THE BIG PICTURE

Piano-playing, theatre-loving, Emmy and Tony award-winning, kaleidoscope-collecting, philanthropist and world-renowned architect David Rockwell is not, well, just a world-renowned architect. He’s a storyteller, and a compelling one at that, who likes to pull and tug at the root of every project and then put it out there in full bloom, for everyone to experience. He does this for his larger-than-life Broadway sets, majestic hotels and restaurants, conscientious public spaces and experiential theatres, cataloguing a portfolio that spans multiple countries, hundreds of projects and a prolific 35-year-long career.

Rockwell is the founder of Rockwell Group, a multi-disciplinary architecture and design firm that has made its mark with award-winning projects in the spheres of hospitality, culture, education and theatre. Based in New York city, with a satellite office in Madrid, the firm also dabbles in product