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Sonia Flamberg

Assistant Professor Adjunct

Sonia Flamberg is an architect based in Philadelphia, working on projects at the intersection of community, environment, and the public realm.

Sonia is an adjunct associate professor at The Cooper Union, and lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania, and was previously an architect at Susan T Rodriguez Architecture Design, where from 2018 to 2025 she played a key role in the design of the newly opened Davis Center in Central Park. She has lived and worked in New York, Los Angeles, Calgary, and Berlin, and has practiced with LTL Architects, Young & Ayata, and Reiser + Umemoto.

Sonia holds a Master of Architecture from Princeton University, where she was awarded the Suzanne Kolarik Underwood Prize for Design Excellence and the Alpha Rho Chi Medal for Leadership and Service, and a Bachelor of Arts in architectural studies from UCLA. She is a licensed architect in Pennsylvania and New York.

Sonia's CV is available here. 

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