Peter Bohlin Explained

Peter Q. Bohlin
Nationality:	American
Birth Date:	1937 3, mf=yes
Birth Place:	New York City
Significant Buildings:	Pixar 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
Significant Projects:	Apple Store
Awards:	^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7]

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.^[8] He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA)^[9] 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.^[10] 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^[11] and his Master of Architecture degree from Cranbrook Academy of Art. He was inducted into RPI's Alumni Hall of Fame in 2011.^[11]

Selected projects

• Copperhill Mountain Lodge: Åre, Sweden
• Grand Teton National Park Discovery and Visitors Center: Jackson, Wyoming^{[12] [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^[12]
• 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^[12]
• 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^{[12] [37]}
• Gosline House: Washington^[38]
• Woodway Residence: Washington^[12]
• Lily Lake Residence: Pennsylvania^[39]
• House in the Blue Mountains: Pennsylvania
• House in the Endless Mountains: Pennsylvania^[40]
• Waverly: Pennsylvania
• Point House: Montana^{[12] [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^[1] 66th Award Medalist
• 2010 named a Senior Fellow of the Design Futures Council.^[2]
• Nine American Institute of Architects Honor Awards
• 2008 AIA COTE Top Ten Green Project Award for Pocono Environmental Education Center^[3]
• 2008 American Institute of Architects Pennsylvania Medal of Distinction^[4]
• 2006 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Confers Honorary Doctoral Degree^[5]
• 2004 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Alumni Key Award^[6]
• 1994 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Thomas W. Phelan Fellows Award^[7]

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

External links

• 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 http://www.aiapa.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=100
• Arcadian Architecture: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson 12 Houses https://books.google.com/books?id=4FNyQgAACAAJ&q=arcadian+architecture
• Farrar: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson https://books.google.com/books?id=cfx8GQAACAAJ&q=Farrar:+Bohlin+Cywinski+Jackson
• Grand Teton: A National Park Building https://books.google.com/books?id=7CtbPgAACAAJ&q=Grand+Teton:+bohlin+cywinski+jackson
• Liberty Bell Center: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson https://books.google.com/books?id=ir-IPQAACAAJ&q=Liberty+Bell+Liberty+Bell+Center:+Bohlin+Cywinski+Jackson
• Ledge House: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson https://books.google.com/books?id=X_TLlAxGw1oC
• Bohlin Cywinski Jackson: The Nature of Circumstance https://books.google.com/books?id=trcgQAAACAAJ&q=Bohlin+Cywinski+Jackson

