Peter Bohlin

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Peter Bohlin worked several times for Apple, a. a. he designed the Apple Store on Fifth Avenue in New York City
The City Hall of Seattle is also based on a design by Bohlin

Peter Q. Bohlin (* 1937 in New York City ) is an American architect who works internationally.

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Peter Bohlin received his Bachelor in Architecture from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York . He completed his master's degree at the Cranbrook Academy of Art . In 1965, he co-founded the architecture firm Bohlin Powell in Wilkes-Barre , which today operates under the name Bohlin Cywinski Jackson and has offices in Wilkes-Barre, Pittsburgh , Philadelphia , Seattle and San Francisco .

On behalf of Steve Jobs , Peter Bohlin designed the Pixar headquarters, which was completed in 2001 . He continued to work for Jobs at several Apple stores , primarily the flagship stores , in the United States, France, Japan, Australia, China and the United Kingdom. The glass cube of the Apple Store on 5th Avenue in New York, the glass cylinder of the shop in Shanghai and the shop in the Louvre in Paris were created.

Peter Bohlin was a visiting lecturer for architecture at various American universities.

Awards

Peter Bohlin has received several prizes for his work, including the gold medal of the American Institute of Architects in 2010 . In 2014 Bohlin was elected a member ( NA ) of the National Academy of Design .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/16/business/steve-jobs-a-genius-of-store-design-too.html
  2. American Institute of Architects Press release 2010 Gold Medal
  3. nationalacademy.org: Living Academicians / Bohlin, Peter, NA 2014 ( Memento of the original dated August 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on June 14, 2014) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nationalacademy.org