Guy Peterson

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Peterson was born to Wesley and Joan Peterson in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Shortly after his birth, Peterson's physician father moved to Sarasota, Florida to open a medical practice. Living in Sarasota, his adolescence was spent surrounded by great architecture,{{cite web |title=Dreams by Design - The building blocks for Architect Guy Peterson's vision and aesthetic |url=https://www.srqmagazine.com/articles/704/Dreams-by-Design |website=Dreams by Design |publisher=SRQ Magazine}} as the city was home to the Sarasota School of Architecture. Peterson lived near the Sanderling Beach Club and attended high school at Riverview High School, both designed by architect Paul Rudolph. He was particularly influenced by the Syd Solomon Studio on Siesta Key by Gene Leedy. He attended college at the University of Florida earning a bachelor's degree in design and a master's degree in architecture. He opened an architecture office in Sarasota in the late 1980s, offering commercial and residential design services.{{cite web |title=Guy Peterson Gold Medal Video Presentation, 2016 AIA Florida Awards |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc3S7stMn6g |website=YouTube |publisher=American Institute of Architects (Florida)}}{{cite book |last1=Peterson |first1=Guy |title=Naked: The Architecture of Guy Peterson |date=May 15, 2015 |publisher=Oro Editions |isbn=978-1941806555 |pages=268 |url=http://wp.oroeditions.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Naked_FINAL-PR.pdf}}

Over the next four decades, Peterson designed over 200 structures in southwest Florida. Some of his private works are Spencer House,{{cite news |last1=Wilson |first1=Greg (Photos) |title=Luxurious Spencer Residence in Sarasota |url=https://wowowhome.com/architecture/luxurious-spencer-residence-in-sarasota/ |agency=Wowow Home Magazine |publisher=Wowow Home Magazine |date=2014}}{{cite web |last1=Denton |first1=Ilene |title=The Most Buzzed-About Home In Sarasota |url=https://www.sarasotamagazine.com/articles/2013/10/1/guy-peterson-spencer-house |website=Sarasota Magazine }} Theisen House,{{cite news |last1=Bubil |first1=Harold |title=Architect creates house as art |url=https://www.heraldtribune.com/news/20031011/architect-creates-house-as-art |agency=Sarasota Herald Tribune |publisher=Sarasota Herald Tribune |date=October 11, 2003}}{{cite news |last1=Fottler |first1=Marsha |title=Guy Peterson Garners 1998 Florida AIA Award of Honor |agency=Sarasota Magazine |publisher=Sarasota Magazine}} Freund House,{{cite book| last1=Boekel |first1=Andrea |title=50+ Vacation Homes: Great Retreats of the World |date=2006 |publisher=Image Publishing Group |location=Victoria, Australia |isbn=9781920744991 |pages=212–215 (Sanderling Beach House) |url=https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=22335022000&searchurl=sortby%3D20%26an%3Dandrea%2Bboekel&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title4}} Ashridge House,{{cite news |last1=Denton |first1=Ilene |title=Go Inside an Island-Inspired Modern Home In Sarasota |url=https://www.sarasotamagazine.com/articles/2014/9/30/go-inside-guy-peterson-designed-island-inspired-modern-home |agency=Sarasota Magazine |publisher=Sarasota Magazine |date=September 30, 2014}} Durbin House,{{cite news |title=Top 50 Coastal Homes of 2015 |url=https://www.oceanhomemag.com/uncategorized/ocean-home-50-our-top-coastal-architects-of-2015-guy-peterson/ |agency=Ocean Home Magazine |publisher=Ocean Home Magazine |date=September 10, 2015}} Ohana Retreat,{{cite news |title=Ohana |url=https://www.architectmagazine.com/project-gallery/ohana-5758 |agency=Architect Magazine |publisher=Architect Magazine |date=November 24, 2014}}{{cite web |title=Amazing Ohana Estate |url=http://www.luxurytopics.com/living/luxury-villas/amazing-ohana-estate |website=Luxury Topics |publisher=Luxury Group}}{{cite web |title=Bringing Ohana To Life |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqtwBgndEY8 |website=YouTube |publisher=Michael Saunders}} and Anaclerio House.{{cite book |last1=Boekel |first1=Andrea |title=50+ Vacation Homes: Great Retreats of the World |date=2006 |publisher=Image Publishing Group |location=Victoria, Australia |isbn=9781920744991 |pages=160–165 (Longboat Key Beach House) |url=https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=22335022000&searchurl=sortby%3D20%26an%3Dandrea%2Bboekel&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title4}} His public work includes Girl Scout Gulf Coast Headquarters, Sarasota Memorial Hospital Critical Care Center, SPARCC Shelter, Selby Memorial, Midway Fire Station, Longboat Key Police Station, the Elling Eide Center, and the Nathan Benderson Park Finish Tower.{{cite web |title=Elling Eide Center Research Library |url=http://www.ellingoeide.org/about/ |website=Elling Eide Center Research Library & Preserve |date=September 8, 2009 |publisher=Elling Eide Center}}{{cite web |title=Nathan Benderson Park Finish Tower |url=http://www.snellengineering.com/benderson-tower/ |website=Snell Engineering |publisher=Snell Engineering Consultants |access-date=December 13, 2018 |archive-date=December 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181229220823/http://www.snellengineering.com/benderson-tower/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |last1=Peterson |first1=Guy |title=Selected Work |url=http://www.guypeterson.com/selected-work/ |website=Guy Peterson OFA }}

