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.
Peter Exley | |
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 Peter Exley in 2013 | |
| Born | August 2, 1964 |
| Alma mater | Newcastle University (B.A. Hons.,1985), University of Pennsylvania (M.Arch.,1990) |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Practice | Architecture Is Fun, Inc. |
Biography
editExley 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
editIn 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
edit- Exley, Peter & Exley, Sharon (contrib.), Vieyra, Daniel (contrib.)(2007) Design For Kids. Mulgrave: Images Publishing. ISBN 978-1864701807
- Rojals, Marta & Broto, Carles (2006), Great Kids' Spaces. Barcelona: Links Books (pp. 42–47, 190-197, 226-227, 238-241, 250-255). ISBN 84-96263-61-4
- Fang, Abby, (2012), Eden For Boys & Girls. Hong Kong: Designer Books (pp. 42–51, 62-99). ISBN 978-988-16075-1-5
- Kyungil, Lee, (2012), International Magazine of Space Design. bob: 099. Seoul: A&C Publishing Co. Ltd. (pp. 142–147). ISBN/ISSN 1739-2845.
References
edit- ^ Young, Cynthia “Giving Families Shelter and Comfort” AIA Architect "AIArchitect This Week | Giving Families Shelter and Comfort". Archived from the original on October 19, 2013. Retrieved August 23, 2012.
- ^ Kamin, Blair. “These Tricks are for Kids” Chicago Tribune (January 4, 1998) [1]
- ^ Exhibit, “Architecture for Children”, Art Institute of Chicago http://www.artic.edu/1990-1999/1998-exhibition-history
- ^ Chicago Tribune, December 11, 2012
- ^ "Peter J. Exley, FAIA, elected At-large Director - AIA".
- ^ "Three new leaders elected at AIA Conference on Architecture 2019 - AIA".
- ^ AIA Chicago Young Architects Awards "Young Architect Award : Peter Exley, AIA". Archived from the original on January 6, 2009. Retrieved August 23, 2012.
- ^ "Sharon Exley". Amazon.
- ^ 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
- ^ "Announcing the 2017 Professional Excellence & Distinguished Service Award Honorees | News | American Institute of Architects".
External links
edit- Exley, Peter, Sharon Exley, and Stephen Killion. "Dialogues: Architecture Is Fun." MAS Context.