Notes and References

1. http://www.aia.org/press/releases/AIAB081896 American Institute of Architects Press release 2010 Gold Medal AIA 2010 Award Announcement
2. Design Futures Council Senior Fellows Web site: Senior Fellows :: DesignIntelligence . 2007-11-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071106072349/http://www.di.net/about/senior_fellows/ . 2007-11-06 .
3. Web site: AIA/COTE Top Ten Green Projects - Home . 2004-05-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20040501035245/http://www.aiatopten.org/hpb/ . 2004-05-01 . AIA/COTE Top Ten Green Projects
4. http://www.aiapa.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=100
5. Web site: An Overview of Rensselaer's 200th Commencement - News & Events. news.rpi.edu.
6. Web site: RAA Awards - Alumni Key. www.alumni.rpi.edu.
7. Web site: RAA Awards. www.alumni.rpi.edu.
8. Pugh + Scarpa is honored December 4, 2009 Los Angeles Times
9. Web site: Architectural Digest. 2009-12-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20080720040259/http://www.architecturaldigest.com/architects/100/peter_bohlin/peter_bohlin_profile. 2008-07-20. dead.
10. Web site: AIA Firm Award Recipients List . Aia.org . 2018-10-03.
11. Web site: Peter Q. Bohlin. RPI Hall of Fame. 31 March 2012.
12. Web site: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson | AIA Seattle Firm Profiles . 2009-12-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140203200635/http://folio.aiaseattle.org/bohlin-cywinski-jackson . 2014-02-03 . dead .
13. Web site: Architecture Week 08-19-2009 . Architectureweek.com . 2009-08-19 . 2018-10-03.
14. Web site: Fifth Avenue - Apple Store - Apple. Apple.
15. Web site: 2007 American Architecture Awards . 2010-01-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091009035832/http://www.chi-athenaeum.org/archawards/2007/applestorefifthavenue.html . 2009-10-09 . Chicago Anthenaeum Award 2007
16. Web site: SoHo - Apple Store - Apple. Apple.
17. Web site: Upper West Side - Apple Store - Apple. Apple.
18. Web site: Apple Raises Curtain on Spectacular NYC Store . 2012-06-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110401120635/http://www.ifoapplestore.com/db/2009/11/11/apple-raises-curtain-on-spectacular-nyc-store/ . 2011-04-01 .
19. Web site: West 14th Street - Apple Store - Apple. Apple.
20. Web site: Boylston Street - Apple Store - Apple. Apple.
21. Web site: Regent Street - Apple Store. Apple (United Kingdom).
22. Web site: Carrousel du Louvre - Apple Store. Apple (France).
23. Web site: Sydney - Apple Store - Apple (AU). Apple.
24. Web site: 銀座 - Apple Store. Apple（日本）.
25. Web site: 心斎橋 - Apple Store. Apple（日本）.
26. Web site: Union Square - Apple Store - Apple. Apple.
27. Web site: Scottsdale Quarter - Apple Store - Apple. Apple.
28. Web site: Apple Michigan Avenue. Apple.
29. Web site: Providing a 'Beautiful Central Stair' and Convincing People to Use It: Exploring the Notion of 'Active Design'. 2013-09-18. 2013-07-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20130730132656/http://curbed.com/archives/2013/05/22/providing-a-beautiful-central-stair-and-convincing-people-to-use-it-exploring-the-notion-of-active-design.php. dead.
30. Web site: PEEC: Pocono Environmental Education Center . 2012-06-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120506232746/http://www.peec.org/aboutpeec.html . 2012-05-06 .
31. Web site: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson - Forest House . 2012-06-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120615165717/http://www.bcj.com/public/projects/project/32.html . 2012-06-15 .
32. Web site: A retrospective view of 2010 AIA Gold Medalist, Peter Bohlin - Part 1 . 2009-12-29 . 2010-01-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100107021705/http://www.archinnovations.com/news/architecture-practice/a-retrospective-view-of-2010-aia-gold-medalist-peter-bohlin/ . dead .
33. Web site: Bcj作品－Ledge别墅 . +IDEA视觉 . 2009-12-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150621233113/http://www.addidea.com/Article/file/hjshow/jzsj/20070330054314.html . 2015-06-21 . dead .
34. Web site: AIA Pennsylvania: Events - Awards - Architectural Excellenance - 2009 Winners (Page 1) . 2010-01-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100917042633/http://aiapa.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=119 . 2010-09-17 .
35. Web site: AIA Pennsylvania: Events - Awards - Architectural Excellenance - 2009 Winners (Page 2) . 2010-01-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100917042537/http://aiapa.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=120 . 2010-09-17 .
36. Web site: House at the Shawangunks.
37. Web site: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson - Envelope House . 2012-06-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111223132037/http://www.bcj.com/public/projects/project/87.html . 2011-12-23 .
38. Web site: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson - Gosline House . 2012-06-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120615164439/http://www.bcj.com/public/projects/project/36.html . 2012-06-15 .
39. Web site: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson - Lily Lake Residence . 2012-06-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120615165821/http://www.bcj.com/public/projects/project/107.html . 2012-06-15 .
40. Web site: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson - House in the Endless Mountains . 2012-06-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120205015313/http://www.bcj.com/public/projects/project/34.html . 2012-02-05 .
41. Web site: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson - Point House . 2012-06-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120624074913/http://www.bcj.com/public/projects/project/10.html . 2012-06-24 .
42. Web site: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson - Farrar Residence . 2012-06-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120211113006/http://www.bcj.com/public/projects/project/67.html . 2012-02-11 .
43. Web site: Princeton Home Designed by Apple Store Architect Peter Bohlin on the Market for $1.75M . realtor.com News . 20 July 2016 . 28 June 2020.