David Rockwell, FAIA Founder and President, Rockwell Group David Rockwell, FAIA, is the founder and President of Rockwell Group, a 330-person cross-disciplinary architecture and design firm based in New York with offices in Los Angeles and Madrid. Growing up in the United States and Guadalajara, Mexico, David was a child of the theater and was often cast in community repertory productions by his mother, a vaudeville dancer and choreographer. His sensibility is informed by both a lifelong passion for all things theatrical and an aesthetic appreciation for Mexican color and spectacle. Through this unique lens, he founded Rockwell Group in 1984.
Honors include the AIANY President’s Award; the Cooper Hewitt National Design Award; a Tony Award for Best Scenic Design for She Loves Me; two Emmy Awards; the Presidential Design Award; induction into the James Beard Foundation Who’s Who of Food & Beverage in America; inclusion in Architectural Digest’s AD100 Hall of Fame; Interior Design Magazine’s Icon Award; and recognition by Fast Company as one of the most innovative design practices in their annual World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies issue. Known for his commitment to non-profit and community organizations, David Rockwell serves as the Chair Emeritus of the Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS( DIFFA) and as a board member of City Meals on Wheels, New York Restoration Project, and the American Theatre Wing.
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