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Alex Josephson<\/strong>
OAA, M.Arch (University of Waterloo), B.A.S (University of Waterloo)
President<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Born in Toronto, Canada. Alex Josephson studied architecture at the University of Waterloo and in Rome. He co-founded PARTISANS in 2012 after dropping out of the Architectural Association School of Architecture (AA). Alex is the only Canadian to have received the New York Prize Fellowship at the Van Alen Institute, he was named 2015 Best Emerging Designer by Canada\u2019s Design Exchange. He currently lectures at the University of Toronto\u2019s Daniels Faculty of Architecture. Alex is a registered architect in Ontario.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Team<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Sepehr Beyhaghi<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nathan Bishop<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Helena Che<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mukul Gupta<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Morhia Gifford<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Freed Gomes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Julian Granados<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ian Pica Limbaseanu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jerry Lu<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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William Qian<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jovana Randjelovic<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jim Shi<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teddy Shropshire<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rishi Thakkar<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Raiden vieira<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jonathan Xu <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alona Zdanievych
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