Roger Duffy

Roger Duffy
Nationality	United States
Occupation	Architect
Practice	Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
Buildings	Koch Center, Deerfield Academy, Skyscraper Museum
Projects	World Trade Center site (2002)

Roger Duffy is an American architect, known for rigorous and unconventional approach to design. He currently works as a partner at the firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. He has been a design partner in the New York office since 1995, and is a member of the American Institute of Architects and the League Circle of the Architectural League of New York.

He received his Bachelor of Architecture from Carnegie Mellon University in 1979. Duffy currently lives with his wife and two children in Stuyvesant Town in New York City.

After graduating from Carnegie Mellon, he attempted to find a job at many firms, eventually arriving in the lobby of SOM's Washington, DC office without an appointment. He was not promised an interview, simply waiting in the lobby for several days before David Childs interviewed him, on the basis of his determination. He worked in Washington for several years, before he moved to New York.

Experimentation and collaboration are evident throughout Roger Duffy’s projects worldwide, ranging from his award-winning Upper School and Library at Greenwich Academy, to the new home of the Skyscraper Museum in New York, and the landside terminal at Ben Gurion International Airport. His design for the Kuwait Police Academy was included in the Venice Biennale, “Next”.

He does not work in any particular style, instead choosing a design that is rooted in a deep understanding of the unique qualities of each client’s program, site, and aspirations. His interest in making art integral to his designs has led to numerous fruitful collaborations with a wide range of artists, including James Turrell and Robert Whitman, and contributions from Lawrence Wiener.

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