Peter Busby's father was a British engineer who emigrated to Canada and worked at Nortel in Toronto and New York.
13 Facts About Peter Busby
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Peter Busby's wife Catherine is an occupational therapist and they have four children.
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Peter Busby holds a Bachelors of Arts in Political Philosophy from the University of Toronto where he graduated in 1974 to pursue a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of British Columbia in 1977.
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Peter Busby received an Honorary Doctorate in Science from Ryerson University in 2008.
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Peter Busby started his own practice in Vancouver in 1984.
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In 1987 Peter Busby founded the product design firm Designlines and integrates industrial design into his architecture.
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Peter Busby leads his practice making architecture notably present in all contexts responding to the existing urban fabric.
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One of Peter Busby's first jobs was a lab for MacMillan Bloedel, the forestry company that created parallel strand lumber, the same material he would use for that project and further served as an inspiration for Peter Busby to incorporate into his future projects.
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Peter Busby often lectures on sustainability topics and green initiatives both nationally and internationally and is a founder of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design along with being a founding member of the Canada Green Building Council.
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Peter Busby orchestrates the ideal building nested in a city that gives back energy rather than consuming; declaring peace with nature contributing to social responsibility.
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Peter Busby employs this logic into his personal life, manifested through his off-grid Vancouver cabin powered by photo-voltaic cells, eight vertical axis wind turbines and a rainwater collection system to water the gardens.
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Peter Busby then combines the accumulated experience of sustainable design with his business acumen to advocate for greener cities and in the past has not hesitated to work with developers such as Concorde or large retail chains like Wal-mart to forward sustainable design.
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Peter Busby believes that a full range of complementary services to healthily integrate the thousands of employed staff, providing amenities required for complete community services which include banks, cleaners, restaurants, daycare, and recreation; working inside out to provide better work environments.