Peter Exley Explained

Peter Exley
Birth Date:2 August 1964
Alma Mater:Newcastle University (B.A. Hons.,1985), University of Pennsylvania (M.Arch.,1990)
Practice:Architecture Is Fun, Inc.

Peter Exley (born August 2, 1964 in Harrogate, England) is the co-founder of Architecture Is Fun, a Chicago-based architecture and design firm. Exley's projects include the DuPage Children's Museum, the House in the Woods, a 21,000-square-foot (1,950m2) Ronald McDonald House in Oak Lawn, Illinois,[1] the Exploration Station children's museum[2] and the Young at Art Museum's exhibits and galleries in Davie, Florida.

Biography

Exley earned a Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies with first-class honours from Newcastle University School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape in 1985, and a Master of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania in 1990. Prior to founding his own firm in 1994, he worked for Skidmore, Owings & Merrill in Chicago and London and with Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates in Philadelphia. Architecture Is Fun's work has been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago,[3] the Chicago Architecture Foundation and the ICA in Philadelphia. In 2012, Exley was named President of the American Institute of Architects Chicago for the year 2013.[4] In 2016 Exley was elected an At-large Director for AIA National at the 2016 AIA Convention in Philadelphia.[5] At the AIA Conference on Architecture 2019, Exley was elected 2021 AIA President.[6]

Awards

In 1996 Exley was the recipient of the AIA Chicago Young Architect Award[7] and in 2003 received the AIA Illinois Excellence in Education Award. In 2012, with his partner and wife, Sharon Exley,[8] he was awarded the Benjamin Moore HUE Award for exceptional use of color in commercial architecture.[9] In 2017 Exley was awarded the AIA Chicago and the AIA Chicago Foundation's Professional Excellence & Distinguished Service Award.[10]

Published work

External links

Notes and References

  1. Young, Cynthia “Giving Families Shelter and Comfort” AIA Architect Web site: AIArchitect This Week | Giving Families Shelter and Comfort . 2012-08-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131019101012/http://info.aia.org/aiarchitect/thisweek07/1005/1005p_mcd.cfm . 2013-10-19 .
  2. Kamin, Blair. “These Tricks are for Kids” Chicago Tribune (January 4, 1998) http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1998-01-04/news/9801040013_1_youth-museums-museum-field-architects
  3. Exhibit, “Architecture for Children”, Art Institute of Chicago http://www.artic.edu/1990-1999/1998-exhibition-history
  4. http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/careers/ct-biz-promotions-moving-on-up-exley,0,2674884.photo Chicago Tribune, December 11, 2012
  5. Web site: Peter J. Exley, FAIA, elected At-large Director - AIA.
  6. Web site: Three new leaders elected at AIA Conference on Architecture 2019 - AIA.
  7. AIA Chicago Young Architects Awards Web site: Young Architect Award : Peter Exley, AIA . 2012-08-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090106072758/http://www.aiachicago.org/special_features/1996_Design_Awards/Young_Arch/P_Exley.html . 2009-01-06 .
  8. Web site: Sharon Exley. Amazon.
  9. HUE Awards 2012 http://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/for-your-home/benjamin-moore-hue-awards-to-be-presented-for-br-exceptional-use-of-color-in-architecture-interio
  10. Web site: Announcing the 2017 Professional Excellence & Distinguished Service Award Honorees | News | American Institute of Architects.

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