architect / philosopher / humanist

Architecture is not mere building – anyone can build a box.

Architecture says who you are and what you stand for – it’s not just an art, but the mother of all arts.

Rod Knox opened ROD KNOX ARCHITECT in 1980, after 15 years working in a variety of firms from large to small: HOK, SOM, Richard Meier, Charles Gwathmey, Ulrich Franzen, as well as completing projects with Peter Eisenmann, Paul Rudolph, etc. to experience the full range of the profession. During these same years Rod Knox was a professor of architecture at Cooper Union, from 1977-2017. MORE

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Jamboo, A New Approach

Sharing is a selfish act. The goal is to build on Jamaica’s new bamboo industry, accelerate research at the local universities and provide quality affordable housing.

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free speech on campus is essential to education

In the 1970’s I was a student at Cooper Union when a club of Jewish students invited Zionist Meir Kahane.

INKTV Interview: Communal Housing

I Never Knew TV interview: Jamboo is a collaboration between architects, engineers and artists who envision a new model for development in Jamaica, employing the natural wealth of Jamaica.

INKTV Interview: Religion and Architecture

INK TV interview: “Religions are just another political party, but one that you’re not allowed to criticize.”

Brutalism Anniversary

“It looks like something from a wildly imaginative sci-fi comic, an impossible vision of worlds slamming into each other in a fantastical collage.” Oliver Wainwright from The Guardian