{{short description|British architect (born 1952)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}} {{advert|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox architect | name = Peter Busby | practice = Director of Perkins + Will San Francisco | significant_buildings = | significant_projects = | image = | birth_date = September 26, 1952 | alma_mater = University of Toronto University of British Columbia | awards = Honorary Doctorate in Science from Ryerson University 2008 RAIC Gold Medal 2014 | significant_design = Sustainability }}
'''Peter Busby''' (born 1952) is an architect and managing director at Perkins & Will Architects, with a background in philosophy and a history of advancing sustainable design.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://perkinswill.com/person/peter-busby/|title=Peter Busby|website=Perkins and Will|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-23}}</ref> Throughout his career, he has advocated for sustainable building strategies and integrated green building infrastructure that serves to educate the users of his spaces.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/peter-busby|title=Peter Busby {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia|website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca|access-date=2020-03-27}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Peter Busby – Sustainable Green Building for the Future|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDpN7lEEiqo|language=en|access-date=2020-03-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Peter Busby Director |url=http://www.windmilldevelopments.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Peter-Busby-CV.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205002948/http://www.windmilldevelopments.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Peter-Busby-CV.pdf |archive-date=February 5, 2018}}</ref>
== Life and education == Busby was born in Southport, Merseyside, UK on September 26, 1952.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Busby |first=Peter |title=Busby : architecture's new edges|year=2015|isbn=978-0-9827749-3-9|oclc=911496264}}</ref> His father was a British engineer who emigrated to Canada and worked at Nortel in Toronto and New York. Busby's wife Catherine is an occupational therapist and they have four children.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.vanmag.com/peter-busbys-green-mission|title=Vancouver Magazine|last=Mckenzie|first=Kevin Hinton & Ryan|website=Vancouver Magazine|language=en|access-date=2020-03-27}}</ref> Busby holds a Bachelors of Arts in Political Philosophy from the University of Toronto where he graduated in 1974 to pursue a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of British Columbia in 1977.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sala.ubc.ca/news-events/news/2019-06-28-dr-ray-cole-appointed-order-canada|title=Dr. Ray Cole appointed to the Order of Canada {{!}} sala.ubc.ca|website=sala.ubc.ca|access-date=2020-03-26}}</ref> He received an Honorary Doctorate in Science from Ryerson University in 2008. Throughout his years studying philosophy, Busby worked summer jobs on construction sites, which included carpentry.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.architectmagazine.com/design/peter-busby-moves-to-perkins-will-san-francisco_o |title=Peter Busby Moves to Perkins+Will San Francisco |website=www.architectmagazine.com|access-date=2020-03-26}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.reminetwork.com/articles/busby-timber-trailblazer/|title=Busby: timber trailblazer – REMI Network|website=REMINET|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-26}}</ref> Some notable professors included architectural historian [https://arthistory.utoronto.ca/people/directories/all-faculty/douglas-s-richardson Douglas Richardson] of the University of Toronto, and UBC sustainability professor [https://sala.ubc.ca/news-events/news/2019-06-28-dr-ray-cole-appointed-order-canada Raymond Cole].
== Career == Upon graduating, Busby apprenticed with Rhone & Iredale Architects in Vancouver, then with Norman Foster in London and Hong Kong, where he was a project architect at the age of 28.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=October 1980|title=A house for the 1980s|journal=The Canadian Architect|id={{ProQuest| <!-- Insert ProQuest data here -->}}}}</ref> He also worked with Miller Hull. He started his own practice in Vancouver in 1984.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bcbusiness.ca/peter-busby|title=BCBusiness|last=Mckenzie|first=Kevin Hinton & Ryan|website=BCBusiness|language=en|access-date=2020-03-26}}</ref> As the sole practitioner at the time, he constructed 1216 Granville Street office, then located in a marginal neighborhood. Paul Bridger would join as partner in 1986 and the practice grew to 10 in 1992 and 45 by 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.canadianarchitect.com/path-to-practice/|title=Interview: Peter Busby|date=2014-06-01|website=Canadian Architect|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-26}}</ref> In 1987 Busby founded the product design firm ''Designlines'' and integrates industrial design into his architecture.<ref>{{Cite news|title=1998 Awards of Excellence – The Usual Suspects|date=1998|work=The Canadian Architect}}</ref> His attitude towards design is defined by an industrious vision driven by a confidence that critic Adele Weder describes as necessary for making an impact in an industry of "sclerotic conventions."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.canadianarchitect.com/fighting-spirit/|title=Fighting Spirit|date=2014-06-01|website=Canadian Architect|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-27}}</ref> Weder points to the example of One Wall Centre Project, a 48-story tower which ignited conflicts between his client and the City of Vancouver, resulting in a dual toned glass envelope.
