about
Paul Pettigrew is the founder of Paul Pettigrew Architect and Products in Space, design and fabrication practices based in Chicago and Cambridge. Paul has been designing and fabricating the relationships between buildings and functional objects for 30+ years.
Paul holds a Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies degree from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana and a Master of Architecture degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
After graduating from MIT, Paul returned to Chicago and worked on large scale architectural projects (Perkins & Will) and mid-scale architectural projects (Pappageorge Haymes) while simultaneously designing and fabricating functional objects in garage and basement workshops.
Unable to shake the dual interests of architecture and functional object design, Paul joined Northbrook Illinois based Crate & Barrel/CB2. Crate & Barrel/CB2 provided experiences selling functional objects, designing the physical and virtual retail experiences within which functional objects are sold, and designing and fabricating functional objects for display and sale within the retail experiences designed by Paul and his Crate & Barrel teammates.
From the fall of 2000 to the summer of 2016, Paul shared his architectural and functional object design and fabrication experiences with students at the Illinois Institute of Technology. As Studio Associate Professor of Architecture Paul taught First-Year Architectural Design Studios, Introduction to the Architectural Profession courses, and Functional Object Design & Fabrication courses emphasizing the relationship between functional objects and the buildings and cities within which design objects function.
Paul has been researching, writing, and lecturing on the relationship between the hand and brain in the education of architecture and design students since the spring of 2006.
Paul is currently Director, Undergraduate and Alumni Outreach, Career Development at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Department of Architecture.
Paul holds a Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies degree from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana and a Master of Architecture degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
After graduating from MIT, Paul returned to Chicago and worked on large scale architectural projects (Perkins & Will) and mid-scale architectural projects (Pappageorge Haymes) while simultaneously designing and fabricating functional objects in garage and basement workshops.
Unable to shake the dual interests of architecture and functional object design, Paul joined Northbrook Illinois based Crate & Barrel/CB2. Crate & Barrel/CB2 provided experiences selling functional objects, designing the physical and virtual retail experiences within which functional objects are sold, and designing and fabricating functional objects for display and sale within the retail experiences designed by Paul and his Crate & Barrel teammates.
From the fall of 2000 to the summer of 2016, Paul shared his architectural and functional object design and fabrication experiences with students at the Illinois Institute of Technology. As Studio Associate Professor of Architecture Paul taught First-Year Architectural Design Studios, Introduction to the Architectural Profession courses, and Functional Object Design & Fabrication courses emphasizing the relationship between functional objects and the buildings and cities within which design objects function.
Paul has been researching, writing, and lecturing on the relationship between the hand and brain in the education of architecture and design students since the spring of 2006.
Paul is currently Director, Undergraduate and Alumni Outreach, Career Development at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Department of Architecture.