Throughout his career, Peterson has done numerous pro-bono projects for non-profit organizations, including the creation of UF CityLab Sarasota{{cite web |last1=Russon |first1=Gabrielle |title=University of Florida to open satellite campus in Sarasota |url=https://www.heraldtribune.com/article/LK/20130617/News/605197955/SH/ |website=Sarasota Herald Tribune |access-date=December 11, 2018 |archive-date=January 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106010443/https://www.heraldtribune.com/article/LK/20130617/News/605197955/SH/ |url-status=dead }} and the renovation and preservation of several historic Sarasota School designs. Peterson restored the architecturally significant Revere Quality House in 2007, and it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places the following year.{{cite news |last1=Bubil |first1=Harold |title=Revere Quality House Is Restored |url=https://www.heraldtribune.com/news/20070428/revere-quality-house-is-restored |agency=Sarasota Herald Tribune |publisher=Sarasota Herald Tribune |date=April 28, 2007}}{{cite news |last1=Kanter |first1=Aviel |title=Contemporary Reverie - Homes |url=https://www.srqmagazine.com/articles/591/To%20Do |agency=SRQ Publishing |publisher=SRQ Magazine |date=March 2017}} He also restored the Scott Building (designed by Paul Rudolph assistants William Rupp and Joseph Farrell), converting it into the Center for Architecture Sarasota, a community-based architecture/cultural organization.{{cite web |title=Center For Architecture - Introduction |url=https://cfasrq.org |website=Center For Architecture Sarasota }} Renamed the McCulloch Pavilion, the renovated work was included in the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2017.{{cite news |last1=Denton |first1=Ilene |title=National Recognition for Center for Architecture's New Home |url=https://www.sarasotamagazine.com/articles/2017/2/10/national-recognition-for-center-for-architecture-sarasota-s-new-home |agency=Sarasota Magazine |publisher=Sarasota Magazine |date=February 10, 2017}}{{cite web |title=Scott Commercial Building |url=https://www.nps.gov/nr/feature/places/14001116.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802054116/https://www.nps.gov/nr/feature/places/14001116.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 2, 2017 |website=National Register of Historic Places Program |publisher=National Park Service / U.S. Department of Interior}}

Peterson is a frequent lecturer on architecture and an adjunct professor of architecture at the University of Florida.{{cite web |last1=American Institute of Architects (Florida) |title=Fall Lecture With Guy Peterson ... |url=http://www.aiaorlando.com/events/details/fall-lecture-with-guy-peterson-and-chad-oppenheim |website=AIA Orlando }}

Peterson has earned more than 80 individual architectural design awards throughout his career.{{cite web |title=AIA Florida Design Awards Archive |url=http://www.aiafla.org/Design-Awards_Award-Archives.cfm |website=AIA (Florida) |publisher=American Institute of Architects}}{{cite web |title=Guy Peterson - American Institute of Architects Design Awards |url=http://www.guypeterson.com/awards/ |website=Guy Peterson OFA }}

