Peter Exley (born August 2, 1964 in

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, 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)

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, the Exploration Station

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and the Young at Art Museum's exhibits and galleries in

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Biography

Exley earned a Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies with

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from

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in 1985, and a

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from the

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in 1990. Prior to founding his own firm in 1994, he worked for

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in Chicago and London and with Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates in Philadelphia. Architecture Is Fun's work has been exhibited at the

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, the

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and the ICA in Philadelphia. In 2012, Exley was named President of the

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Chicago for the year 2013. In 2016 Exley was elected an At-large Director for AIA National at the 2016 AIA Convention in Philadelphia. At the AIA Conference on Architecture 2019, Exley was elected 2021 AIA President.

Awards

In 1996 Exley was the recipient of the AIA Chicago Young Architect Award and in 2003 received the AIA Illinois Excellence in Education Award. In 2012, with his partner and wife, Sharon Exley, he was awarded the Benjamin Moore HUE Award for exceptional use of color in commercial architecture. In 2017 Exley was awarded the AIA Chicago and the AIA Chicago Foundation's Professional Excellence & Distinguished Service Award.

Published work

* Exley, Peter & Exley, Sharon (contrib.), Vieyra, Daniel (contrib.)(2007) ''Design For Kids.'' Mulgrave: Images Publishing. * Rojals, Marta & Broto, Carles (2006), ''Great Kids' Spaces.'' Barcelona: Links Books (pp. 42–47, 190-197, 226-227, 238-241, 250-255). * Fang, Abby, (2012), ''Eden For Boys & Girls.'' Hong Kong: Designer Books (pp. 42–51, 62-99). * Kyungil, Lee, (2012), ''International Magazine of Space Design. bob: 099.'' Seoul: A&C Publishing Co. Ltd. (pp. 142–147). ISBN/ISSN 1739-2845.

References

External links

* Exley, Peter, Sharon Exley, and Stephen Killion.
Dialogues: Architecture Is Fun
" ''MAS Context''. {{DEFAULTSORT:Exley, Peter 1964 births 21st-century English architects Alumni of Newcastle University Architects from Yorkshire Architects from Chicago Living people Fellows of the American Institute of Architects People from Knaresborough People from Harrogate University of Pennsylvania School of Design alumni