Paul Saporito studied architecture at Cornell University and, after graduation, worked in the office of Bauhaus master Marcel Breuer in Manhattan. Upon receiving his license in New York, Colorado, and Arizona, he established a partnership with William Heinzman in Boulder and was responsible for several large commercial projects. Saporito established his own practice in 1984, engaged primarily with
urban infill. These have been both housing and retail projects, often mixed use, and have involved extensive public process. He received a 1985 city award for the urban design of 13th Street in downtown Boulder recognizing proposals for higher density mixed-use buildings, an arts center, and farmers market along that corridor. Between 1989 and 2000, Paul taught architecture and urban design at the University of Colorado and, with Kim Saporito, established the Rome program which continued for 12 summers in that city. Kim was appointed to teaching positions in both the Architecture and Fine Arts Departments at Cornell. They also taught briefly at the Royal Danish Academy and were invited to jury student work at Yale. Paul was a consultant for Peter Calthorpe Associates on the North Boulder community plan, and more recently advised Roger Trancik, FASLA on a plan for Adirondack hamlets. Saporito was awarded “Preservationist of the Year” in 2002, by Historic Boulder, and was recognized for design work by that same organization in 1992 and 1997. He has assisted citizens in the design, regulatory, and financial aspects of historic downtown property redevelopment. In the Spring of 2016, Paul was invited to participate in the Cornell Rome program where the planning studio is addressing problematic modernist housing districts.