• He was awarded the American Institute of Architects Florida Gold Medal in 2016.{{cite web |title=AIA Florida Design Awards (2016) |url=http://www.aiafla.org/Design-Awards_Award-Archives_2016.cfm |website=AIA Awards |publisher=American Institute of Architects (Florida)}}{{cite web |title=AIA Florida Award Categories |url=http://aiafla.org/Design-Awards_Categories.cfm |website=Design Awards: Categories |publisher=American Institute of Architects (Florida)}}
• He was elected into the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA) in 2003.
• He received the AIA Florida Presidential Millennium Award of Honor for Design in 2000.
• The Guy Peterson Office for Architecture was awarded the AIA Florida Firm of the Year in 2013.{{cite web |title=Guy Peterson OFA Wins AIA Firm of the Year |url=http://staging.dcp.ufl.edu/news/peterson-named-firm-of-the-year |website=College of Design, Construction, & Planning |publisher=University of Florida |access-date=December 11, 2018 |archive-date=December 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181229220804/http://staging.dcp.ufl.edu/news/peterson-named-firm-of-the-year |url-status=dead }}
• He has also been recognized for career achievements by the University of Florida School of Architecture (Ivan H. Smith Eminent Chair - Endowed Professorship, Distinguished Architecture Alumnus Award, and Dean's Faculty Service Award),{{cite web |title=DCP News - Architecture Awards Ceremony (2011) |url=http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs085/1102168925502/archive/1105007616064.html |website=College of Design, Construction, & Planning |publisher=University of Florida}}{{cite web |title=UF College of Design Distinguished Alumni |url=http://staging.dcp.ufl.edu/alumni/distinguished-alumni/list |website=College of Design, Construction, & Planning |publisher=University of Florida |access-date=December 11, 2018 |archive-date=December 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217202521/http://staging.dcp.ufl.edu/alumni/distinguished-alumni/list |url-status=dead }} the Sarasota Architectural Foundation (Lifetime Achievement Award), and the American Jewish Committee (Civic Achievement Award).{{cite news |last1=Bubil |first1=Harold |title=AJC to honor three architects tonight |url=https://www.heraldtribune.com/article/LK/20061026/News/605240746/SH/ |agency=Sarasota Herald Tribune |publisher=Sarasota Herald Tribune |date=October 26, 2006 |access-date=December 11, 2018 |archive-date=December 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181218011108/https://www.heraldtribune.com/article/LK/20061026/News/605240746/SH/ |url-status=dead }}

Peterson's architecture has been featured several times on television, including HGTV’s, Homes Across America (Theisen House and Freund House) and Open House (Freund House) on SNN.{{cite news |title=Architects Meet To Talk Design |url=https://www.heraldtribune.com/article/LK/20020615/business/605229320/SH/ |agency=Sarasota Herald Tribune |publisher=Sarasota Herald Tribune |date=June 15, 2002 |access-date=December 11, 2018 |archive-date=December 31, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181231145544/https://www.heraldtribune.com/article/LK/20020615/business/605229320/SH/ |url-status=dead }} In 2018, Peterson's Spencer House was selected for the television show The World's Most Extraordinary Homes, (Season 2, Episode 4 "USA"), broadcast worldwide on the BBC and on Netflix.{{cite web |title=BBC - The World's Most Extraordinary Homes |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b226xj |website=BBC Two |publisher=British Broadcasting Company |date=2018}}

The American Institute of Architects – AIA Florida – Award for Excellence in Architecture:

• 2017 Elling Eide Center - Honor Award of Excellence – Sarasota, Florida{{cite web |title=2017 AIA Design Awards |url=http://www.aiafla.org/Design-Awards_Current_Winners.cfm |publisher=American Institute of Architects}}
• 2014 Spencer House – Honor Award of Excellence – Sarasota, Florida{{cite web |title=2014 AIA Design Awards |url=http://www.aiafla.org/Design-Awards_Award-Archives_2014.cfm |publisher=American Institute of Architects}}
• 2011 Revere Quality House Addition & Restoration - Honor Award of Excellence – Sarasota, Florida{{cite web |title=2011 AIA Design Awards |url=http://www.aiafla.org/Design-Awards_Award-Archives_2011.cfm |publisher=American Institute of Architects}}
• 2001 Freund House – Honor Award – Siesta Key, Florida{{cite web |title=2001 AIA Design Awards |url=http://www.aiafla.org/Design-Awards_Award-Archives_2001.cfm |publisher=American Institute of Architects}}
• 1999 Theisen House – Bradenton, Florida{{cite news |last1=Fottler |first1=Marsha |title=Guy Peterson Garners 1998 Florida AIA Award of Honor |agency=Sarasota Magazine |publisher=Sarasota Magazine}}
• 1998 Test of Time Award of Honor In Design{{cite web |title=1998 AIA Design Awards |url=http://www.aiafla.org/Design-Awards_Award-Archives_1998.cfm |publisher=American Institute of Architects}}

