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Principal, ROD KNOX ARCHITECT
Founded firm in 1980 after over 15 years experience
in the field with SOM, HOK, NYU, Franzen,
Meier, Gwathmey, Eisenmann.

LICENSE & REGISTRATION
RA Registered Architect NY
NCARB Certified for Interstate Practice

EDUCATION
M ARCH Harvard University 1976
B ARCH The Cooper Union 1975
B ART The Cooper Union 1970

VETERAN
US Navy 1961-65

TEACHING
Professor: Cooper Union: 1977 – Present
Professor: SUNY Purchase 1982
Visiting Critic: City College 1980 – Present
Visiting Critic: University of Pittsburg 1980
Panelist: Black Lines Conference, Pratt 2000
Panelist: Black Space NYIT Symposium 2005

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
AIA American Institute of Architects
RIBA Royal Institute of British Architects
ALNY Architectural League of NY
ACNY Architect’s Council of New York
NYSA New York Society of Architects
NYCOBA NY Coalition of Black Architects
AAA American Arbitration Association

HONORS, AWARDS & PUBLICATIONS
Durbin Grant, 2004
Dale Harris Grant, 2002
Peer Review: NYC DDC, 2001 & 2002
Community Board 9 “Open Space Planning”
Paris Vogue: East River In-Fill Project
NYS Governor’s Award Citation 1995
Guides Gallimard: NYC 1994 tours of NYC
NY Times front Page & City Section
Professional Excellence Award, CU
Distinguished Alumni Award, CU 1993
Pittsburgh Corning Design Award, 1991
Prominent American Black Architects, AIA
African American Architects: Jack Travis
Japan Architect: House for an Intersection
City College IRADAC Exhibit 1990
Speaker: NY Society for Ethical Culture
“AIA Teaching and Practice” 1985
NY Construction News: Mayflower Award
Yale Exhibition
Harvard/Graham Foundation Scholarship Grant
Lotus International: Cubist House Project
Education of an Architect: Cooper Union Ed.
Window Room Furniture: Cooper Union Ed.
Skyline Magazine: RK-tecto Comix

PROJECT EXAMPLES
RKA has completed a wide variety of award winning
projects throughout New York City. The firm is renowned for forming
inventive solutions for problematic programs & budgets.
Mayflower Pumping Station: $25M
Harlem-on-the-Hudson Esplanade: $5M
7 Buildings of Bradhurst Housing: $30M
St. Albans Church
Aunt Lens Doll Museum
Boys Choir of Harlem School
Corporate Offices: DED, IDC, UDC
McDonalds Fieldhouse: NYC Parks Dept.
Miss Whistler: Children’s Book Illustrations
As well as several NYC Restaurants and Private Residences.

CURRENT RESEARCH
The Dutch Obsession with Flatness in Architecture, 2004
Moorish Influence in Gothic Architecture, 2000
The Vesica Pisces and Gothic Form, 1999
The Architecture of Meroe/Pointed Arch, 1999
Caravaggio: Progeny of an Architect, 1998
UN-City 600 acre expansion into the East River, 1997