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 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 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