About Rockwell Group
Rockwell Group, is a New York based firm internationally
known in the architecture world for its craftsmanship
and unique blend of the experiential and the theater
of design. The firm has created award-winning
spaces for clients that include museums, cultural
centers, children's hospitals, restaurants, libraries
and Broadway shows. Rockwell group is recognized
for its use of innovative materials in unconventional
ways to evoke both the history and future of a
space. The crossdisciplinary firm is currently
working on such projects as the interior for the
Jet Blue terminal at JFK airport; Steelstax, a
cultural and performing arts education center
in Bethlehem, PA; the Elinor Bunin Film Center
at Lincoln Center in New York; and a number of
NYC public school libraries for the Robin Hood
Foundation.
Rockwell Group Bios
David Rockwell, Founder and CEO
Long before turning his attention to architecture,
David Rockwell harbored a fascination with staged
environments. Growing up in Chicago, Deal, New
Jersey, and Guadalajara, Mexico, Rockwell was
a child of the theater: his mother worked as a
vaudeville dancer and a choreographer and would
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; these formative
influences continue to have strong reverberations
throughout his practice. Rockwell Group is an
award winning, cross-disciplinary architecture
and design practice. Based in New York City with
a 160-person staff, David and his firm specialize
in cultural, hospitality, retail, theater and
film design. Characterized by rich materials,
innovative narrative and a sense of theatre, recent
projects by the Rockwell Group include Lincoln
Center's Film Society; Gap's newest retail brand,
Forth & Towne; set designs for the Broadway hit
musicals "Hairspray" and "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels;"
the Chambers Hotel (New York) and W (New York)
hotels; the Kodak Theatre (Los Angeles) and numerous
restaurants located internationally including
Nobu and Nobu Fifty Seven (New York); Café Gray
at the Time Warner Center; Pod (Philadelphia);
Roppongi Hills (Tokyo); and Maze (London). David
Rockwell has been honored with a lifetime achievement
award from Interiors magazine, is included in
Interior Design magazine's Hall of Fame and was
awarded the Presidential Design Award for the
Grand Central Terminal renovation. Rockwell serves
as Chairman of the Board of the Design Industries
Foundation Fighting AIDS (DIFFA) and is a Board
Member of The Public Theater and City Meals on
Wheels. "Pleasure: The Architecture Design of
Rockwell Group, " a book about the firm published
by Universe, documents Rockwell Group's first
18 years. This fall, Phaidon will publish Rockwell
Group's second compilation, "Spectacle."
Barry Richards
Barry Richards is a Senior Associate and Studio
Leader at Rockwell Group. He has undergraduate
degrees in Painting and Architecture from the
University of Washington and a Masters of Architecture
from Princeton. Prior to joining Rockwell Group,
Barry has worked with clients such as Disney,
FAO Schwarz, Barnes & Noble and Alessi, designing
products ranging from kitchen accessories to jewelry.
For the past seven years, he has been leading
product development, special projects and set
design. Currently, Barry is responsible for the
creative direction of Meijer stores, focusing
on corporate identity, graphics and products,
and the store environment. Barry is also overseeing
the development of more than 100 products for
Mikasa and an exhibition for the Walt Disney Foundation.
His work has included sets for the "Rocky Horror
Show, " the musical "Hairspray, " "Omnium Gatherum, "
"Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" and "Team America: World
Police." Recent installations and products include
"Fire and Smoke, " an installation for Swarovski's
Crystal Palace, a martini glass for Bombay Sapphire,
several bars for Esquire's New York Apartment
and Los Angeles House, a custom lounge chair made
of Dupont Corian for Grand Central Terminal, lighting
for Baldinger Architectural Lighting, textiles
for Design Tex, and the firm's first monograph
"Pleasure: The Architecture and Design of Rockwell
Group." His charitable work includes projects
for Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS
(DIFFA) and Citymeals-on-Wheels.
Carmen Aguilar
Carmen Aguilar is a Principal at Rockwell Group.
She attended the New York Institute of Technology
where she received her Bachelor of Architecture
degree. Carmen has been with Rockwell Group for
16 years where she oversees one of the three design
studios with a team of 16 members. The studio
recently completed projects include the Children's
Hospital at Montefiore in the Bronx, Comerica
Park for the Detroit Tigers, offices for McCann
Erickson, New York City, offices for Foote Cone
Belding, New York City, store environments for
the mid-western retailer Meijer and the Carlton
Hotel and Country restaurant, New York City.
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