Paprika!, the Yale School of Architecture’s often-monthly, student-published broadsheet measures 25 x 22.75 inches, is printed in quantities of 1,000 on an off-white newsprint, and distributed across campus, institutions and online, and now expanding through a nationwide subscription service and international wide readership. Architecture students are daily sifting through and sorting what matters. Who is enacting change? What are the important conversations missing within architectural discourse? Paprika! is a material imprint of these questions, a constructed place where ideas unfold, convictions collide, and words work to reconcile what we do with why we do it. As such, Paprika! has become a collective menagerie of essays, manifestos, drawings, dispatches, sounds, ruminations, provocations. It is both a whisper and a shout. It is both timely and timeless. Paprika! is a call for active participation in architecture education and the discipline.

Uzayr Agha is a publisher for Paprika! He received his undergraduate degree in economics from Georgetown University and is working towards his MArch degree at the Yale School of Architecture. Prior to graduate school, Agha worked for a Pakistani architecture firm and the World Bank, concentrating on urban design and policy projects. His writing and research have been featured in several Pakistani newspapers and online news publications.

Signe Ferguson is a coordinating editor for Paprika!. She receive a bachelor of arts from Brown University, where she took half her courses at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). She has conducted research in Seoul, earned professional experience in Seattle, and held residencies in Portugal, Seattle, and France. Professionally, she earned experience with Olson Kundig, MASS Design, Safdie Architects, Brochet/L’ajusta/Peuyo, and Davies Teows Architects, and construction experience with Gray Organschi Architecture, and Domaine de Boisbuschet. Ferguson worked and installed the Memorial to Victims of Gun Violence with MASS Design shown at the 2019 Architecture Biennial in Chicago, installed a sculpture in Viseu, Portugal in 2020, and was included in the JUST LX Art Fair (2019, Lisbon) as a performance artist.

Harry Hooper is a coordinating editor for Paprika!. He received a bachelor’s with high honors in architecture and urban design studies at New York University, where he was a Presidential Scholar and founding member of the school’s Architecture Society. He is currently an MArch candidate at the Yale School of Architecture where he simultaneously serves as the Chapter Steward of The Architecture Lobby. Professionally, he has worked at the offices of Thomas Phifer & Partners, Murphy Burnham & Buttrick, and his independent practice in New York City. His work has been exhibited in the annual NYCxDesign festival.

Chloe Hou is a coordinating editor for Paprika!. She received her bachelor’s in architectural studies from Smith College where she was awarded the Enid Silver Winslow prize in art history and is currently working towards her MArch degree at the Yale School of Architecture.

Jeeu Sarah Kim is a coordinating editor for Paprika!. She received her BArch with a concentration in visual studies at Cornell University. She is currently an MArch candidate at the Yale School of Architecture, where she has experience as one of the archivists for Paprika! for fall 2021. She has professional experience in art and architecture, having worked at firms in Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Seoul.

Louise Lu is a publisher for Paprika! She is pursuing her MArch degree at Yale University and previously graduated with a bachelor of arts from the University of Pennsylvania. She was an architectural intern at IBI Group and worked for other boutique design firms in San Francisco and Philadelphia.

Joey Reich is a coordinating editor for Paprika!. He received his bachelor of environmental design in architectural studies, with a minor in sustainable design and urban planning graduating summa cum laude from Texas A&M University. He is currently an MArch candidate at Yale School of Architecture where he has actively served as a member of the Title IX Student Advisory Board, the Paprika! team, and three student teaching positions. His work has been featured on SuckerPunch Daily.

Ethnie Xu is a publisher for Paprika! She received her undergraduate degree in architecture from the University of Sydney and is currently working towards her MArch degree at the Yale School of Architecture. Prior to Yale, she worked as an architectural designer in Australia and China.

Paprika! is an entirely student-driven publication of the Yale School of Architecture, issued ten times per semester. Founded in 2014, Paprika! provides an outlet for student expression and discourse about the present and future state of architecture. Submissions are open to the public, as are our meetings. We receive no fiscal support from the university, and they exercise no editorial control. We provide a platform for emerging voices, in order to foster dialogue not only within the school, but also in the broader world of design and aim to maintain such a platform.