PETER JAY ZWEIG (PJZA) has a diversified practice as an architect, interior designer, educator, exhibition designer and author. He has maintained a practice in Texas for over 30 years in architecture, planning and industrial design. The award winning firm has won recognition for twenty-six national, three international, and 16 regional architectural awards. In addition PJZA has received eighty domestic and international patents for architectural and building system innovations. PJZA’s architectural services range from prototype designs, manufacturing fabrication, and architectural design feasibility through construction.
In addition to an architectural practice, he has been the
Director of International Exhibitions and the Hospitality Innovation Lab at the
University of Houston. He has taught in various capacities at Harvard
University, Yale University, the University of Rome, Texas A&M University,
and the University of Malaysia. He is an
author, has initiated thirty nine academic and professional workshops, received
fifteen grants and scholarships for his work on innovative materials, received one
of the highest recognitions in the profession as a Fellow of the American
Institute of Architecture, was selected by the Gwangju Biennale in Korea to represent
the US, exhibited at the 2014 Venice Architecture Biennale, lectured at forty-six universities and
conferences and has exhibited in major museums throughout the US.
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LICENSES: National Council of Architectural
Registration Board: Registered Architect |
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FAIA,
NCARB, New Mexico, Texas, Illinois, California, Maryland, New York |
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EDUCATION |
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Syracuse University: Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of
Architecture, Master of Architecture |
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AWARDS: Partial List
American Institute of Architecture: FAIA
American
Plywood Association
Austin
City Hall Competition
Texas
Society of Architects
AIA:
Solar Energy Design
Progressive Architecture
Pershing Square
Competition
Futurist
Magazine
ACSA: Design and Energy
Houston
Chapter: AIA
PUBLICATIONS / PRESS: Partial List
New York Times
Architectural Design
Domus
Casabella
Architectural Record
Illuminate
Economist
Garden Design Journal
Washington Post
Futurist
InSync
Arts Houston
Art News
Texas Architect
Architecture Magazine
Metropolitan Homes
Interior Magazine
Atlantic
Monthly
Parade
Magazine
Wallpaper
Cite
Village Voice
Houston Chronicle
Jouer au
Jardin
BOOKS: Excerpts + references
City of
Refugees: A real Utopia 2020
Genetic
City: ACTAR 2017
KM3
MVRDV: (Los Angeles Residence) 2006.
Transmaterial (Patent Projects): 2007.
Gwangju
Bienniale: Light into Life: (SOS project: BPZ: Bill Price + Peter Zweig) 2005.
James
Surls: Splendora Years (interview) 2005.
Philip
Johnson and Texas: Frank Welch 2000.
Philip
Johnson: Life and Work: Schutze (reference) 1994.
International
Showroom: (Grace Designs Showroom) 1994. Sottsass
Associati: 1988.
Home
Sweet Home, Made in America: (Exhibition) 1983. Chicago: (excerpt) 1982.
EXHIBITIONS: Curator + Participant
2020
Hong Kong Art Center:
Art Basel Hong Kong exhibition: City of Refugees: A real utopia.
2017
AEDES, Berlin: The
Genetic City exhibition, publication, symposium. U of H, co-curator.
2014 Venice
Biennale, Argentina Biennale + Netherlands Biennale: U of H, COA curator.
“What
Could Have Been: Architecture of the 1980’s”: Cooper Hewitt, New York City.
Oakland Museum, California. Musee Des Arts, Montreal. High Museum, Atlanta. Art
Institute of Chicago. Curator + participant.
“Sunday
Houses + Townsquares”. LA Institute of
Contemporary Arts. Curator,participant.
“The
Village Goes West”. UT Austin. World Trade Center, Dallas. Co-Curator
Charles Moore.
“Gwangju
Bienniale”: (SOS project: BPZ: Bill Price + Peter Zweig) 2005. Seol, Korea.
“Chaumont
Garden Festival”: Translucent and Transboyant
Concrete. BPZ: Lyons, France.
“Patent
Pending”. University of Houston, COA Gallery. BPZ: Bill Price + Peter Zweig .
“Permanent
Exhibition of the façade of Grace Designs”. Memphis Brooks Museum.
“Chicago
World’s Fair”. Octagon, A.I.A., Washington, D.C. Co-curator Charles Moore.
“American
Domestic Architecture: Cabin, Temple, Trailer”. Laguna Art Museum,
California. Co-curator Charles Moore.
“Visions
and Revisions”. Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston. Group WRJA.
Chicago
Architectural Foundation.
Group juried exhibition.
GRANTS + PATENTS
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Patents:
Spray concrete building system. 80
worldwide utility patents and trademarks. A business was formed with PJZA
being a founder. 2000. |
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Patent:
Disaster Relief Panel. Provisional
patent. BPZ UPCYCLING, LLC. 2010. |
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Conrad
N. Hilton College of Restaurant and Management. Research grant: Hospitality Innovation Lab for Hotel
Rooms of the Future. 2010 |
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FDIP. A grant to develop a Hospitality Innovation
Lab with the Conrad N. Hilton Hotel Restaurant and Management College.
Sustainable spaces for the comfort zone. 2010 Gerald Hines COA U of H. A prototype SHINTO (Shower, sINk, Toilet) was built
for an off the grid, sustainable bathroom for affordable housing in
developing countries. 2009 |
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UHGBC. A grant exploring the concept of the upcycling
of Disaster Relief Pallets. BPZ: Bill Price + Peter Zweig. 2009 |
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Sarah Vaughan Foundation, CHINATI FOUNDATION,
Gerald Hines COA U of H. Documentation, exhibition and publication: 100 Aluminum Milled
Boxes and 15 Concrete Structures of Donald Judd, Marfa, Texas. 2009 |
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University
of Houston: Hilton College.
Investigation of Mass Customization as a viable prototype for the hospitality
industry. University of Houston. Co-principal, Bill Price. 2006 |
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Activities
Funding Board (AFB). University of Houston SOG for
funding an exhibition, publication and building a housing prototype. 2006 |
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French
Consulate Research grant for the construction
of a housing prototype in Lyons, France. Co-principal, Bill Price. 2005 |
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FDIP GRANT. Faculty Development Initiative Program: Material and Technology
Innovation. Co-Principal: Bill Price. 2002, 2005. |
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Office
of the Vice Provost for Academic Programs:
Enhancement of a Learning Grant.
University of Houston. 1998 |
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NASA:
Coordinator for Modeling and Design Research. Virtual
Environments Research Institute.
University of Houston. 1998 |
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University
of Houston:
Grant: Energy Laboratory research on a "Pattern Book" and documentation
of the "Sunday House", Fredericksburg,Texas. |
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Texas
A&M University.
Design and development of catenary, antiprismatic, and minimal surface
Structures using polyvinyl plastics. |