is a multidisciplinary design practice
based in Buffalo and New York City
by Gregory Serweta and Maia Peck.

Gregory Konrad Serweta, AIA, NCARB, is a registered architect in New York State and an adjunct instructor at the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning. He has worked on projects in the United States, Japan, and China with firms including Sou Fujimoto Architects and OMA. He received his Bachelor of Science in Architecture, Minor in History from the University at Buffalo and Master of Architecture from Cornell University.

Maia Sian Peck, NOMA, is a designer, artist, art historian, clinical assistant professor and director of exhibitions at the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning. She has worked on projects in the United States, China, and England with firms including Allied Works, Neri & Hu, Rogers Partners, and West 8. She received her B.A. in Art History and Archeology from Brown University and Master of Architecture from the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University, as well as a M.A. in Medieval Art with Distinction from the Courtauld Institute in London and a M.A. in Art History with Distinction from the University College London.

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What’s Up

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Interview
“Buffalo…..who knew?” podcast about “Buffalo Architecture: An Alternative Guide” went live on January 13, 2026. Featured by Buffalo Rising and hosted by E. Frits Abell, the interview discusses the beta version of a newly-designed free mobile guidebook app created by Maia Peck & Gregory Serweta of Serweta Peck, in collaboration with software developer Leonardo DiBella.

Podcast interview on the "Buffalo Architecture: An Alternative Guide" here:
https://www.buffalorising.com/2026/01/buffalowho-knew-that-buffalo-architecture-alternative-guide-has-launched/

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Exhibition
“Buffalo Architecture: An Alternative Guide” had its launch party on December 6, 2025 at the Robert T. Coles House and Studio in Buffalo, NY. The launch party was the debut of the beta version of a newly-designed free mobile guidebook app created by Maia Peck & Gregory Serweta of Serweta Peck, in collaboration with software developer Leonardo DiBella. The launch party included a short talk, an exhibition, and a public workshop for feedback on the app, which was generously hosted by the Coles House Project.

"Buffalo Architecture: An Alternative Guide" available now at the Apple App Store:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/buffalo-architecture-guide/id6755739588

More information on the Coles House Project here:
https://www.coleshouseproject.org/

Talk
Maia Peck and Gregory Serweta gave a talk titled “The Making Of” at the Medina Triennial Hub on November 12, 2025. As part of the Medina Triennial’s “Saturday Sessions,” the discussion focused around the Serweta Peck’s architectural practice and the design for the Medina Triennial Hub, a new civic gathering space that anchors the Triennial’s programming. The Hub was created in collaboration with Serweta Peck and students and faculty from the University at Buffalo, School of Architecture and Planning. The presentation explored how the Hub’s design reimagines adaptive reuse in the context of Medina.

More information on the Medina Triennial website:
https://medinatriennial.org/programs/saturday-sessions-vi

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Opening
September 13, 2025 was the opening of the Medina Triennial Hub!

The event kicked off with conversation titled “Inside The Hub,” with introductions by Joana Pacheco (NYPA) & Joyce Hwang (UB). Kari Conte & Karin Laansoo (co-curators of the Triennial), Serweta Peck, and Mary Mattingly (Triennial’s 1st artist-in-residence) introduced the Medina Triennial Hub, its design, and upcoming fall programs. Conte and Laansoo, presented the ideas guiding The Hub’s design, followed by a presentation and tour by Maia Peck and Gregory Serweta of its interiors and custom furniture, which were designed by Serweta Peck in collaboration with students, faculty, and staff from the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning.

More information about the Medina Triennial Hub opening here:
https://medinatriennial.org/programs/saturday-sessions

More information about the Medina Triennial:
https://medinatriennial.org/

Press - Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-10-07/at-200-the-erie-canal-delivers-change-to-upstate-new-york

Press - University at Buffalo News
https://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2025/09/medina-triennial-hub.html

Press - Cornelia Magazine
https://corneliamagazine.com/article-set/medina-triennial

Award
Serweta Peck was awarded 1st prize as the winning entry in the Shinkenchiku Residential Design Competition 2023: New Summer Comfort. The project, “MEP / RCP Summer House,” has been published in Shinkenchiku May 2025 and A+U July 2025 magazines.

More information on Shinkenchiku Residential Design Competition website:
https://sk-jutaku.shinkenchiku.net/en/compe/competition-2023/

Award
Maia Peck and Gregory Serweta of Serweta Peck, in collaboration with software developer Leonardo DiBella, were awarded a 2024 Independent Projects Grant from the New York State Council on the Arts and the Architectural League of New York to develop a mobile app that seeks to highlight spaces and structures in Buffalo, NY, that have been historically overlooked or marginalized in the city’s architectural canon.