He leads his practice making architecture notably present in all contexts responding to the existing urban fabric. One of Busby's first jobs was a lab for MacMillan Bloedel, the forestry company that created parallel strand lumber (Parallam), the same material he would use for that project and further served as an inspiration for Busby to incorporate into his future projects.<ref name=":1" /> The practice led to the formation of Busby Bridger Architects in 1986 grew to Busby + Associates <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.canadianarchitect.com/busby-associates-architects-announce-merger-with-perkins-will-inc/|title=Busby + Associates Architects announce merger with Perkins & Will Inc.|date=2004-08-12|website=Canadian Architect|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-22}}</ref> which eventually collaborated with Perkins + Will in 2002 and merged for a strategic partnership in 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://history.perkinswill.com/timeline/|title=Historical Timeline|website=history.perkinswill.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/peter-busby|title=Peter Busby {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia|website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca|access-date=2020-03-23}}</ref> His team consists of researchers, biologists, and staff working towards issues he believes architecture should address.<ref name=":0" /> Their projects have received numerous design awards including six [https://www.gg.ca/en/media/news/2005/governor-general-invest-43-recipients-order-canada Governor General Awards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327043733/https://www.gg.ca/en/media/news/2005/governor-general-invest-43-recipients-order-canada |date=27 March 2020 }}, eleven British Columbia Lieutenant Governor Awards, and the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada's Firm of the Year Award.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://soa.cmu.edu/spring-2013-peter-busby|title=Spring 2013 {{!}} Peter Busby|website=CMU School of Architecture|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-26}}</ref> Busby often lectures on sustainability topics and green initiatives both nationally and internationally and is a founder of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://globe.ca/peter-busby-to-speak-at-globe-2014/|title=Peter Busby to Speak at GLOBE 2014|website=globe.ca|access-date=2020-03-26}}</ref> along with being a founding member of the Canada Green Building Council.
== Design philosophy == Busby's design philosophy of a synergy between architecture and nature is reinforced by the virtue of right and wrong garnered from his philosophy background.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://perkinswill.com/person/peter-busby/|title=Peter Busby|website=Perkins and Will|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-26}}</ref> He orchestrates the ideal building nested in a city that gives back energy rather than consuming; declaring peace with nature contributing to social responsibility. This manifesto is exemplified in the Center of Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS) and Van Dusen Botanical Garden Visitor Center along with the multitude of projects using reclaimed building material and minimizing resource consumption; making the business case for sustainable design through reducing the cost of sustainable design moves and marketing with captivating graphics while demanding architects to collaborate with other disciplines.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/peter-busby|title=Peter Busby {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia|website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca|access-date=2020-03-26}}</ref> Busby employs this logic into his personal life, manifested through his off-grid Vancouver cabin powered by photo-voltaic cells, eight vertical axis wind turbines and a rainwater collection system to water the gardens. The row of vertical windows speak the language of his urban designs and maximizes the efficient use of light <ref name=":0" /> and this handcrafted summer home displays his love of wood since the material embodies carbon along with providing the natural warmth and humanity evoked through the atmospheric qualities beyond the benefits sequestered as a building material.<ref name=":1" /> It is through education of the general public,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/peter-busby-architect-for-green/article1319106/|title=Peter Busby, Architect for green|access-date=2020-03-23}}</ref> AEC industry, along with clients that Busby believes should be the start of sustainable efforts.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://archpaper.com/2014/05/peter-busby/|title=Peter Busby|date=2014-05-19|website=Archpaper.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-26}}</ref> Busby then combines the accumulated experience of sustainable design with his business acumen to advocate for greener cities and in the past has not hesitated to work with developers such as [https://www.concordpacific.com/ Concorde] or large retail chains like Wal-mart to forward sustainable design.<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal|last=Chodkoff|first=Ian|title=Viewpoint|journal=The Canadian Architect|issn=0008-2872|jstor=}}</ref>
