New York City-based Rogers Marvel Architects has garnered high praise for its distinctive blend of elegance, technical mastery, and civic consciousness. Rogers Marvel Architects, the firm's first monograph, showcases recent and award-winning work, from large-scale public projects such as their contest-winning entry (along with West 8 from Rotterdam) to the redesign of New York City's Governors Island to institution specific buildings such as the recently completed Westchester Reform Temple.
Rob Rogers was born in Denver, Colorado. At Rice University he won the prestigious Fossi Fellowship and graduated in 1983 with a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor in Architecture. Rob then joined I.M. Pei & Partners and spent six years on projects around the world, including the Grande Louvre in Paris, the Bank of China in Hong Kong, and the Science Center at Choate Rosemary Hall. In 1989 he earned his Master of Design Studies degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Design. In 1990 he opened his own practice with projects in Boston, New York and Wyoming. In 1992, he teamed up with Jonathan Marvel to form Rogers Marvel Architects in New York City.