120 proposals sought funding through this year’s program. “Buffalo Architecture: An Alternative Guide” represents 1 of the 25 selected projects from a range of design disciplines and locales throughout New York State. This program is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State legislature.

More information on the Architectural League of New York website:
https://archleague.org/competition/2024-independent-projects-grant-recipients/

Award
Serweta Peck was awarded the 2024 Pro-Bono Award in Distinguished Service for “Reset: Towards a New Commons,” presented at the Buffalo/WNY AIA Service Awards on Thursday, April 11, 2024 at the Eleanor and Wilson Greatbatch Pavilion of the Darwin D. Martin House.

Exhibition
“Archi-texture,” which features wearable designs created by University of Buffalo digital media students, is on view in “Re: Full Gamut” (curated by Roger Wu and Vivienne Yu) from November 29 to December 12, 2023, at 2/5, 270-286 Tung Chau Street, Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong (gallery hours: Monday – Sunday, 11:00 – 19:00 GMT).

More information on Design Spectrum website:
https://www.designspectrum.hk/the-full-gamut/

Virtual Exhibition of the “Full Gamut”:
https://www.designspectrum.hk/virtual-tour/the-full-gamut/

A full catalog of the student work can be found at:
https://archi-texture.org.

Press - UB Now Article:
https://archplan.buffalo.edu/news/2023/archi-texture-exhibition.html

Press - Archinect:
https://archinect.com/news/article/150396908/university-of-buffalo-architecture-students-displayed-3d-printed-archi-texture-in-special-hong-kong-design-centre-exhibition

Lecture
Serweta Peck presents “Buffalo O’s” at the Buffalo Architecture Foundation’s 6 Minute Building Stories on November 2, 2023, at the Buffalo History Museum, 1 Museum CT, Buffalo, NY (5:00 – 8:00 PM).

More information on the Buffalo Architecture Foundation website:
https://buffaloarchitecture.org/programs/building-stories/6minute-building-stories/

Watch video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-SEvsdyN4Y

Exhibition
“Archi-texture,” which featured wearable designs created by University of Buffalo digital media students, was on view in “The Full Gamut” (curated by Roger Wu and Vivienne Yu) from May 5 through July 19, 2023, at East Wing, 2/5, 822 Lai Chi Kok Road, Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong (gallery hours: Monday – Sunday, 10:00 – 19:00 GMT).

More information on Design Spectrum website:
https://www.designspectrum.hk/the-full-gamut/

Virtual Exhibition of the “Full Gamut”:
https://www.designspectrum.hk/virtual-tour/the-full-gamut/

A full catalog of the student work can be found at:
https://archi-texture.org.

Press - UB Now Article:
https://archplan.buffalo.edu/news/2023/archi-texture-exhibition.html

Press - Archinect:
https://archinect.com/news/article/150396908/university-of-buffalo-architecture-students-displayed-3d-printed-archi-texture-in-special-hong-kong-design-centre-exhibition

Award
Serweta Peck with Kirin+Lab received runner-up commendation for “Wave Party” to the “Imagine Your Play Spaces” design competition for the redesign of Po Wing Road Playground in Hong Kong.

It was exhibited for public display at Queensway Government Offices, the Hong Kong Cultural Centre and the Tsuen Wan Sports Centre from January to March 2023.

Exhibition
“Buffalo O’s” was open at Riverworks in Buffalo, New York as part of Play/Ground Art Festival from October 7 to 10, 2022.

More information on Play/Ground website:
https://www.artplaygroundny.org/

Exhbition Catalogue:
https://issuu.com/artplayground/docs/event_catalog

Exhibition
“Reset: Towards a New Commons,” which was an exhibition on inclusive design curated by Barry Berdoll and Juliana Barton, was on view at the Center for Architecture in New York from April 14 to September 3, 2022. Serweta Peck collaborated with Pentagram on the 3D elements and furnishings of the exhibition design.

More information on Center for Architecture website:
https://www.centerforarchitecture.org/exhibitions/reset/

More information on Pentagram website:
https://www.pentagram.com/work/reset-towards-a-new-commons/story

Press - Architectural Record
https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15640-ambitious-new-exhibit-reimagines-the-public-realm

Press - The Architect’s Newspaper
https://www.archpaper.com/2022/05/reset-towards-a-new-commons-explores-just-models-for-living-in-community/

Press - Curbed
https://www.curbed.com/2022/04/review-reset-towards-new-commons-architecture-design.html