2024 Emerging Architectural Practice Award

Since its establishment, Peter Braithwaite Studio (PBS) has explored alternative and novel approaches to project delivery that hold the sensitive integration of buildings within the natural environment as a fundamental guiding principle. Working as both the architectural team and the builders, the PBS team believes that dedication to craft and the act of making produces buildings that are both environmentally and culturally sustainable.

PBS’s interdisciplinary team share the common ambition of exploring the benefits found at the intersection of design and construction. Rather than approaching design as a preliminary phase that is later physically realized by a secondary team, PBS believes construction is the medium through which design ideas are expressed and solidified.

Their comprehensive team works collaboratively from the initial project concept to the completion of the final building which enables them to deliver environmentally sensitive buildings. This is accomplished by maintaining control over not only the project design but also the sequencing, methods, and logistics of construction. Their research suggests that great strides toward environmental sensitive built environments can be accomplished through rigorous construction protocols that integrate fundamental ecological principles.