When designing industrial architecture, his design philosophy considers the building and environmental factors but also the intrapersonal impact that good designs can affect, he believes that it is this immediate environmental improvement that can yield higher productivity, product quality, and lower staff turnover rates.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Busby|first=Peter|date=March 1, 1990|title=Out of the Wasteland: Industrial Architecture|journal=The Canadian Architect|id={{ProQuest| <!-- Insert ProQuest data here -->}}}}</ref> Busby's contributions to the EBCO Aerospace office in Delta, BC takes awareness of its proximity to transportation hubs, rail or waterways, labour pool, and lower price land to maximize economy. He believes that a full range of complementary services to healthily integrate the thousands of employed staff, providing amenities required for complete community services which include banks, cleaners, restaurants, daycare, and recreation; working inside out to provide better work environments. Currently at Perkins and Will, he has focused on the ''Regenerative Design'' approach where each operation in a building's construction is measured by its positive impact on human and natural systems. Supported by a research team of architects, engineers, and sustainability strategists within Perkins and Will, to concentrate the advancement of sustainable building practices.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Towards a New Relationship with Nature – Research and Regenerative Design in Architecture|journal=Perkins + Will|pages=94|jstor=}}</ref>
== Sustainability == Busby's architectural career is primarily focused on sustainability to integrate building systems to foster user experience and improve the environment which it resides.<ref name="auto"/> His approach to architecture considers affordability, amenities, transportation, and social issues to be worked into given project briefs, backed by scientific and economic considerations that provide a business case for sustainability.<ref name=":3" /> On the CIRS project, majority of the heavy timber used are pine beetle reclaimed lumber that would have otherwise been disposed of. Busby studies the embodied energy of the material and its carbon footprint to processing prior to its installation, digging deep into the numbers that contribute to published statistics, a case example educating that a reduction in carbon emissions can be a result of offshoring operations, economic recession, or a reduction in price of an alternative energy source.<ref name=":2" /> Busby's strategic mindset in delivering his sustainable strategies are sometimes through working with developers and large retail chains, notably with Wal-mart whom adopted 20 of his 34 design suggestions throughout their stores during his proposal for the Vancouver store.<ref name=":0" />
His career is dedicated to furthering sustainability through architectural practices via a range of strategies including the use of reclaimed and recycled building materials that are locally sourced, thus, reducing embodied carbon, majority of projects are designed with passive sustainability moves like building orientation, the tightening of building massing, and reduction in consumption prior to implementing active building systems such as integrated PV and geothermal heating and cooling. Through practicing and actively researching and educating along with public advocacy, Busby not only preaches but lives the life of sustainable design, through the encouragement of walking, mixed use developments around transit nodes, to reduce carbon footprint.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.canadianarchitect.com/busby-associates-architects-announce-merger-with-perkins-will-inc/|title=Busby + Associates Architects announce merger with Perkins & Will Inc.|date=2004-08-12|website=Canadian Architect|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Lam|first1=Elsa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f5K3DwAAQBAJ&q=Busby+Bridger+Architects&pg=PA297|title=Canadian Modern Architecture: A Fifty Year Retrospective (1967–2017)|last2=Livesey|first2=Graham|date=2019|publisher=Chronicle Books|isbn=978-1-61689-883-0|language=en}}</ref> This longstanding engagement with the complex factors contributing to sustainability as well as advocacy for the profession's role and potential in furthering sustainability goals is recounted in ''Busby: Learning Sustainable Design'' (2007).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bcbooklook.com/2015/07/01/re-discovering-vancouver-artists/|title=Re-discovering Vancouver artists|website=bcbooklook.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apsc.ubc.ca/node/2190|title=Peter Busby {{!}} UBC Applied Science|website=apsc.ubc.ca|access-date=2020-03-26}}</ref>
