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Ted Baab is a Visiting Professor at the Stuart Weitzman School of Design at Weitzman University. His practice, BAAB, focuses on innovative housing solutions, particularly in the context of multi-family housing within urban environments. He is dedicated to exploring inventive methods of utilizing site zoning restrictions to challenge current living models in cities. His interests lie in rethinking everyday spaces, inventing new possibilities for communal living, and reimagining existing structures by engaging with historical building types and vernacular forms. In addition to his research and practice, Ted teaches at Cooper Union, where he coordinates first-year design studios and instructs students in architectural geometry. Before his academic roles, he contributed to the architectural firm SO-IL, leading several award-winning housing projects. Ted holds a Master of Architecture with Distinction from the Harvard Graduate School of Design and has been recognized with the AIA Henry Adams Certificate for academic achievement and the Penny White Award for independent research. His thesis research, guided by P. Scott Cohen, focused on the theory of strangeness in architecture and the geometric misuse of vernacular forms.