ABOUT

STUDIO PAULBAUT is a design studio with focus on industrial design and architectural projects.

Paul Kweton, AIA runs the studio. He is a licensed Architect in Texas who has been practicing for over 20 years, both in the United States and Austria. 

 

Education

Master of Architecture, May 2008, Rice University, School of Architecture, Houston, TX, USA
Master of Building Science and Technology (M.Sc.) with honors, May 2006, University of Technology Vienna, Austria
 

Accomplishments/Awards

+ 2018 European Product Design Award: Bronze: Birdhouse

+ 2017 International Design Award: Silver: Birdhouse

+ 2017 European Product Design Award: Silver: Rocking-2-gether Chair

+ 2010 AIA Houston Design Award: Conceptual: "reVision Dallas" (with Morris Architects) 

+ 2009 TSA (Texas Society of Architects) Studio Award for Unbuilt Projects with "Extreme Birding" 

+ 2009 Honorable Mention at reVision Dallas Competition (with Morris Architects)

+ 2008 Sara National Design Award of Excellence for "Oil Rig Resort" (with Morris Architects)

+ 2008 HD Radical Innovation Competition Winner with "Oil Rig Resort" (with Morris Architects)

+ 2008 Darden Award for outstanding Thesis Work at Rice University, School of Architecture, Houston, TX, USA

+ 2007 Recipient of the John Crowder Traveling Fellowship for Pre-Thesis Research at Rice School of Architecture, Houston, TX, USA

+ 2006 Bene Consulting Award for the most innovative Design Thesis at the University of Technology Vienna, Austria

+ 2004 Pfann Ohmann Award Winner with Studio Project ATV+ TV Channel Headquarter at University of Technology Vienna, Austria

+ 2004 Recipient of the University of Technology Vienna Scholarship for Outstanding Performance in
 

Academics

+ 08/2016-2020

Adjunct Professor, University of Houston, College of Architecture and Design, Houston, TX, USA

+ 08/2010-5/2011 

Digital Media Assistant, Rice University, School of Architecture, Houston, TX, USA 

+ 04/2005-07/2006  
Scientific Assistant, University of Technology Vienna, Austria  
Department of Building Theory and Design  
 

Professional Experience

+ 10/2016-present  
DLR Group, Houston, TX, USA  

+ 03/2008-06/2016  
Morris Architects, Houston, TX, USA  

+ 05/2007-06/2007  
W-E-A-T-H-E-R-S, Houston, TX, USA 

+ 04/2005-07/2006  
Trapp & Krummel Architekten, Vienna, Austria

+ 09/2004-01/2006  
Architekturbuero Wiala, Vienna, Austria

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Exhibitions

+ 2018, AIA Furniture Exhibition, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
+ 2016, YAF Emerging Voices Exhibition, Architecture Center Houston, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
+ 2015, Art by Architects, AIA Houston, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
+ 2007, Archdiploma07, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
+ 2005, studioPaulbaut Shoulderbags, Ra'an Bar, Vienna, Austria
+ 2005, Patchwork, Institut Francais de Vienne Salle de Bal, Vienna, Austria
+ 2005, "Taschen", dasMoebel, Vienna, Austria

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