Philip Enquist is a Fellow in the American Institute of Architects and an Honorary Member of the American Society of Landscape Architects.

Phil is the former Governor’s Chair for the State of Tennessee researching Energy and Urbanism with Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the School of Architecture and Design, University of Tennessee.

Phil is currently serving on the City of Chicago Rivers Governance Task Force and the City’s Committee on Design.

Beginning in 2009, Phil has led a pro bono initiative looking holistically at a vision for the international Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River watersheds, home to over 40 million people

From 1995 to 2017, Phil led the City Design Practice (CDP) for Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.  During that time, Phil, focused on planning efforts within rapidly urbanizing regions and collaborated with over 100 cities.

Phil has taught urban design at:

• Harvard University Graduate School of Design
• University of Michigan
• Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago
• University of Tennessee