Guy W. Peterson is an architect in Sarasota, Florida.

His firm is called OFA (Office for Architecture).

He is a Fellow in the American Institute of Architects (AIA).

In July 2016 he won the AIA Florida/Caribbean’s Gold Medal, the organization's highest honor for an architect in the region.

Paul Rudolph (architect) was the last Sarasota architect to receive the honor.

He is an adjunct professor at the University of Florida.

Peterson studied at Riverview High School (designed by Rudolph) before heading off to the University of Florida to study architecture.

He met his wife Cindy there and married her in 1980 a few months before graduating.

He then joined Ivan Johnson's practice in Tallahassee.

He returned to Sarasota in the 1980s.

His firm has employed Michael Carlson, Michael Halflants, John Pichette, and Joe Kelly.

Works:

Spencer House at 1601 Prospect Street in Sarasota (2013).

Selected by Sarasota Magazine in 2016 as one of the area's top ten most beautiful homes

Theissen House at 8011 Longbay Blvd.

in Ballentine Manor Estates (built in 1998) in southern Manatee County

Ohana Retreat, a mansion on Longboat Key at 6630 Gulf of Mexico Dr.

North Casey Key Road residence

Revere Quality House (1947) at 100 Ogden Lane on Siesta Key 2008 elevated two-story house addition

Sarasota Memorial Hospital Emergency Care Center (1992), subsequently expanded

Center for Architecture Sarasota renovation

Girl Scouts headquarters on Cattlemen Road in Sarasota

8250 Sanderling Road, Siesta Key home

New Pass home (2006), a 7,600 square foot residence

SPARCC shelter and offices

Finish Tower at Benderson Park

Selby Memorial at Selby Gardens

University of Florida Citylab Sarasota satelite campus building

The Houses of Indian Beach, 23 never completed house designs