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BIOGRAPHY Peter Brown AIA, a registered architect, has built a career through developing collaborative relationships with educators and architects, gaining a working knowledge of all aspects of school operations from multiple viewpoints—students, teachers, administrators, facility managers, school boards and community stakeholders. Skilled at hearing subtleties within each organization, Peter often becomes a translator—transforming educational and curricular concepts into spatial concepts that architects and engineers understand. Peter is accomplished at leading large groups of stakeholders through consensus building processes. Insightful, fun, and challenging, these processes are designed to ensure that investments in school facilities are meaningful for diverse interest groups, meet schedules and budgets, as well as look forward to changing educational landscapes with graceful and agile solutions. Having worked with a number of international school organizations, Peter is an industry expert on planning schools with multiple curricular models, multiple grade configurations, and multiple administrative structures. He is passionate about creating schools that become centers of communities. During a 12-year tenure with Perkins+Will, Peter served as Principal and Market Sector Leader for the firm’s global K12 practice, responsible for the planning, design and execution of innovative schools nationally and internationally. His leadership has resulted in award-winning projects honored by both architects and educators. Peter has planned schools to meet the needs of over 50,000 students, in collaboration with over 25 firms on over $1 Billion in school construction. With projects and engagements in over 16 states and 7 countries, Peter brings a global perspective to project teams and a keen interest in creating school environments that improve performance of teaching and learning. His deep understanding of facility research, sustainable design, diverse learning styles and multiple curricular approaches result in schools designed to meet the needs of all learners.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Institute of Architects US Green Building Council CEFPI: Council of Education Facility Planners International AAF: Great Schools by Design Sarasota Architectural Foundation EARCOS: East Asia Region Council of Schools Illinois Institute of Technology: Co-Instructor 1999 Schools Studio
EDUCATION Bachelor of Architecture, 1990, Texas Tech University
PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE and CERTIFICATIONS Architect: State of Illinois, State of Texas LEED® Accredited Professional
PRESENTATIONS Peter frequently writes for journals and reference books utilized by architects and educators alike. He has been invited by educational, architectural, and industry organizations to speak on topics that connect education and design, including the Texas Commissioner of Education in 2002 and the Chairman of the US House Committee on Education and the Workforce in 2006. Peter’s insights have been shared in over 30 professional presentations.
Recent Topics: “How Design Affects Children’s Learning” “Strategies to Connect Facilities and Learning” “Planning Strategies for Safer Schools” “Designing Schools that Communicate: Harnessing the Power of the Brand” “Sustainable Strategies for Schools: Hector Garcia Middle School” “Sustainable Design in Practice” “Designing Schools for Global Thinkers” “Making a Great School: Classroom and School Design to Support Learning” “Sustainable Solutions for a Global Society” “Designing Schools from the Inside Out” “Designing Prototypical Schools” “Understanding Space Requirements for Today’s Curriculum Changes” “Creating a Charter School: A Dynamic Team Process” “A New Generation of Schools: Planning Schools Designed to Learn” Recent Conferences: 2007 NAEYC Annual Conference & Expo, Chicago 2007 Keynote: AIA Miami / University of Miami “Under the Sun” Conference 2007 5th National School Build Conference, Amsterdam 2007 USGBC North Texas Chapter, Dallas 2007 AEYC Opening Minds Conference, Chicago 2006 CES Conference, Chicago 2006 AAF School Design Institute, Washington DC 2006 ASCD Conference, Chicago 2006 CEFPI Southern Region Conference, Ft. Worth 2006 CEFPI International Conference, San Antonio 2005 Beijing Institute of Architecture and Design, Beijing 2005 NSSEA Conference, San Antonio 2004 Harvard Executive Education Series, Boston 2003 TASA/TASB Conference, Dallas 2002 ASBO Conference, Phoenix 2002 CEFPI Hot Topics, Vancouver 2002 CEFPI Hot Topics, Columbus 2002 NEOCON, Chicago 2002 NSSEA, Dallas 2002 CEFPI North Carolina, Raleigh 2000 NSBA, Orlando
SELECT PUBLICATIONS Author: “2007 International Design Share Awards”, DesignShare, Fall 2007 “Hector Garcia Middle School”, DesignShare, Spring 2007 “Public School Teaches and Inspires“, Environmental Design & Construction, January 2007 “Designing Schools from the Inside Out”, NSSEA Essentials, January 2005 “Educational Interiors”, School Planning and Management, December 2004 “Planning Schools Beyond the Building”, School Planning and Management, December 2001 Contributing Author: “Elementary Schools and Secondary Schools”, Interior Graphic Standards, 2003 “Planning Elementary and Secondary Schools”, Timesaver Standards for Building Types, 4th Edition, 2001 “Organization and Design of Schools”, Timesaver Standards for Building Types, 4th Edition, 2001
