Peter Zellner is an American/Australian designer, professor, author and urban theorist. He is the principal of ZELLNERandCompany an award winning LA design studio.
Peter holds a Master in Architecture from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design and a Bachelor of Architecture with First Class Honors from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia. He has held visiting professorships at UC Berkeley, the University of Southern California, Florida International University, the Ecole Spéciale d'Architecture in Paris, the Institut für Städtebau und Raumplanung (Institute for Urban Design and Urban Planning) at the Universität Innsbruck, Austria and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia.
Zellner was the 2013 Ivan Smith Eminent Chair at the University of Florida, School of Architecture. Zellner taught design and theory as a faculty member at the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) from 1999 to 2015 where he coordinated the school's Future Initiatives Urban Design program between 2008 and 2014. In the fall of 2016, Zellner founded the Free School of Architecture, a tuition and salary free, not-for-profit organization.
In the fall of 2019 he served as the Brown-Forman Visiting Chair in Architecture at the University of Kentucky College of Design.
The Geometry of the World, Tue, Apr 30 '19
City-States Permanent Crisis The American City seems to exist now in a state of permanent crisis. That is to say: our cities seem lashed to a self-renewing state of emergency driven by entrenched and multiplying acts of violence. We bear witness to police violence against civilians; civilian ...
ZELLNER and Company, Los Angeles, CA, US, Principal
Peter Zellner takes a lead role in the firm’s architectural design direction, community and academic relations. Peter comes to ZELLNERandCompany with over 20 years of experience in building, urban design, interior architecture and exhibition design. Peter was a long time faculty member at the Southern California Institute of Architecture and is a former Design Principal at the global design and engineering firm AECOM. Peter has worked in the offices of Davis Brody Bond and Gensler. Between 2004 and 2014 he founded and directed ZELLNERPLUS, an award winning Los Angeles design studio.
AECOM_Design, Los Angeles, CA, US, Design Principal
Led the Los Angeles Architecture Studio in public and private projects as well as several competitions. Established and maintained design objectives, led strategic planning, design management, and client relations. While at AECOM Peter led the studio to win 1 AIA|LA NextLA award, 3 Spark Awards, 1 Azure award as well as gaining significant press coverage for its design efforts.
ZELLNER and Company, Venice, CA, US, Principal
Between 2004 and 2014 Peter founded and directed ZELLNERPLUS, an award winning Los Angeles design studio.
Gensler, Los Angeles, CA, US, Senior Consultant, Gensler Consulting Group
Conducted real estate and facilities analysis, workplace and business strategy—with the objective of improving organizational performance. Client work included strategic planning, real estate and portfolio analysis, re-positioning/relocation analysis, change management and data management.
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, US, MArch, Master of Architecture
Peter holds a Master in Architecture from Harvard University Graduate School of Design, he participated in the Harvard Project on the City led by Rem Koolhaas
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), Melbourne, AU, BArch, Bachelor of Architecture
Peter holds a Bachelor of Architecture with First Class Honors from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia.
