Peter Binder (he / him / they / them)
Designer
Peter is a University of Texas B. Arch graduate and a Designer at Gunkel Architecture. He grew up in Chicago and later Texas, and surreptitiously moved to the Bay Area from Berlin in 2018. His professional work includes a diverse array of housing typologies, from luxury residential high-rises to wellness-focused senior living communities. Peter’s most memorable experiences were spent on construction sites where he helped build an entirely sustainable, off-the-grid home in Westlake, Texas as well as a dune ecology pavilion for the Marine Science Institute in Port Aransas.
A lifelong musician, Peter was moved by Goethe’s famous proclamation that architecture is frozen music. He spent much of his time at UTSOA critically exploring that relationship. Still passionate about music, he stays connected by working as a volunteer producer for a local music venue on weekends and occasionally (poorly) playing open mics at his local pub.