BLUPATH - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Architectural Intern
- Architectural Intern & Social Media ( Current )
Emmaline is a senior at the University of Pittsburgh pursuing a BS in Architecture with a double major in Environmental Studies. She plans to pursue her Master of Architecture upon graduating this spring. At Pitt, Emmaline is part of the American Institute of Architecture Students, as well as a member of the club lacrosse team. Prior to her work at BluPath, she worked for Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh, on the inaugural Youth Climate Advocacy Committee, where she helped design and implement projects in the community to educate kids about climate change and mitigation strategies. At Phipps, she was enamored by the Center for Sustainable Landscapes building, which is certified by the Living Building Challenge, WELL Building Platinum, LEED Platinum, and features a manmade lagoon for natural water treatment, passive solar design, geothermal heating and cooling, a green roof, and other sustainable features. She chose BluPath because of its blending of Passive House principles with artistic design, and enjoys the integration of a robust building envelope with creative and beautiful spaces.
Job Titles:
- Architectural Designer & Website
Job Titles:
- Principal
- CPHC CPHB, Principal
Laura Blau has over 25 years' experience in architectural design and construction and is an award-winning fine arts painter and sculptor: her architectural work reflects her sensitivity to aesthetics and craft. Her commitment to sustainable design and science-based, conservation-first approaches to low carbon design is underscored by her certifications as a Certified Passive House Consultant and Passive House Builder. She brings her expertise in design and constructability to every aspect of her work.
Laura holds a master's of architecture degree with honors from the University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor's of arts degree (Summa Cum Laude) from Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota. During her fine arts career, she exhibited her sculpture and painting with shows in Paris, New York and Minneapolis. Laura taught art at Minneapolis Institute of Art, Rhode Island School of Design and Moore College of Art in Philadelphia.
Her grandfather is the late Frazier Forman Peters, a well-known New England architect from whom she inherited her initial passion for architecture. She co-authored Frazier Forman Peters; Westport's Legacy in Stone, published in 2014 for the Westport Historical Society.
She is a regular speaker at major conferences on Passive House and sustainable design at such venues as GreenBuild 2013, IFMA World Workplace 2013, AIA Architectural Exchange 2014 and EEBA Expo 2015. She has taught architectural design as an adjunct professor for the Tyler School of Art's Architecture Program at Temple University and Philadelphia University's School of Architecture and Design. In addition, she has served on numerous area university juries, think tanks and advocacy groups.
Prior to founding BluPath Design with Paul Thompson, Laura was the project architect at MGA Partners for the award-winning lobby renovation of the Byrne Federal Courthouse in Philadelphia, which was awarded the AIA Pennsylvania Merit Award 2003 and the National GSA Design Excellence Award Citation First Impressions, 2002.
While at Ewing Cole Cherry Brott, Architects in Philadelphia, she was the project architect for Fellowship Village, a $20 million senior assisted care complex in Liberty Corners, New Jersey. She helped introduce "Edenizing" principles to the firm.
Laura was an interior design project manager for the McNeil Consumer Products Campus in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania while at Francis, Coffman, Foley, Hoffman Architects in Philadelphia.
Job Titles:
- Administration ( Current )
Paul has over 30 years' experience as an architect and was an early adopter and expert in sustainable design. He became a Passive House Consultant in 2011. After a brief stint as a music major, he completed his bachelor of science in mechanical engineering at the University of Utah and his master in architecture from the University of Virginia. With this engineering foundation, he integrates technical and aesthetic principals in his architectural designs. He taught architectural design and structures as an adjunct faculty member at Philadelphia University's School of Architecture and Design and at the Tyler School of Art's Architecture Program at Temple University. He serves as a visiting critic at Philadelphia area architecture and interior design programs.
Previously, he was a principal at IEI Architects in Philadelphia and was responsible for design, documentation and management of a variety of architectural, interior design, new construction, historic and renovation projects from 5,000 sf - 200,000 sf.
Prior to founding BluPath with Laura, Paul was a senior architect at MGA Partners in Philadelphia. He was the project manager for the construction of the $26 million, LEED silver-rated School of Music and Performing Arts Center for West Chester University, a major addition and renovation of the Annenberg School of Communication for University of Pennsylvania, and a high-rise dormitory for The University of the Arts in Philadelphia.
He was also project architect for several award-winning projects: the 2001 University of Pennsylvania Commencement Ceremony, the Harrisonburg, Virginia US Courthouse interior renovation, and the Children's Museum of the Desert in Palm Springs, California.
Paul was the project architect for residential projects, including the Carcieri Residence, a custom designed home featured in Rhode Island Monthly and in Home Magazine while at William Kite Architects in Providence, Rhode Island.
BluPath Design works closely with our clients to design simple, elegant and environmentally sensitive spaces that inspire. We believe that beauty is fundamental to sustainable design. We seek out mission driven clients and design to help our clients and communities thrive.
When you walk into a space designed by BluPath, you see the splendor of light, texture and color.
BluPath translates your vision into spaces that are purposeful, durable, comfortable, and imbued with the mission of your business or spirit of your life. Our aesthetics go beyond the visual to incorporate tactile pleasure, acoustic and thermal comfort.
Good design is a balance of right and left brain thinking. An artist's sensitivity, experience and intuition provide inspired moments to express your dream and distinguishing it from the average. Color, texture, culture, context, layering, and composition are used to create buildings that delight and inspire. These concepts are applied with rational and practical organization of spaces and selection of durable, low maintenance materials resulting in spaces that endure.