Dr. Nathaniel Rogers

Biography

Nathaniel Rogers, AIA, is a partner at Beyer Blinder Belle, an internationally renowned design and historic preservation practice based in New York City. As a project designer and lead in the firm’s civic, cultural, and higher education studio, he has contributed to a wide variety of planning and architecture projects for high-profile institutions over the course of a decade. His clients include the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the University of Pennsylvania, and Harvard University. Nathaniel specializes in creatively integrating design interventions in historic settings, helping clients recognize the value embedded in existing buildings. As a designer, he seeks transformative solutions that reflect and strengthen institutional missions and cultures, linking the past with the future. As a lecturer in the Department, he teaches 'Contemporary Design in Historic Settings,' a required seminar for students in the Preservation Design concentration. His academic interests center on the philosophical and ethical aspects of combining new and old architecture, exploring new directions at the intersection of historic preservation and sustainability, and addressing the challenges of rehabilitating postwar modernist buildings. He resides in Brooklyn, New York, and serves on the Vestry of Trinity Church Wall Street.

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