Peter Bohlin

American architect
Peter Q. Bohlin
Born (1937-03-27) March 27, 1937 (age 87)
New York City
NationalityAmerican
OccupationArchitect
AwardsAIA Gold Medal (2010)[2]


Senior Fellow of the Design Futures Council (2010)[3]
Nine American Institute of Architects Honor Awards
AIA Cote Top Ten Green Project Award (2008)[4]
AIA Pennsylvania Medal of Distinction (2008)[5]
RPI confers Honorary Doctoral Degree (2006)[6]
RPI Alumni Key Award (2004)[7]

RPI Thomas W. Phelan Fellows Award (1994)[8]
BuildingsPixar Animation Studios: Emeryville, California
Adobe Systems: San Francisco, California
The Barn at Fallingwater, for the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
Liberty Bell Center: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Seattle City Hall: Seattle, Washington[1]
ProjectsApple Store
The entrance to Apple Fifth Avenue in New York City is a glass cube, housing a cylindrical glass elevator and a glass spiral staircase to the underground store.

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.[9] He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA)[10] and a founding principal of Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, established originally in 1965 as Bohlin 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.[11] 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[12] and his Master of Architecture degree from Cranbrook Academy of Art. He was inducted into RPI's Alumni Hall of Fame in 2011.[12]

Selected projects

  • Copperhill Mountain Lodge: Åre, Sweden
  • Grand Teton National Park Discovery and Visitors Center: Jackson, Wyoming[1][13]
  • Apple Store: Apple Fifth Avenue[14][15]
  • Apple Store: SoHo[16]
  • Apple Store: Upper West Side[17][18]
  • Apple Store: 14th Street[19]
  • Apple Store: Boylston Street[20]
  • Apple Store: Regent Street, London[21]
  • Apple Store: Carrousel du Louvre, Paris[22]
  • Apple Store: Sydney, Australia[23]
  • Apple Store: Ginza, Japan[24]
  • Apple Store: Shinsaibashi, Japan[25]
  • Apple Store: San Francisco[26]
  • Apple Store: Chestnut Street[26]
  • Apple Store: Scottsdale, Arizona[27]
  • Apple Store: North Michigan Avenue[28]
  • Eggers Hall, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse, NY[29]
  • The William J. Nealon Federal Building and Courthouse: Scranton, Pennsylvania
  • The Pocono Environmental Education Center: Dingmans Ferry, Pennsylvania[30]
  • Seattle City Hall: Seattle, Washington[1]
  • 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[1]
  • Williams College, North & South Academic Buildings: Williamstown, Massachusetts
  • Forest House: Connecticut[31][32]
  • The Ledge House: Maryland[33]
  • Creekside House: California[34]
  • Umerani Residence: California[35]
  • House at the Shawangunks: New York[36]
  • Combs Point Residence: New York[34]
  • Envelope House: Washington[1][37]
  • Gosline House: Washington[38]
  • Woodway Residence: Washington[1]
  • Lily Lake Residence: Pennsylvania[39]
  • House in the Blue Mountains: Pennsylvania
  • House in the Endless Mountains: Pennsylvania[40]
  • Waverly: Pennsylvania
  • Point House: Montana[1][41]
  • House on Lake Tahoe: Nevada
  • Farrar Residence: Utah[42]
  • Thomas M. Siebel Center for Computer Science, University of Illinois
  • Princeton Barn: New Jersey[43]

Awards and honors

  • 2010 AIA Gold Medal[2] 66th Award Medalist
  • 2010 named a Senior Fellow of the Design Futures Council.[3]
  • Nine American Institute of Architects Honor Awards
  • 2008 AIA COTE Top Ten Green Project Award for Pocono Environmental Education Center[4]
  • 2008 American Institute of Architects Pennsylvania Medal of Distinction[5]
  • 2006 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Confers Honorary Doctoral Degree[6]
  • 2004 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Alumni Key Award[7]
  • 1994 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Thomas W. Phelan Fellows Award[8]

