Architect Amenities Design Center Floor Plans Peter Ellis, AIA, RIBA Design Partner Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP Peter Ellis is a Design Partner of SOM Chicago. His career with SOM has spanned more than two decades during which time he spent 12 years in Chicago before moving to London to develop the firm's practice in Europe. Subsequently, he relocated to SOM's San Francisco office for several years where he completed important projects in Asia. Mr. Ellis leads a substantial Residential practice which has gained international recognition for projects that are sensitive to the cultural environment and context of each locale. He is a member of the US Green Building Council, and a founding member of the World Green Building Council, which links the many sustainable organizations throughout the world, Fundamentally, he believes that sustainability is the springboard to create a meaningful architecture for our time. Mr. Ellis is best known for capturing the relationship between contemporary architecture and the distinct urban fabric of great historic cities. This concern for contextualism and urban continuity translate to his work which includes the Maya Residences in Istanbul, Turkey; the Kirchsteigfeld complex in Potsdam, Germany and the recently completed MYE Toronto project in Canada. Having collaborated with diverse teams and clients throughout his career has resulted in many signature buildings throughout the world. Mr. Ellis has received national recognition as a designer of the Philips Centre in Amsterdam, The Netherlands which received the 2002 AIA Distinguished Building Award and for the signature AT&T and US Gypsum Towers at AT&T Center in Chicago which were praised by Paul Goldberger, the New York Times architecture critic, as "the most significant" new office towers in the City, "buildings that stand with the best" of Chicago's historic architecture. The US Gypsum Tower was also cited by the Wall Street Journal as one of the ten most valuable real estate assets in the country. His cultural experience also includes the awardwinning European Galleries at the Art Institute of Chicago - a project praised by Paul Goldberger of the New York Times as "one of the best art galleries in North America." Joined SOM: 1978 Education Bachelor of Architecture, Cornell University Professional Registration Registered Architect: California, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, and Wisconsin. National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) Architects Registration Council of the United Kingdom (ARCUK) Professional Associations American Institute of Architects (AIA) Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce (RSA) Trustee of the Chicago Architecture Foundation Adjunct Professor at Illinois Institute of Technology Major Residential Projects University Club Tower, Complex of 56 luxury condominiums ranging in size from 2700 to 4250 square feet, a health club and parking deck. The tower is linked with the club to facilitate residents sharing of club resources. Generously scaled terraces, large enough to be their own room, also open out to the lake, ongoing, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Rush and Superior, A 975,000 square foot project that presents 175 residential units within a 70-story tower, located in the heart of the Magnificent Mile shopping district. Phenomenal views of Lake Michigan and the City add to this memorable address, ongoing, Chicago, Illinois Philips Centre, A commercial tower on the banks of the Amstel River which presents two wings of office space flanking a central core. The project elegantly provides a transition point between high-rise and residential districts. 2002, Amsterdam, The Netherlands MYE Toronto, 900-Residential units in two slender towers of 40 and 50 stories. A pedestrian scaled base respects the historic street wall. 2002, Toronto, Ontario Maya Residences, A modern interpretation of a Mediterranean hill town. This 9-acre complex of 280 luxury villas, health club, cinema and office building captures the vernacular and modern culture of the Istanbul. 2001, Istanbul, Turkey