Miriam Peterson and Nathan Rich have led a diverse team at Peterson Rich Office since establishing the firm in 2014.

Miriam is a founding partner of Peterson Rich Office. Born and raised in New York City, Miriam draws inspiration from this rich urban context to create spaces that connect people to one another and to their surrounding communities.

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With a B.A. in Economics and Italian from Cornell University and a Master of Architecture from Yale University, Miriam brings an inquisitive and research-driven approach to each project, advocating for an expanded role for design at the intersection of architecture, economics, and policy.

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For over a decade at PRO, Miriam has developed an internationally recognized body of work across a diverse range of projects. The firm has been named Architectural Record’s ‘Design Vanguard,’ awarded AIA New Practices New York Prize, and selected as one of the Architecture League of New York’s Emerging Voices.

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Nathan Rich is founding partner of Peterson Rich Office, a New York City based architecture practice recognized for its cultural, publicly engaged, and social impact work. With commissions at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Modern Art, Pioneer Works, The Shepherd Arts Center in Detroit, and an ongoing ten year partnership with the New York City Housing Authority, PRO has become a recognized leader in a movement aimed at creatively adapting historic and aging buildings to 21st-century needs.

The work has been widely published and exhibited, including in the 2023 Museum of Modern Art exhibition “Architecture Now: New York, New Publics”— which featured New York City-based practices expanding the reach of architecture to underrepresented publics.

Nathan attended Wesleyan University and Yale. He was also Henry Luce Scholar at Tsinghua University in Beijing. Prior to founding PRO he worked at SHoP and Steven Holl Architects. In 2021 along with his partner Miriam Peterson, he held the inaugural Kaplan Chair in Urban Design at the Regional Plan Association.

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