[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 133 (Wednesday, September 29, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1801-E1802]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 CONGRATULATING PETER BOHLIN ON RECEIVING THE 2010 GOLD MEDAL FROM THE 
                    AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS

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                         HON. PAUL E. KANJORSKI

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 29, 2010

  Mr. KANJORSKI. Madam Speaker, I rise today to ask you and my esteemed 
colleagues in the House of Representatives to pay tribute to Mr. Peter 
Bohlin on receiving the 2010 American Institute of Architects Gold 
Medal.
  The Gold Medal is considered the highest individual honor an 
architect can receive from the American Institute of Architects. It 
recognizes ``a significant body of work of lasting influence on the 
theory and practice of architecture.'' Mr. Bohlin is the 66th recipient 
of this prestigious award.
  Mr. Bohlin graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1959 
before receiving his Masters in Architecture from the Cranbrook Academy 
of Art in 1961.
  During his sophomore year of college, Mr. Bohlin's parents moved from 
New York to Northeastern Pennsylvania.
  After graduation from Cranbrook, Mr. Bohlin founded Bohlin and Powell 
in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania with his former Rensselaer classmate Dick 
Powell. Their first job was to design a home for Mr. Bohlin's parents 
in Bear Creek, Pennsylvania.
  Only a few years later, they designed a second home for Mr. Bohlin's 
parents in Connecticut, known as the famous ``Forest House,'' which 
landed their small firm on the front page of the New York Times' Home 
section in 1976.
  After the success of the ``Forest House,'' Bohlin and Powell 
continued to expand. Shortly thereafter they opened two more offices in 
Pennsylvania.
  In 1989 Bohlin and Powell opened an office in Seattle, Washington 
after winning a contest to design Bill Gates' home.
  In 1991 Mr. Powell retired and Bohlin and Powell became the firm 
Bohlin Cywinski Jackson.

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  In 1999, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson opened its first office in 
California to design Pixar Animation Studios. It was at this time the 
firm established its relationship with Apple founder and CEO Steve 
Jobs. Over the years Apple has hired Bohlin Cywinski and Jackson to 
design multiple Apple stores across the country, including its famous 
location on Fifth Avenue in New York City.
  Today, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson maintains offices in Wilkes-Barre, 
Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Seattle, and San Francisco. The firm 
currently has almost 200 employees.
  Over the years, Mr. Bohlin and his firms have been recognized for 
their work on hundreds of occasions by the Pennsylvania Society of 
Architects, AIA, Business Week, the National Parks Service, and the 
Society of American Registered Architects, among others.
  Among his award-winning portfolio of projects, he has designed 
Seattle's City Hall, buildings throughout the campuses of Yale 
University and Syracuse University, and the Pocono Environmental 
Education Center in Dingmans Ferry, Pennsylvania.
  Madam Speaker, please join me in recognizing Mr. Bohlin on this 
remarkable achievement. From his humble beginnings in Northeastern 
Pennsylvania, Mr. Bohlin has established himself as one of our 
country's premier architects.

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