Firm Profile

Davis Brody Bond is one of the nation’s leading architecture, planning, and design practices with a long history grounded in designing projects on important sites in New York City and around the world. The firm’s portfolio of complex building types embraces housing and mixed-use complexes of all scales as well as academic and research buildings, cultural and performing arts facilities, museums and libraries, corporate and industrial structures, and workplaces. The scope of these projects includes new construction, restorations and adaptive reuse, as well as programming, master planning, surveys and assessments, and interior design.

Davis Brody Bond approaches architecture holistically, as a practice that integrates sustainability, technical excellence, safety, and value with civic expression, and timeless aesthetic quality. These are values that are firmly established in our work, which is built on the belief that the best architecture is achieved by understanding and responding to the needs of those who use and inhabit the buildings and structures we design. Since the firm’s founding in 1952, we have received over 200 awards recognizing our commitment to design excellence.

With headquarters in New York City and a second office in Washington, DC, the firm is led by five partners who take hands-on roles on their projects and work closely with clients and a team of architects, planners, designers, and support staff to create a firm-wide atmosphere characterized by diversity, respect, focus, collaboration, and innovation.

In 2011, Davis Brody Bond formed an alliance with Spacesmith, a certified Woman’s Business Enterprise and full-service architecture and interior design firm.Established in 1998, Spacesmith is driven by individuals who share a prodigious respect for the natural world, combined with a finely-tuned understanding of our clients’ organizational strategies and brand. Together, Davis Brody Bond and Spacesmith work as a single design studio with both firms participating in all discussions and aspects of the design process. We are collocated at One New York Plaza in the Financial District, and believe this ensures a cohesive understanding of our clients’ challenges and the solutions to them. Both our firms’ processes rely on understanding our clients, how they work, and their vision for the project.