The American Institute of Architects (Florida) – Unbuilt Design Award:

• 2016 Nathan Benderson Park Finish Tower - Honor Award – Sarasota, Florida{{cite web |title=2016 AIA Design Awards |url=http://www.aiafla.org/Design-Awards_Award-Archives_2016.cfm |publisher=American Institute of Architects}}

The American Institute of Architects (Florida) – Excellence for Historic Preservation and Restoration:

• 2015 Center For Architecture Sarasota | UF CityLab Sarasota – Honor Award – Sarasota, Florida{{cite web |title=2015 AIA Design Awards |url=http://www.aiafla.org/Design-Awards_2015ArchiveAwards.cfm |publisher=American Institute of Architects}}

The American Institute of Architects – Florida Gulf Coast Chapter – Award of Excellence in Architecture:

• 2014 Durbin House – Award of Excellence – Casey Key, Florida{{cite web |title=2014 AIA Design Awards |url=http://www.aiafla.org/Design-Awards_Award-Archives_2014.cfm |publisher=American Institute of Architects}}
• 2012 Spencer Residence – Award of Excellence – Sarasota, Florida{{cite web |title=2012 AIA Design Awards |url=http://www.aiafla.org/Design-Awards_Award-Archives_2012.cfm |publisher=American Institute of Architects}}
• 1997 Theisen House – Bradenton, Florida{{cite news |last1=Fottler |first1=Marsha |title=Guy Peterson Garners 1998 Florida AIA Award of Honor |agency=Sarasota Magazine |publisher=Sarasota Magazine}}

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{{Reflist}}

• {{cite book |last1=Peterson |first1=Guy |title=Naked: The Architecture of Guy Peterson |date=May 15, 2015 |publisher=Oro Editions |isbn=978-1941806555 |pages=268 |url=http://wp.oroeditions.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Naked_FINAL-PR.pdf}}
• {{cite book |last1=Saxon |first1=Henry |title=Four Florida Moderns - The Architecture of Alberto Alfonzo, Rene Gonzalez, Chad Oppenheim, and Guy Peterson |date=February 2010 |publisher=W.W. Norton & Company |isbn=978-0-393-73274-0 |url=http://books.wwnorton.com/books/Four-Florida-Moderns/}}
• {{cite book |last1=Sinovcic |first1=Damir |title=50 U.S. Architects: Residential & Planning |date=March 9, 2012 |publisher=Design Book Press |isbn=9781936344048 |url=http://designbookpress.com/us50}}
• {{cite book |last1=Boekel |first1=Andrea |title=50+ Vacation Homes: Great Retreats of the World |date=2006 |publisher=Image Publishing Group |location=Victoria, Australia |isbn=9781920744991 |pages=212–215 (Sanderling Beach House) |url=https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=22335022000&searchurl=sortby%3D20%26an%3Dandrea%2Bboekel&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title4}}
• {{cite book |last1=Sinovcic, Damir & |first1=Dunlop, Beth |title=100 Florida Architects and Interior Designers |date=October 10, 2010 |publisher=Architecture + Design Publications |isbn=978-1936344000 |url=http://www.designbookpress.com/MEDIA-KIT-100-florida-architects-and-interior-designers-sm.pdf}}
• {{cite book |last1=Weaving |first1=Andrew |title=Sarasota Modern |date=November 7, 2006 |publisher=Rizzoli New York |isbn=9780847828722 |url=https://www.rizzoliusa.com/book/9780847828722/}}
• {{cite book |last1=Greer, Bailey, and Howey |title=Florida Architecture: A Celebration |date=2000 |publisher=Florida Association of the American Institute of Architects |isbn=9780970359001 |url=https://www.abebooks.com/products/isbn/9780970359001?cm_sp=bdp-_-ISBN13-_-PLP}}
• {{cite book |last1=Boekel |first1=Andrea |title=Residential Style: International Spaces Series |date=September 25, 2007 |publisher=Images Publishing - Architecture + Design |isbn=9781920744366 |url=https://biblio.co.uk/book/residential-style-international-spaces-series-null/d/768549284}}

• [http://www.guypeterson.com/ Guy Peterson Office For Architecture website]
• [https://cfasrq.org/ Center For Architecture Sarasota website]

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