Peter Bohlin
Introduction The entrance to Apple Fifth Avenue in New York City is a glass cube, housing a cylindrical glass elevator and a glass spiral staircase to the underground store. '''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
References
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 *Arcadian Architecture: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson 12 Houses *Farrar: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson *Grand Teton: A National Park Building *Liberty Bell Center: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson *Ledge House: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson *Bohlin Cywinski Jackson: The Nature of Circumstance