- Source: Peter Bohlin
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. 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, San Francisco, and New York City. 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
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
Some of the books about Peter Bohlin's firm:
Bohlin Cywinski Jackson: The Nature of Circumstance, 2010 ISBN 978-0-8478-3293-4
Grand Teton: A National Park Building, 2009 ISBN 978-0-9814628-1-3
Farrar: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, 2007 ISBN 978-0-9774672-7-3 (one of their residential projects)
Liberty Bell Center: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, 2006 ISBN 978-0-9746800-4-0
Arcadian Architecture: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson: 12 Houses, 2005 ISBN 978-0-8478-2696-4
Ledge House: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, 1999 ISBN 978-1-56496-521-9
The Architecture of Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, 1994 ISBN 978-1-56496-112-9
References
External links
Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Official Website
American Institute of Architects Press release 2010 Gold Medal
Peter Q. Bohlin Retrospective 1 of 2[usurped]
Peter Q. Bohlin Retrospective 2 of 2[usurped]
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 [2]
Arcadian Architecture: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson 12 Houses [3]
Farrar: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson [4]
Grand Teton: A National Park Building [5]
Liberty Bell Center: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson [6]
Ledge House: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson [7]
Bohlin Cywinski Jackson: The Nature of Circumstance [8]