David Rockwell's latest project brings together three of his passions, theater design, restaurant design and hotel design. He recently opened civilian, a brand new 203 room hotel in the theater district. The only time I've ever felt that there was this type of successful integration of a character that was an animal, so to speak, into a play with humans was Lion King. Totally. Never mind did me about the integration felt so seamless and so real that the character is brought to life in a way that was really remarkable. I loved Milky White. And never enters a word. Yep.
As founder of the Rockwell Group, an award winning, cross-disciplinary architecture and design practice, David Rockwell has designed countless visual and spatial heartstoppers ranging from restaurants, hotels, airport terminals, and hospitals, to festivals, museum exhibitions, and Broadway sets. He joins to talk about his remarkable life and upcoming projects.