A recent arrival at the Bureau of Architecture, Peter has spent over three decades designing affordable housing and public and private schools in California and working with low- and no-income populations throughout south- and southeast Asia.  He is a recipient of awards from the Fulbright Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Graham Foundation, Columbia and Harvard Universities, and other institutions.  At the Bureau of Architecture, he has been involved in design, programming, and construction administration of multiple homeless shelters. 

Julia Laue is Principal Architect & Bureau Manager for the Bureau of Architecture (BOA) for San Francisco’s Department of Public Works where her focus is excellence in Project Delivery and Design for the City's great Civic Projects. Her 28-year overall career prior to BOA ranged from multi-family housing, urban mix-use projects, healthcare, to hospitality. In 2013 she left the private sector to join BOA, where she oversees an architectural staff of 68+ to deliver hundreds of building & renovation projects for a diverse range of communities and neighborhoods. BOA’s projects range from Branch Libraries, Fire Stations, Auditoriums, Community & Rec Centers, Homeless Shelters & Alternative Housing, Hospital & Healthcare Clinics. Julia’s goal has always been to inspire cultural and strategic change, raising the bar in design and technical execution on all the projects and organizations she works with. Project delivery through great design and excellence in execution is Julia’s passion.

Aries is a design professional with 15 years of experience working on community design projects and public architecture.  They dedicated 10 years to non-profit work with an emphasis on providing planning and architectural services to low-income and minority communities through the construction of community centers, facilities for the elderly, playgrounds, and childcare centers.  For the last five years, they have continued their passion for sensible design serving vulnerable communities by working on projects for the homeless at the Bureau of Architecture. 

Jeff is an architect with Page Southerland Page, Inc. With more than 15 years of design and management experience, he plays a key role in some of the firm’s prominent civic, community, cultural, and higher education projects. Jeff has focused on public sector and institutional projects for much of his career and continues to be involved with various civic and community organizations locally and nationally. Jeff’s passion for bettering the built environment through public involvement and advocacy plays a major role how he approaches the design process. He has worked on projects throughout the country with a client list that includes Rutgers University, the UNC System, and various local and state municipalities in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic.