Erin K. Peavey, AIA

Erin K. Peavey, AIA is an award winning architect, researcher, and renowned thought leader on the power of the built environment to foster well-being and human connection. Peavey is a principal, senior vice president, and health and well-being design leader at the global design firm, HKS, where she helps integrate research and practice to advance design for health, combat loneliness, and foster resilience across the globe. She co-led the Foundation for Social Connection’s 2024 report on the built environment, an industry scholar with Cornell’s Institute for Healthy Futures, and podcast host of Shared Space. Peavey’s path breaking work has been featured in TEDx, The New York Times, BBC Radio 4, FastCompany, Bloomberg, and National Geographic, among others. She is a regular contributor to Psychology Today, with her column Designed for Happiness.  

Erin has been recognized as Outstanding Alumni for Texas A&M University’s College of Architecture, 40 Under 40 by Building Design and Construction, and Dallas Business Journal, Top Young Professional by Engineering News Record, and awarded the AIA Young Architect Award.