Peter Ellis

Peter Ellis will now lead partners Cannon Design and New Cities in expanding the firms’ urban planning and city design practices. Ellis worked for Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) for 30 years prior to establishing New Cities. At SOM, he worked on a number of large-scale developments around the world including a new city center for Potsdam, Germany and the renovation plan for the Xiantiandi District in Shanghai, China, as well as the master plan for a new business district in Dubai and the new Sports City near New Delhi, India.