Background
He was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to Talbot Shelton and Margaret Laros Shelton.
He was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to Talbot Shelton and Margaret Laros Shelton.
Shelton graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968 and received a master’s in architecture from Pratt Institute in 1975.
Shelton worked in the offices of Edward Durrell Stone & Associates and Emery Roth & Sons before founding Shelton, Mindel & Associates with Lee F. Mindel in 1978. and three design awards from the Society of American Registered Architects. Peter Shelton was inducted to the International Interior Design Association Hall of Fame in 1996. The firm was inducted into the Interior Design Hall of Fame in 1996.
Shelton died at his home in Manhattan on August 26, 2012 from cancer at age 67.