Peter Bohlin, FAIA

Founding Principal

2010 AIA Gold Medalist Peter Bohlin, FAIA, is the founding principal of Bohlin Cywinski Jackson and has been instrumental in leading the firm’s consistent record of design achievement. Founded in 1965, with offices in Wilkes-Barre, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Seattle and San Francisco, the firm's work is known for an extraordinary aesthetic, its responsiveness to particularity of place and user, and a quiet rigor that is both intellectual and intuitive. Their award-winning civic, university, corporate and residential projects can be found in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia and Australia. In 1994 Bohlin Cywinski Jackson received the Architecture Firm Award, the AIA’s highest honor recognizing an architectural practice; they are the recipient  of nine national honor awards from the AIA and nearly 450 regional, national  and international design awards.  

Peter received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic  Institute and his Master of Architecture degree from Cranbrook Academy of Art.  He received an honorary Doctorate of Arts from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute  in 2006. A Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, Peter served as Chairman of the AIA Committee on Design from 1984 to 1985 and has been a guest design  critic and visiting professor at a number of leading schools of architecture. He  frequently serves as a juror for national, regional and state design competitions.

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