== Notable project contributions == '''Center for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS)''' Vancouver, British Columbia
'''Van Dusen Botanical Garden Visitor Centre''' <ref>{{Cite press release|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/perkinswills-peter-busby-design-director-for-two-award-winning-projects-210429161.html|title=Perkins+Will's Peter Busby, Design Director For Two Award Winning Projects|last=Perkins+Will|website=www.prnewswire.com|language=en|access-date=2020-03-26}}</ref> Vancouver, British Columbia
'''Brentwood Station''' Burnaby, British Columbiathumb|Brentwood Station. One of the Stations along the Millennium skytrain line in Vancouver notable for its use of wood.'''Canada Line Stations''' Richmond, British Columbia
'''Riyadh Metro Prototype Stations''' Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
'''707 Terry''' Seattle, Washington
'''Canada's Earth Tower''' Vancouver, British Columbia<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.treehugger.com/green-architecture/peter-busby-designs-40-storey-timber-tower-proposed-vancouver.html|title=Peter Busby designs a 40 storey timber tower proposed for Vancouver|website=TreeHugger|language=en|access-date=2020-03-26}}</ref>
'''Perkins & Will Atlanta Studio''' Atlanta, Georgia
'''Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford''' Palo Alto, California
'''Potrero Power Station''' San Francisco, California<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://structurecraft.com/projects/concord-pacific-display-pavilion|title=Concord Pacific Display Pavilion|website=StructureCraft Builders|language=en|access-date=2020-03-26}}</ref>
'''Ottawa Confederation Line''' Ottawa, Ontario
'''Marine Gateway''' Vancouver, British Columbia<ref>{{Citation|last=Club|first=September|title=Perkins+Will / PETER BUSBY|date=2010-06-29|url=https://vimeo.com/12959478|access-date=2020-03-26}}</ref>
'''Brighthouse Elementary School''' Richmond, British Columbia.
== Recognition ==
* Canadian Green Building Council * LEED Fellow * Fellow, Cascadia Green Building Council * Member, Order of Canada * Fellow, Royal Architectural Institute of Canada * Founder, board member, and chair, Canada Green Building Council
== Publications ==
* "Eight ways to inspire innovation in the business of architecture" Greenbiz. 13 February 2016 <www.greenbiz.com> * Busby: Architecture's New Edges, Ecotone, 2015. * Busby: Learning Sustainable Design, Janam Publications, 2007. * "Perkins+Will Portfolio: A look at recent projects from the Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, office of Perkins+Will, led by Peter Busby." Architect. 5 March 2012. <www.architectmag.com> * "Is This the World's Greenest Neighborhood?" The Atlantic. 25 August 2011 <www.theatiantic.com>
== Awards ==
* Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) Gold Medalist, 2014 <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.archdaily.com/485691/raic-honors-peter-busby-with-gold-medal/|title=RAIC Honors Peter Busby with Gold Medal|date=2014-03-12|website=ArchDaily|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Gold Medal – 2014 Recipient |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606155232/https://raic.org/raic/gold-medal-%E2%80%94-2014-recipient |archive-date=6 Jun 2019 |url=https://raic.org/raic/gold-medal-%E2%80%94-2014-recipient|website=raic.org|access-date=2020-03-26}}</ref> * Acterra Award for Sustainability, Business Environmental Awards, 2013 * Wood WORKS! Awards, VanDusen Botanical Garden Visitor Center, 2013 * Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia Medal in Architecture 2012 * Samuel Brighouse Elementary School, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, Medal in Architecture, 2012 * Architectural Record's Schools of the 21st Century, Center for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS), 2012 * AIBC Innovation Award, 2012 * Top 5 Project, Clean50, 2013 * Canada's Greenest Employers, 2010, 2011, 2012 * Firm Award – The Globe and Mail Laurentian University Living With Lakes Ecology Center * Regional Holcim Award Winner, Dockside Green, 2009 * AIA COTE Top Ten Green Projects, 2009. * Globe Awards for Environmental Excellence, 2008. * Officer of the Order of Canada in 2005<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.world-architects.com/nl/pages/headlines/peter-busby-raic-gold-medal|title=Peter Busby Wins RAIC Gold Medal|website=World-Architects|language=nl|access-date=2020-03-26}}</ref> * Honorary Doctorate from Ryerson University 2008
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