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Peter Wiederspahn Resume — File 189757
PETER H. WIEDERSPAHN
45 Moore Street
Somerville, MA 02144
[phone removed]
[email removed]
EDUCATION
Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA 1987-1989
M. Arch. II, Master of Architecture
Syracuse University, School of Architecture, Syracuse, NY 1978-1983
B. Arch., Bachelor of Architecture
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Northeastern University, School of Architecture, Boston, MA: Associate Professor 1997-present
Dartmouth College, Studio Arts Department, Hanover, NH: Visiting Professor Winter 1997
Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA: Visiting Design Critic 1996
The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Architecture, University Park, PA: Assistant Professor 1990-1995
ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE
Wiederspahn Architecture, LLC, Somerville, MA: Sole Practitioner 1990-present
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
Richard Meier and Partners, Architects, New York, NY: Architect Summer 1988
Gwathmey Siegel Associates, Architects, New York, NY: Architect 1985-1987
Hobart Betts Associates, Architects, New York, NY: Project Manager 1983-1985
PUBLICATIONS
JURIED ARTICLES
"e3co Systems: A Search for a Twenty First Century Construction Type," Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture
"Wood Frame Multi-Family Housing in Boston, 1865-1900," AEEA/EAAE
“Mutable Domestic Space: The Choreography of Modern Dwelling,” Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture
“Pedagogy Plus Practice: Engaging Boston’s Housing Crisis in the Design Studio,” Association of Collegiate Schools of
Architecture
“Beyond an Iconographic History of Rome,” Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture
“Embodied Time in the Urban Artifacts of Rome,” Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture
RESEARCH GRANTS
The Boston Society of Architects, Boston, MA, “Housing Designs for Proposed Smart Growth Overlay Zoning Districts
in Metro-Boston.” Grant amount: $9,600 June 2004
The Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, Chicago, IL, “Wood Frame Multi-Family
Housing in Boston, 1865-1900.” Grant amount: $10,000 June 2001
HONORS / AWARDS
Small Firms/Small Projects Design Award from the Boston Society of Architects/American Institute of Architects (BSA/AIA),
for the “Home/Work Space: Wiederspahn Architecture Studio, Somerville, MA” March 2006
Interior Architecture/Interior Design Honor Award from the Boston Society of Architects/American Institute of
Architects (BSA/AIA), for the “High Rise House: 3000sf Duplex on Upper East Side, New York” May 2002
Young Architects Jury Exhibit Citation Award from the Boston Society of Architects/American Institute of
Architects, (BSA/AIA), for the “Datum House: Single-family House in Usonia, Pleasantville, NY” October 1998
Second Prize in a Juried National Competition: “Battery Park City Memorial Fountain,” sponsored by the Battery
Park City Commission to commemorate the police officers of New York killed in the line of duty Sept. 1990
First Prize in a Juried Competition: “Soling Architecture Student Design Competition,” Project: Multiuse Skyscraper for the
Theater
District, New York, NY, including a Broadway theater, office space, and a hotel January 1983
EXHIBITIONS
EXHIBITIONS OF ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN WORK
McGowan Fine Art, Concord, NH, Craft, a multi-artist gallery exhibition of furniture design November 2002
Roger Williams University, Main Gallery of the School of Architecture, Art, and Historic Preservation, Bristol, RI,
Domestic Space, Domestic Objects: Architecture and Furniture by Peter H. Wiederspahn, a one-person
retrospective February-March 2002
Dartmouth College, Barrows Exhibition Rotunda, Hopkins Center, Hanover, NH, Furniture Glyphs: Furniture Design
by Peter H. Wiederspahn, a one-person exhibition of furniture design work October-December 2001
Northeastern University, Ryder Hall Atrium, Boston, MA, Domestic Space, Domestic Objects: Architecture and
Furniture by Peter H. Wiederspahn, a one-person retrospective September 2001
University of Tennessee, Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture, College of Architecture and Design, Knoxville, TN,
Domestic Space, Domestic Objects: Architecture and Furniture by Peter H. Wiederspahn, a one-person
retrospective September 2000
Northeastern University, Ryder Hall Atrium, Boston, MA, Between Representation and Reality: 2D and 3D Work by
New Faculty, a two-person exhibition with architecture by Peter Wiederspahn and graphic design by Thomas
Starr March-April 1998
Casa di Dante, Florence, Italy, Ten Drawings by Ten Architects: Architectural Drawings in Florence, Now-4, Disegni di
Architettura, a group show of international architects December 1995
L'Academia, Florence, Italy, American Architectural Education: Student Projects from American Universities.
Project: Skyscraper for the Theater District, New York May 1984
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP AND SERVICE
NATIONAL
American Institute of Architects (AIA), Washington, DC: Member 1999-present
National Architectural Accreditation Board (NAAB), Visiting Team Member: Four day review of accreditation compliance
The Pennsylvania Sate University, School of Architecture February 2005
National Council of Architectural Registration Board (NCARB), Washington, DC 1987-present
Registered Architect: States of current registration: Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania
Rotch Travelling Scholarship, Boston, MA: The Rotch Travelling Scholarship was founded in 1883
Secretary of the Committee and Member of Board of Directors Spring 2007-present
Responsibilities include the annual coordination of the Preliminary Competition, the Final Competition,
and the
Studio Competition
REGIONAL
Design Review Committee, City of Somerville, MA Member 2005-present
This is a board of design professionals that review all major projects for design quality for the City of Somerville in
monthly public meetings
Boston Society of Architects (BSA), Boston, MA, regional chapter of the AIA: Member 1999-present
Elected to BSA Board of Directors November 2007-2009
Commissioner of Building Technology
Chair of Search Committee for New Executive Director of the BSA Fall 2008-Spring 2009
Search Committee to replace Richard Fitzgerald, Executive Director for 23 years