David Davis, AIA
Managing Principal


Education

  • Master of Architecture,
    Rice University

  • Bachelor of Environmental Design, Texas A & M University

Registrations

  • Registered Architect, New York

  • Registered Architect, Illinois

Affiliations

  • American Institute of Architects, AIA

David Davis has more than 20 years experience as a designer and project manager. He brings an extensive portfolio of hospitality and corporate interior projects to Rottet Studio.

As Managing Principal, Mr. Davis oversees the active and diverse interior architecture and design practice of the firm’s four offices in New York, Los Angeles, Houston, San Francisco and affiliate in Shanghai. Prior to his transition into project management, Mr. Davis was an active participant in the design of multiple projects of varying scales, including high rise towers in the U.S. and abroad. His project management experience includes numerous high profile projects, including MetLife, Lehman Brothers, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Conde Naste, Deloitte, and Elliott Management.

Mr. Davis also brings a wealth of hospitality design and management experience, including the Four Seasons City Santa Fe in Mexico City, the Hilton Mangaf Resort in Kuwait, Hyatt Regency Global Headquarters in Chicago, James Royal Palm in Miami Beach, The Surrey and Affinia Shelburne Hotels in New York, St. Regis Resort in Aspen, Loews Hotels in Montreal and Denver, and W Hotel and condominium projects in La Jolla, Huntington Beach and Denver.

Mr. Davis began his career in 1985 in the Chicago office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. He later moved to Los Angeles to work on the Getty Center with Richard Meier & Partners. Eventually, Davis returned to New York to head Skidmore’s interior design department. Mr. Davis joined Lauren Rottet and Richard Riveire in 2008 to form Rottet Studio.

Select Professional Experience

  • 10 Ludgate, 550,000 SF / London, UK
  • 85 Broad Street, 70,000 SF / New York, NY
  • Affinia Shelburne Hotel lobby and lounge/ New York, NY
  • Broadgate Phases 9,10 & 11; 4,000,000 SF / London, UK
  • Canary Wharf, master plan multi-use complex, 12,000,000 SF / London, UK
  • Capella Hotel & Residences / Las Vegas, NV
  • Capital Hilton Lobby & Lounge / Washington, DC
  • Charles Schwabb / New York, NY
  • Chase Manhattan Plaza, 85,000 SF / New York, NY
  • CIBC World Markets, 800,000 SF / New York, NY
  • Cravath, Swaine & Moore, 164,000 SF / New York, NY
  • Deloitte & Touche: Chicago, IL; Memphis, TN; Cleveland, OH; San Jose, CA
  • Elliott Management, 98,000 SF /New York, NY
  • First Union National Bank, 425,000 SF / Charlotte, NC; New York, NY; Atlanta, GA
  • Four Seasons City Santa Fe Hotel & Residences / Mexico City
  • Global Hyatt Headquarters / Chicago, Illinois
  • Goldman, Sachs & Co. / New York, NY
  • Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill / Washington, DC
  • Hilton Mangaf Resort & Hotel / Kuwait City, Kuwait
  • James Hotel / New York, NY
  • James Royal Palm / Miami Beach, FL
  • Loews Denver Hotel / Denver, CO
  • Loews Vogue Hotel / Montreal, Quebec
  • The London Miami Beach Hotel / Miami Beach, FL
  • MetLife, 40,000 SF / New York, NY
  • Piper Jaffray Companies, 40,000 SF / Minneapolis, MN
  • Pritzker Hyatt, / Chicago, IL
  • Republic Bank Center, 1,000,000 SF / Dallas, TX
  • St. Regis Resort & Residences/ Aspen, CO
  • The Surrey Hotel / New York, NY
  • A Trump Tower Residence / New York, NY
  • W La Jolla Hotel & Residences / La Jolla, CA
  • W Pacific City Hotel & Residences / Huntington Beach, CA
  • W Denver Hotel & Residences / Denver, CO
  • Ziff-Davis, 4,000 SF / New York, NY