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Biography

Paul Schlapobersky was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. He received a Bachelor of Environmental Studies degree in 1990 and a Bachelor of Architecture degree in 1992, both from the University of Waterloo in Canada. While a student, he served as an intern in the offices of Barton Myers Associates, Los Angeles, and Aldo Aymonino, Rome. After graduating, Mr. Schlapobersky worked for eight years in private practice in South Africa, where he became a registered architect in 1995. During this time, he completed several residential projects, and was appointed as architect of the Johannesburg Metropolitan Council's Yeoville Community Clinic, Johannesburg (1995-8), and the Head Offices of the United Cricket Board of South Africa, Johannesburg (1998-2000). In 1998, the Yeoville Community Clinic was included in an exhibition of South African architecture at the Netherlands Architecture Institute in Rotterdam. Following his relocation to the United States in 2000, Mr. Schlapobersky received a Masters of Science in Architecture degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2002, where his thesis received the departmental thesis award for Architecture and Urbanism. Following his most recent studies, Mr. Schlapobersky worked in Boston, including in the office of Brian Healy Architects.

Mr. Schlapobersky joined Machado and Silvetti Associates in 2004, and has served as project manager for a Civic Building and Veterans' Plaza in Silver Spring, Maryland.

In addition to his work experience, Mr. Schlapobersky taught an M.Arch. Design Studio at M.I.T. (Fall, 2005), where he has also been a frequent guest critic. He previously taught design studio at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg (1997 & 1998).