Katherine N. Peele, FAIA is the managing principal of the Raleigh office of LS3P/Boney, with offices in Wilmington, Raleigh and Charlotte, North Carolina. Katherine leads the firm’s K-12 educational practice.
Katherine is a native of North Carolina. She graduated Summa Cum Laude and was valedictorian of her graduating class at the College of Design in 1988. After leaving NC State, she joined the Wilmington office of Boney Architects, one of the oldest architectural firms in North Carolina. In 1989, she returned to Raleigh to help launch a branch office for the firm and where she served as a designer and project architect. Katherine was named Director of the Raleigh office in 1992 and subsequently became a partner with the firm, which merged with LS3P on 2004, becoming LS3P/Boney.
Katherine has devoted her career to providing quality facilities for public school children in North Carolina and across the nation. Over the past fifteen years, she has designed a range of elementary, middle and high schools for both rural and urban school districts. Her expertise has led to her role as a spokesperson for the profession on K-12 learning environments. She served as the 2001 Chair of AIA’s Committee on Architecture for Education and was the 1999 president of North Carolina Educational Facility Planners. Katherine frequently speaks to designers and educators on the impact of the environment on learning. On behalf of the AIA, she conducted numerous radio interviews aired nationwide addressing the poor physical conditions of our public schools.
One of Katherine’s recent designs, Centennial Campus Middle School, has been recognized by the AIA as an exemplary learning environment. This project was also featured in an Architectural Record article highlighting trends in educational design. A second phase to this project is now underway with NC State University; Katherine is leading the firm’s efforts in the design of the new Friday Institute for Educational Innovation.
Katherine has also provided professional leadership at the state level, serving as 2000 President of AIA North Carolina. In 2003, Katherine was inducted into the AIA College of Fellows.