Peter Q. Bohlin (born 1937 in New York City, United States) is an American architect and the winner of the 2010 Gold Medal of the American Institute of Architects.Pugh + Scarpa is honored December 4, 2009 Los Angeles Times He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA) and a founding principal of Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, established originally in 1965 as Bohlin and Powell in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
Bohlin Cywinski Jackson has six offices in Wilkes-Barre, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Seattle, and San Francisco. In 1994, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson was honored with the Firm Award presented by the American Institute of Architects. Peter Bohlin has been a guest design critic and a visiting professor at architecture schools. He received his Bachelor of Architecture from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1958 and his Master of Architecture degree from Cranbrook Academy of Art. He was inducted into RPI's Alumni Hall of Fame in 2011.
Selected projects Copperhill Mountain Lodge: Åre, Sweden Grand Teton National Park Discovery and Visitors Center: Jackson, Wyoming Apple Store: Apple Fifth Avenue Chicago Anthenaeum Award 2007 Apple Store: SoHo Apple Store: Upper West Side Apple Store: 14th Street Apple Store: Boylston Street Apple Store: Regent Street, London Apple Store: Carrousel du Louvre, Paris Apple Store: Sydney, Australia Apple Store: Ginza, Japan Apple Store: Shinsaibashi, Japan Apple Store: San Francisco Apple Store: Chestnut Street Apple Store: Scottsdale, Arizona Apple Store: North Michigan Avenue Eggers Hall, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse, NY The William J. Nealon Federal Building and Courthouse: Scranton, Pennsylvania The Pocono Environmental Education Center: Dingmans Ferry, Pennsylvania Seattle City Hall: Seattle, Washington University of California, Santa Cruz Digital Arts Facility: Santa Cruz, California Mills College, Lorry I. Lokey Graduate School of Business: Oakland, California Pixar Animation Studios & Headquarters: Emeryville, California Adobe Systems: San Francisco, California Liberty Bell Center: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The Barn at Fallingwater, for the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy Ballard Library & Neighborhood Service Center: Ballard, Seattle Williams College, North & South Academic Buildings: Williamstown, Massachusetts Forest House: Connecticut The Ledge House: Maryland Creekside House: California Umerani Residence: California House at the Shawangunks: New York Combs Point Residence: New York Envelope House: Washington Gosline House: Washington Woodway Residence: Washington Lily Lake Residence: Pennsylvania House in the Blue Mountains: Pennsylvania House in the Endless Mountains: Pennsylvania Waverly: Pennsylvania Point House: Montana House on Lake Tahoe: Nevada Farrar Residence: Utah Thomas M. Siebel Center for Computer Science, University of Illinois Princeton Barn: New Jersey
Awards and honors 2010 AIA Gold Medal 66th Award Medalist 2010 named a Senior Fellow of the Design Futures Council. Nine American Institute of Architects Honor Awards 2008 AIA COTE Top Ten Green Project Award for Pocono Environmental Education Center 2008 American Institute of Architects Pennsylvania Medal of Distinction 2006 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Confers Honorary Doctoral Degree 2004 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Alumni Key Award 1994 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Thomas W. Phelan Fellows Award
Books Bohlin Cywinski Jackson: The Nature of Circumstance, 2010 Grand Teton: A National Park Building, 2009 Farrar: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, 2007 (one of their residential projects) Liberty Bell Center: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, 2006 Arcadian Architecture: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson: 12 Houses, 2005 Ledge House: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, 1999 The Architecture of Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, 1994
References
External links Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Official Website American Institute of Architects Press release 2010 Gold Medal
Peter Bohlin interview LA Times, Press Release AIA Gold 2010 December 3, 2009 by David Ng Article: "Dream maker" by Jim Buchta, Star Tribune, March 24, 2008 AIA Pennsylvania Arcadian Architecture: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson 12 Houses Farrar: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Grand Teton: A National Park Building Liberty Bell Center: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Ledge House: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Bohlin Cywinski Jackson: The Nature of Circumstance