Over 25 years of design, production, project administration and construction management experience for various new design, planning and construction projects, renovations and additions for all building types. Peter's experience with large and small scale projects enables his eponymous office to create unique architectural solutions defined by the volume, aesthetics and experiential spatial quality for a variety of project typologies including commercial, institutional, religious and residential towers. Peter increases his exposure within the fields of architecture, planning and real estate development through lectures, written publications, social media, professional organizations and philanthropy, bridging architectural design ambitions with public awareness and understanding. His aim as an AIA Architect is to continually make the world a better place through design as well as the promotion of architecture through writing, publications, lectures, and philanthropy. He lives and works following the guiding notion that every place can inspire talent and foster advanced design, sustainability and improved technology.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Architecture, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Bachelor of Building Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS
Registered Architect: NY, CT
NCARB Certification
PROFESSIONAL AFFFILIATIONS
Chair, AIA National Interfaith Design Knowledge Community, 2024
Member, Climate Action Planning Institute - 2023 - Present
Planning Board Member, Tarrytown NY - 2021 - Present
Leader, AIA National Interfaith Design Knowledge Community, 2018 - Present
Member, AIAWHV Past Presidents Council, 2016 - Present
President, AIA Westchester+Hudson Valley, 2015
Board Member, AIA Westchester+Hudson Valley, 2010-2015
Chair, Nominating NY Representative for AIA National Regional Director, 2015
Voting Member, NY Regional Alignment Committee, 2015
Member, AIANYS Leadership Improvement Committee 2016
Founder and Editor-in-Chief, ArchPLUS Magazine, 2013-2017
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Institute of Architects (AIA)
National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB)
Westchester Municipal Planning Federation (WMPF)
American Planning Association (APA)
Builders Realty Institute (BRI)
Architecture League of New York
AIA Interfaith Design Knowledge Community
Architecture Culture Spirituality Forum (ACSF)
Urban Land Institute (ULI)
LECTURES
• Dialogues with Local Building Departments: Best Approaches
Presented to: BRI, October 21, 2021
• Getting to 'Yes' on Designing and Building Green Building
Presented to: BRI, April 22, 2021
• The Future of Commercial Buildings; Architecture, Construction, Sustainability
Presented to: BRI / IFMA, March 25, 2021
• A Green Sustainable Westchester County
Presented to: BRI, White Plains, NY April 11, 2019
• Reasons to Hire an Architect at Your Project Start
Presented to: BRI, White Plains, NY October 13, 2016
• Irregular sites, Regular Projects
Presented to: WMPF, White Plains, NY June 21, 2015
• To LEED or not to LEED: Achieve Sustainable Design Efficiency without LEED Certification
Presented to: ACA Keystone Conference, Eco-Camp II, Allentown, PA, April 20, 2010
• The Use of Visual Techniques in the Land Use Decision Making Process
Presented to: WMPF, White Plains, NY November 29, 2006
PUBLISHED WRITING
List of periodicals where regular/numerous and single articles have been published:
General Notes (AIAWHV Magazine 1990-2013)
DESIGN CRITIC
• Tarrytown Professional Liaison for Cornell University Climate Adaptive Design Studio, 2022
• ACE Mentor Program NYC Final Presentation, New York, NY April 28, 2013
• SUNY Purchase Precollege Summer Architecture Program, Purchase, NY July 26, 2013
PROFESSIONAL APPEARANCES
• Architecture: Post Pandemic, November 4, 2020
• Architecture and Construction, July 27, 2018
• Sustainable Architecture, August 11, 2017
PHILANTHROPY
Founder: FoG/Friends of Gaito
A charity focused on raising funds and awareness for the American Diabetes Association, primarily thru the Tour de Cure annual bike ride. Since 2010, Team FoG has ridden a collective 1,833 miles and has raised over $176,000.
PHOTOGRAPHY
Glass Condo Building on the West Side Highway, 2003
Published with permission in the book:
Celebrating the Art of Architecture, 25 Years of Pritzker Prize Winning Architects
by Jaye Abbate and Michael C. Thomsett