Gage. In 2018 he was the coordinator of the DEEP VISTA Symposium, which included figures like Graham Harman, Timothy Morton, Kristy Balliet, and Michel Rojkind. In 2020 he was a part of the production design team of the 2022 ACADIA at the University of Pennsylvania. Paul is excited to be at the University of Texas School of Architecture to ignite new discussions about representation as a member of the Visual Communications instruction team.
“Design doesn’t always have to be this totally encapsulating thing, but rather something that infects the building, and then changes the way you look at it.”
Collaborations
Architecture Prep / January 2024 - Present
Steve Zagorski Architects / January 2024 - Present
Plume Design Lab / November 2023 - Present
Michael Hsu Office of Architecture / March 2022 - November 2023
Weiss/Manfredi / July 2021 - February 2022
OylerWu Collaborative / May - August 2020
Overlay Office / May 2019 - May 2020
Corgan / May - August 2018
Smithgroup / May - August 2017
Ateljé Sotamaa / June - August 2016
All Star Theatre / April - August 2014
Teaching
Lecturer - University of Texas / Since August 2022
Workshop Instructor - University of Texas / Spring 2022
Teaching Assistant - University of Texas / Spring 2022
Teaching Assistant - University of Pennsylvania / Fall 2019- Spring 2021
Teaching Assistant - Texas A&M University / Spring 2018
Awards
Arthur Spayd Brooke Memorial Prize: Gold Medal / 2021
Established in 1900 in memory of Arthur Spayd Brooke, a graduate of the School of Architecture, and awarded to graduating architecture students for distinguished work in architectural design. Former winners include Julian Abele, Louis I. Kahn, and Jenny Sabin.
Kanter Tritsch Prize / 2020
Awarded annually to a second-year student pursuing a Master of Architecture degree at the Weitzman School of Design who demonstrates transformational thinking on the built environment and innovation in his or her approach to energy, ecology, and/or social equity.
Mario J. Romañach Fellowship / 2020
Established in 1984 in memory of one of Penn’s most beloved teachers, the fellowship is awarded to a student entering the final year in the professional degree program, for demonstrated excellence in design, a love for architecture, and the determination to develop as an architect. Mario J. Romanach served as Professor of Architecture from 1962 until his death in March 1984. He was Chairman of the Department of Architecture from 1971 to 1974.
Metropolis Future 100 / 2021
AIA Lower Rio Grande Valley Scholarship / 2020
William L. Van Alen Fellowship / 2020
3rd Place, HOK Futures / 2020 / Common Assets
E. Lewis Dales Fellowship / 2020
AIA Lower Rio Grande Valley Scholarship / 2019
3rd Place, HOK Futures / 2019 / Rear Window
PennDesign Merit Scholarship / 2018
Academy for the Visual & Performing Arts (AVPA) Research Enhancement Grant / 2018
3D/I Internation Endowed Scholarship / 2017
Otto D. Grove D. Grove Scholarship / 2016
Most Outstanding Portfolio / 2016
Gene D. Burton Scholarship for Integration of Clinical Tech. in Healthcare Design / 2016
Joe R. Bass Family Scholarship / 2016
Joseph Donaldson Award / 2016
Competitions
Fragile Lands / Buildner: The Last Nuclear Bomb Memorial II / Honorable Mention
Adrift / Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts / 1st Place
Common Assets / HOK Futures 2020 / 3rd Place
Rear Window / HOK Futures 2019 / 3rd Place
Exhibitions
2021 Year End Show / 2021 / Matters of Disposal
Weitzman Architecture Thesis Exhibition / 2021 / Instruments of Culture
Philadelphia Center for Architecture & Design / 2020 / Accessing Artifacts
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago / 2019 / The Abnatural
Pratt Institute / 2019 / The Abnatural
Babble Mag, “On Models” / 2019 / Accessing Artifacts
Penn Museum Sequential Chamber Exhibition / Accessing Artifacts
Texas A&M University Celebration of Excellence / 2018 / Stitched Immanence
Publications
2022 ACADIA Project Book / Instruments of Culture
Pressing Matters X / 2022 / Instruments of Culture
Pressing Matters X / 2022 / Matters of Disposal
Instruments of Culture: Layered Representations of the Alhambra - BLURB Press / 2021 / Thesis
Metropolis Magazine / 2021 / Postured Natures
Metropolis Magazine / 2021 / Living Continuity
UNDER PRESSURE / 2021 / Living Continuity
Arch-Daily / 2020 / Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts Competition
Architectural Design (AD) Magazine Issue: IMPACT / 2020 / Seams & Fissures
Pressing Matters IX / 2020 / Postured Natures
Pressing Matters IX / 2020 / Visual Studies: Analytique Drawing
Pressing Matters IX / 2019 / Living Continuity
Babble Magazine / 2020 / Inked Memories
Pressing Matters VIII / 2019 / Inked Memories
Pressing Matters VIII / 2018 / Accessing Artifacts
suckerPUNCH Daily / 2018 / Accessing Artifacts
suckerPUNCH Daily / 2018 / Stitched Immanence
Texas Architect Magazine / Deep Vista
AXIOM Magazine / 2019 / Stitched Immanence
AXIOM Magazine / 2018 / Contingencies
AXIOM Magazine / 2018 / Façade Foreplay
The Archiologist / 2016 / In-Between
One Arch TAMU / 2015 / TAMC