Peter Exley | |
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 Peter Exley in 2013 | |
| Born | 2 August 1964 |
| Alma mater | Newcastle University (B.A. Hons.,1985), University of Pennsylvania (M.Arch.,1990) |
| Occupation | Architect |
| 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.
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]
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]