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    Peter Exley FAIA RIBA Keynote Speaker

    April 17, 2022 /

    Peter Exley FAIA RIBA keynote speaker is an architect, professor, and industry expert. He speaks on a wide range of topics including Architecure, Public Space Design, Creativity, Climate Action, and Play for ALL.

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    Designer of Influence Sharon Exley

    April 19, 2022

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    Architecture Is Fun

    April 15, 2022 /

    Architecture Is Fun Designs to Makes a Difference! We listen and engage with clients and communities to develop relevant public spaces and meaningful experiences. We make everyday life FUN!

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    AIA Chicago Firm of the Year!

    April 5, 2018

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    May 11, 2012
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    Invite Us to Speak

    April 12, 2022 /

    Architecture Is Fun Speaking Engagements 
Thank you for reaching out to us. Please let us know if you would like the design duo of Sharon and Peter Exley to speak, or an individual member of the team. 

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    Designer of Influence Sharon Exley

    April 19, 2022

    Peter Exley FAIA RIBA Keynote Speaker

    April 17, 2022

    Thought Leadership

    April 18, 2022
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    AIA Chicago Firm of the Year!

    April 5, 2018 /

    Honoring their commitment to FUN, collaboration and their designs for “deeply humanistic and courageous” projects, Architecture Is Fun is AIA Chicago Firm of the Year.

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    Awards & Accomplishments

    May 11, 2012

    Architecture Is Fun

    April 15, 2022
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    Wrecked!

    June 8, 2016 /

    St. Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum Immersive and object-based, WRECKED sensitively inserts a contemporary salon and stylized sandbar into a historic two-story keeper’s home, sharing shipwreck stories through the lens of archaeology. 

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    Pablo’s Magical Theater: Now Showing at Young At Art Museum

    November 19, 2012

    The Latin School of Chicago

    October 22, 2012

    DuPage Children’s Museum Renovation

    May 4, 2016
  • Architecture Is Fun,  Public Space & Masterplanning

    DuPage Children’s Museum Renovation

    May 4, 2016 /

    We did it, the reviews are in and we received a 5 star rating…There were audible gasps of joy and delight.  Everyone came together and with one big push…..we were open!  Thank you for the passion, the hard work and the commitment that had us looking so beautiful at 4:00 today.  The Mayor was truly moved and just in awe of what were able to do in a few months. ~ Sarah Orleans, President & CEO, DuPage Children’s Museum

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    GreenSCAPES Environmental Education

    November 20, 2012

    Ronald McDonald House

    November 24, 2012

    Alliance Française de Chicago: High School Cybercafé

    October 6, 2012
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    Young At Art Museum

    June 21, 2015 /

    EVERYONE (850,000 visitors since opening) visiting YAA is incredibly amazed with the exhibitions and the Young At Art Museum experience!  Thank you to Architecture Is Fun for their creative vision and artful design that assists in defining YAA! ~ Mindy Shrago, Executive Director/CEO, Young At Art Shifting the museum paradigm, Young At Art Museum takes a sophisticated design approach to bridging the gap between an adult art museum and a children’s museum. The art museum for children features 22,000 SF of exhibit space designed by Architecture Is Fun, rich in branded environments, art installations and art-making opportunities.  The John S. & James L. Knight Foundation says that Young At Art Museum…

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    St. Chrysostom’s Day School

    August 22, 2012

    The Questioneers at DuPage Children’s Museum

    April 18, 2022

    Granger Community Church

    August 22, 2012
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    Frost Art Museum

    April 23, 2014 /

    The renovated family gallery is “super chill,” designed to be worthy of a child’s curiosity and adult admiration, demonstrating everyone is hard-wired for creativity. The whiteness of the space serves as a blank slate for artistic expression and media exploration, from new-age technologies, including a Smart Table™, projector and iPads, to traditional art-making. It is an environment rich in evocative objects and commissioned art installations that inspire active learning, choices, and social engagement. Both orientation and terminus, the discovery gallery is “the place” that frames museum visits.

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    Alliance Française de Chicago: High School Cybercafé

    October 6, 2012

    Wrecked!

    June 8, 2016

    Playmakers

    June 25, 2013
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    Playmakers

    June 25, 2013 /

    The summer issue Modern Luxury Interiors Chicago (page 168) perches Sharon and Peter atop the Carson Pirie Scott Building, 12 floors above State Street. Editor Diana Tychsen Bitting nailed our story, photographer Katrina Wittkamp captured the moment and some delicious Louis Sullivan ornament and our city served as our backdrop. Cool! Read it for yourself… SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave

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    St. Chrysostom’s Day School

    August 22, 2012

    Chicago Children’s Museum: Playmaze

    October 20, 2012

    Ronald McDonald House

    November 24, 2012
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    Ronald McDonald House

    November 24, 2012 /

    The house brings the serenity that families are looking for. ~ Mary Agnes Laguatan, Director of Programs, Ronald McDonald House Charities Building a multifamily “home away from home” for families of seriously ill children demonstrates the importance of building a sense of community through support, socialization, and shared experience. The three-story house nestled in a grove of trees greets families upon arrival, expressing the essence of home.

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    DuPage Children’s Museum

    September 2, 2012

    Playmakers

    June 25, 2013

    Louisville Science Museum: Get FIT!

    August 26, 2012
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