{{Short description|American architect (born 1964)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox architect |name = Peter Exley |image =Peter Exley 2013.jpg |image_size = <!-- if image is smaller than 250px --> |caption = Peter Exley in 2013 |nationality = |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|08|02|mf=yes}} |birth_place = |death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> |death_place = |alma_mater = Newcastle University (B.A. Hons.,1985), University of Pennsylvania (M.Arch.,1990) |influences = |influenced = |practice = Architecture Is Fun, Inc. |significant_buildings = |significant_projects = |significant_design = |awards = }}

'''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 {{cvt|1950|m2}} Ronald McDonald House in Oak Lawn, Illinois,<ref>Young, Cynthia “Giving Families Shelter and Comfort” AIA Architect {{cite web |url=http://info.aia.org/aiarchitect/thisweek07/1005/1005p_mcd.cfm |title=AIArchitect This Week &#124; Giving Families Shelter and Comfort |accessdate=2012-08-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019101012/http://info.aia.org/aiarchitect/thisweek07/1005/1005p_mcd.cfm |archivedate=2013-10-19 }}</ref> the Exploration Station children's museum<ref>Kamin, Blair. “These Tricks are for Kids” Chicago Tribune (January 4, 1998) [https://web.archive.org/web/20131019165604/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1998-01-04/news/9801040013_1_youth-museums-museum-field-architects]</ref> and the Young at Art Museum's exhibits and galleries in Davie, Florida.

==Biography== 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,<ref>Exhibit, “Architecture for Children”, Art Institute of Chicago http://www.artic.edu/1990-1999/1998-exhibition-history</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/careers/ct-biz-promotions-moving-on-up-exley,0,2674884.photo ''Chicago Tribune'', December 11, 2012]</ref> In 2016 Exley was elected an At-large Director for AIA National at the 2016 AIA Convention in Philadelphia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aia.org/articles/12986-peter-j-exley-faia-elected-at-large-director|title = Peter J. Exley, FAIA, elected At-large Director - AIA}}</ref> At the AIA Conference on Architecture 2019, Exley was elected 2021 AIA President.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aia.org/press-releases/6160504-three-new-leaders-elected-at-aia-conferenc|title = Three new leaders elected at AIA Conference on Architecture 2019 - AIA}}</ref>

==Awards==

In 1996 Exley was the recipient of the AIA Chicago Young Architect Award<ref>AIA Chicago Young Architects Awards {{cite web |url=http://www.aiachicago.org/special_features/1996_Design_Awards/Young_Arch/P_Exley.html |title=Young Architect Award : Peter Exley, AIA |accessdate=2012-08-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106072758/http://www.aiachicago.org/special_features/1996_Design_Awards/Young_Arch/P_Exley.html |archivedate=2009-01-06 }}</ref> and in 2003 received the AIA Illinois Excellence in Education Award. In 2012, with his partner and wife, '''Sharon Exley''',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Sharon-Exley/e/B0034Q8YYG/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_2|title = Sharon Exley|website = Amazon}}</ref> he was awarded the Benjamin Moore HUE Award for exceptional use of color in commercial architecture.<ref>HUE Awards 2012 http://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/for-your-home/benjamin-moore-hue-awards-to-be-presented-for-br-exceptional-use-of-color-in-architecture-interio</ref> In 2017 Exley was awarded the AIA Chicago and the AIA Chicago Foundation's Professional Excellence & Distinguished Service Award.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aiachicago.org/news/entry/announcing-the-2017-professional-excellence-distinguished-service-award-hon/#.Wt5F2dPwZTY|title = Announcing the 2017 Professional Excellence & Distinguished Service Award Honorees &#124; News &#124; American Institute of Architects}}</ref>

==Published work== * Exley, Peter & Exley, Sharon (contrib.), Vieyra, Daniel (contrib.)(2007) ''Design For Kids.'' Mulgrave: Images Publishing. {{ISBN|978-1864701807}} * Rojals, Marta & Broto, Carles (2006), ''Great Kids' Spaces.'' Barcelona: Links Books (pp.&nbsp;42–47, 190-197, 226-227, 238-241, 250-255). {{ISBN|84-96263-61-4}} * Fang, Abby, (2012), ''Eden For Boys & Girls.'' Hong Kong: Designer Books (pp.&nbsp;42–51, 62-99). {{ISBN|978-988-16075-1-5}} * Kyungil, Lee, (2012), ''International Magazine of Space Design. bob: 099.'' Seoul: A&C Publishing Co. Ltd. (pp.&nbsp;142–147). ISBN/ISSN 1739-2845.

==References== {{reflist}}

== External links ==

* Exley, Peter, Sharon Exley, and Stephen Killion. "[https://mascontext.com/dialogues/dialogues-architecture-is-fun Dialogues: Architecture Is Fun]." ''MAS Context''. {{authority control}}

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