David Rockwell

David Rockwell (born 1956)[1] is an American architect and designer. He is the founder and President of Rockwell Group, a 250-person award winning, cross-disciplinary architecture and design practice based in New York City with satellite offices in Madrid and Shanghai.[2]

Early life and education

Born in Chicago, Illinois,[1] Rockwell also spent part of his childhood in Deal, New Jersey and Guadalajara, Mexico. He was a child of the theater as his mother worked as a vaudeville dancer and choreographer. She sometimes cast him in community repertory productions.

Rockwell brought his passion for theater and an eye for the color and spectacle of Mexico to his architecture training at Syracuse University, where he received his Bachelor of Architecture. He also studied at the Architectural Association in London. These formative influences continue to shape his practice.

Career

He founded Rockwell Group in 1984. Over the past 30 years, Rockwell Group has carved out a unique role encompassing multiple ideas, design styles, clients and project types. The firm creates a unique narrative for each project, ranging from restaurants, hotels, airport terminals, and hospitals, to festivals, museum exhibitions, and Broadway sets.[2]

Awards

His numerous honors include the 2008 National Design Award by the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum for outstanding achievement in Interior Design; the 2009 Pratt Legends Award; the Presidential Design Award for his renovation of the Grand Central Terminal; induction into the James Beard Foundation Who’s Who of Food & Beverage in America and Interior Design magazine’s Hall of Fame; inclusion in Architectural Digest’s AD 100; three Tony Award nominations for Best Scenic Design; and four Drama Desk Award nominations for Outstanding Scenic Design of a Musical. Rockwell Group was twice named by Fast Company as one of the most innovative design practices in their annual World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies issue.[2]

Select design projects

Set design

Books

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Mun-Delsalle, Y-Jean (February 26, 2014). "David Rockwell Celebrates The 30th Anniversary Of His Architecture And Design Firm". Forbes. Born in 1956 in Chicago, Rockwell grew up in New Jersey
  2. 1 2 3 4 "David Rockwell". Designers & Books.
  3. ↑ "Chefs Club". rockwellgroup.com.
  4. ↑ "Maialino". rockwellgroup.com.
  5. ↑ "Aloft". rockwellgroup.com.
  6. ↑ "Andaz Maui at Wailea". rockwellgroup.com.
  7. ↑ "Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas Open December 2010", Cosmopolitan Website Archived July 3, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
  8. ↑ Molvar, Kari (October 7, 2014). "Nobu Matsuhisa and David Rockwell on the Art of Constructing a Restaurant". The New York Times.
  9. ↑ "The Walt Disney Family Museum". rockwellgroup.com.
  10. ↑ "Center for Civil and Human Rights". rockwellgroup.com.
  11. ↑ "Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center". rockwellgroup.com.
  12. ↑ "Culture Shed". rockwellgroup.com.
  13. ↑ Ferro, Shaunacy (March 18, 2014). "How David Rockwell Reinvented The Theater For The TED Era". Co.Design.
  14. ↑ Finkel, Jori (July 28, 2014). "NeueHouse Chooses Historic Hollywood Site". The New York Times.
  15. ↑ "Shinola". rockwellgroup.com.
  16. ↑ Ackman, Dan (August 5, 2008). "The Architect-Designer Focuses on Child's Play". The Wall Street Journal.
  17. ↑ "David Rockwell for Maya Romanoff". rockwellgroup.com.
  18. ↑ "David Rockwell to Design Sets for 81st Academy Awards", A.M.P.A.S., 2008.
  19. ↑ Goodman, Wendy (October 2, 2014). "On the Set of You Can’t Take It With You With Designer David Rockwell". New York.
  20. ↑ Marks, Peter (November 17, 2014). "A big, beautiful “Side Show” on Broadway". Washington Post.
  21. ↑ "On the Twentieth Century". Roundabout Theatre Company.
  22. ↑ Stapleton, Susan (January 20, 2015). "Afrojack, Van Buuren to deejay at Omnia at Caesars Palace Las Vegas". Los Angeles Times.
  23. ↑ What If...?: The Architecture and Design of David Rockwell. Metropolis Books. December 31, 2014. ISBN 978-1938922565.

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