PROJECT EXPERIENCE Independent Schools: HERITAGE SCHOOL, Fredericksburg TX, In association with Mustard Design Programming, Planning, and Design for a new 400 student Campus
St. Alcuin Montessori School, Dallas TX In association with Perkins+Will Masterplanning for a reconfigured 700 Student Campus
Dulwich College Beijing, Beijing China Perkins+Will in association with UA Design Programming, Planning, and Design for a new 880 Student Campus
Dulwich College Shanghai, Shanghai China Perkins+Will in association with SIADR Programming, Planning, and Design for a expanded 500 Student Campus
Carolina International School, Charlotte NC Perkins+Will Programming and Planning for a new 520 Student Campus
Dalian International School, Dalian China Perkins+Will Programming and Planning for a new 1,700 Student Campus
Nagoya International School, Nagoya Japan Perkins+Will Strategic Planning and Assessment for an existing 350 Student Campus
Qingdao International School, Qingdao China Perkins+Will Programming and Planning for a replacement 600 Student Campus
St. Mary’s International School, Tokyo Japan Perkins+Will in association with Edward Suzuki and Archinova Programming and planning for replacement 1,200 Student Campus
Concordia Intl. School Shanghai, Shanghai China Perkins+Will in association with MSI Programming and Planning, Furniture Planning for a 350 Student Campus
International School of Beijing, Beijing China Perkins+Will in association with BIAD Planning, Design, Furniture Planning for a 2,400 Student Campus
Cathedral High School, Indianapolis IN Perkins+Will in association with CSO Architects Capacity and Utilization Analysis for an existing 1,100 Student Campus
The Ross School, East Hampton NY Perkins+Will Programming for an existing 220 Student Campus
Englewood Charter School, Chicago IL Perkins+Will Programming, Planning, and Design for a new 900 Student Campus
High Schools: Susitna Valley High Schoool, Anchorage AK BrainSpaces in association with McCool Carlson Green Educational Specifications for a replacement 225 Student Campus
Academy@998, Buffalo NY Perkins+Will in association with Steiglitz Snyder Programming, Planning, Design for a new 500 Student Campus
Riverview High School, Sarasota FL Perkins+Will in association with BMK Programming, Planning for a replacement 2,800 Student Campus
Parker High School, Howell MI Perkins+Will in association with French Associates Programming, Planning, Design Guidelines for a new 1,400 Student Campus
Patrick Henry High School, Roanoke VA Perkins+Will in association with Rife+Wood Programming and Planning for a replacement 1,700 Student Campus
Dunbar High School, Baltimore MD Perkins+Will in association with GWWO Programming, Planning, Schedule Analysis for a1,100 Student Campus
Blythewood High School, Columbia SC Perkins+Will in association with Boudreaux Group Programming and Design Guidelines for a new 1,700 Student High School
Anderson High School, Anderson IN Perkins+Will in association with CSO Architects Programming and Planning Guidelines for a reconfigured 1,600 Student Campus
Highland High School, Anderson IN Perkins+Will in association with CSO Architects Programming and Planning Guidelines for a reconfigured 1,600 Student Campus
Arlington High School, Indianapolis IN Perkins+Will in association with CSO Architects Programming, Planning, Schedule Analysis for a 2,000 Student Campus
West Aurora High School, Aurora IL Perkins+Will Project Architect for a reconfigured 3,000 Student Campus
Middle Schools: Maitland Middle School, Orlando FL In association with Perkins+Will and Rhodes+Britto Architects Planning for a replacement 1,200 Student Campus
Hector Garcia Middle School, Dallas TX Perkins+Will Planning, Design for a new 1,200 Student Campus
Central Middle School, Columbus IN Perkins+Will in association with CSO Architects Programming, Design Guidelines for a replacement 900 Student Campus
Northside Middle School, Columbus IN Perkins+Will with Ratio Architects Programming, Design Guidelines for a reconfigured 900 Student Campus
Southside Middle School, Columbus IN Perkins+Will in association with CSO Architects Programming, Design Guidelines for a replacement 800 Student Campus
Elementary Schools: Barnette Magnet School, Fairbanks AK BrainSpaces in association with McCool Carlson Green / UNSA Educational Specifications for a reconfigured 350 Student Campus
Dommerich Elementary School, Orlando FL In association with Perkins+Will and Rhodes+Britto Architects Planning for a replacement 700 Student Campus
Erskine Elementary School, Anderson IN Perkins+Will in association with CSO Architects Programming, Planning, Design for a new 600 Student Campus
Wendell Phillips Elementary School, Indianapolis IN Perkins+Will in association with CSO Architects Programming, Design Guidelines for a new 600 Student Campus
Lincoln Elementary School, Columbus IN Perkins+Will in association with Gunnar Birkerts Programming, Design Guidelines for a reconfigured 350 Student Campus
Southside Elementary School, Columbus IN Perkins+Will in association with Carol Ross Barney Programming, Design Guidelines for a new 800 Student Campus
Fearn Elementary School, North Aurora IL Perkins+Will Programming, Planning, Design for a new 600 Student Campus
East Elementary School, Lake Bluff IL Perkins+Will Project Architect for a reconfigured 300 Student Campus
Central Elementary School, Lake Bluff IL Perkins+Will Project Architect for a reconfigured 300 Student Campus
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