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

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  2. ^ a b http://www.aia.org/press/releases/AIAB081896 American Institute of Architects Press release 2010 Gold Medal AIA 2010 Award Announcement
  3. ^ a b Design Futures Council Senior Fellows "Senior Fellows :: DesignIntelligence". Archived from the original on 2007-11-06. Retrieved 2007-11-06.
  4. ^ a b "AIA/COTE Top Ten Green Projects - Home". Archived from the original on 2004-05-01. Retrieved 2004-05-01. AIA/COTE Top Ten Green Projects
  5. ^ a b [1][dead link]
  6. ^ a b "An Overview of Rensselaer's 200th Commencement - News & Events". news.rpi.edu.
  7. ^ a b "RAA Awards - Alumni Key". www.alumni.rpi.edu.
  8. ^ a b "RAA Awards". www.alumni.rpi.edu.
  9. ^ Pugh + Scarpa is honored December 4, 2009 Los Angeles Times
  10. ^ "Architectural Digest". Archived from the original on 2008-07-20. Retrieved 2009-12-14.
  11. ^ "AIA Firm Award Recipients List". Aia.org. Retrieved 2018-10-03.
  12. ^ a b "Peter Q. Bohlin". RPI Hall of Fame. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
  13. ^ "Architecture Week 08-19-2009". Architectureweek.com. 2009-08-19. Retrieved 2018-10-03.
  14. ^ "Fifth Avenue - Apple Store - Apple". Apple.
  15. ^ "2007 American Architecture Awards". Archived from the original on 2009-10-09. Retrieved 2010-01-18. Chicago Anthenaeum Award 2007
  16. ^ "SoHo - Apple Store - Apple". Apple.
  17. ^ "Upper West Side - Apple Store - Apple". Apple.
  18. ^ "Apple Raises Curtain on Spectacular NYC Store". Archived from the original on 2011-04-01. Retrieved 2012-06-09.
  19. ^ "West 14th Street - Apple Store - Apple". Apple.
  20. ^ "Boylston Street - Apple Store - Apple". Apple.
  21. ^ "Regent Street - Apple Store". Apple (United Kingdom).
  22. ^ "Carrousel du Louvre - Apple Store". Apple (France).
  23. ^ "Sydney - Apple Store - Apple (AU)". Apple.
  24. ^ "銀座 - Apple Store". Apple（日本）.
  25. ^ "心斎橋 - Apple Store". Apple（日本）.
  26. ^ a b "Union Square - Apple Store - Apple". Apple.
  27. ^ "Scottsdale Quarter - Apple Store - Apple". Apple.
  28. ^ "Apple Michigan Avenue". Apple.
  29. ^ "Providing a 'Beautiful Central Stair' and Convincing People to Use It: Exploring the Notion of 'Active Design'". Archived from the original on 2013-07-30. Retrieved 2013-09-18.
  30. ^ "PEEC: Pocono Environmental Education Center". Archived from the original on 2012-05-06. Retrieved 2012-06-09.
  31. ^ "Bohlin Cywinski Jackson - Forest House". Archived from the original on 2012-06-15. Retrieved 2012-06-09.
  32. ^ "A retrospective view of 2010 AIA Gold Medalist, Peter Bohlin - Part 1". Archived from the original on 2010-01-07. Retrieved 2009-12-29.
  33. ^ "Bcj作品－Ledge别墅 . +IDEA视觉". Archived from the original on 2015-06-21. Retrieved 2009-12-29.
  34. ^ a b "AIA Pennsylvania: Events - Awards - Architectural Excellenance - 2009 Winners (Page 1)". Archived from the original on 2010-09-17. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  35. ^ "AIA Pennsylvania: Events - Awards - Architectural Excellenance - 2009 Winners (Page 2)". Archived from the original on 2010-09-17. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  36. ^ "House at the Shawangunks".
  37. ^ "Bohlin Cywinski Jackson - Envelope House". Archived from the original on 2011-12-23. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
  38. ^ "Bohlin Cywinski Jackson - Gosline House". Archived from the original on 2012-06-15. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
  39. ^ "Bohlin Cywinski Jackson - Lily Lake Residence". Archived from the original on 2012-06-15. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
  40. ^ "Bohlin Cywinski Jackson - House in the Endless Mountains". Archived from the original on 2012-02-05. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
  41. ^ "Bohlin Cywinski Jackson - Point House". Archived from the original on 2012-06-24. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
  42. ^ "Bohlin Cywinski Jackson - Farrar Residence". Archived from the original on 2012-02-11. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
  43. ^ "Princeton Home Designed by Apple Store Architect Peter Bohlin on the Market for $1.75M". realtor.com News. 20 July 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  • Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Official Website
  • American Institute of Architects Press release 2010 Gold Medal
  • Peter Q. Bohlin Retrospective 1 of 2
  • Peter Q. Bohlin Retrospective 2 of 2
  • 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][permanent dead link]
  • 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]
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