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A 1976 graduate of University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Fine Arts, Peter DeWitt has practiced architecture in New York for over 30 years. Early in his career Mr. DeWitt spent eleven years at Beyer Blinder Belle, becoming a partner in the firm in 1988. While at Beyer Blinder Belle, he directed the critically acclaimed design of the Temple Hoyne Buell Theater at the Denver Arts Center and a library and atrium gallery for the Japan Society in Manhattan. While at BBB Mr. DeWitt designed the architectural component of the first Barneys Womens Store at 17th Street and Seventh Avenue in New York, where his distinctive sweeping stair created an exciting shopping scene in the 1980's. Other design work included the retail component of the Museum Block at the acclaimed South Street Seaport, and a new lobby and exterior facade in the style of the neighboring Rockefeller Center at 609 Fifth Avenue. In 1992 he formed Peter DeWitt Architects, the precursor to DeWitt Tishman.
Peter DeWitt has had extensive design experience in both large and small scale residential work.
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Completed large-scale projects include the design of the 333 River Street, a 526-unit residential building in Hoboken, New Jersey, the Gotham, a 220-unit building in Jersey City, the Constitution, a 325-unit residential and retail complex in Hoboken, Chancery Square, a 135-unit building in the downtown historic district of Morristown, New Jersey as well as Hudson Square South, a 150-unit residential building also in Hoboken. The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission commended Mr. DeWitt's design for a new 26-unit loft building in the TriBeCa historic district, completed in 2000. Current projects include Trump Plaza, a pair of 55-story residential towers in Jersey City, and three neighboring 12-story buildings for Toll Brothers in Hoboken. Smaller scale work includes numerous private residences and estates including the AIA Award-winning North Castle Farms, and homes in Aspen, Colorado, East Hampton, New York, and Short Hills, New Jersey. In addition, he was awarded the Harry B. Rutkin Award by the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects for serving on a committee to study the rezoning of the Upper East Side.
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