Education: M.Arch., 1973, Yale

Apprenticeship: Philip Johnson and then Allan Greenberg

Licensure: 1977

1981: Among the pioneers of Traditional Neighborhood Development (New Urbanism) at Seaside, Florida.

1990: Time’s cover photo featured ROA’s neighborhood of 15 cottages and civic structures, to recognize Seaside as The Architecture of the Decade, “the most astonishing design achievement of its era, and one might hope the most influential.”

2006: US EPA’s 1st Place Gulf Guardian Partnership Award for recovery, rebuilding, and re- newal of Waveland, MS, following Hurricane Katrina.

2020: Tau Sigma Delta National Honor Society Medal. ΤΣΔ is the only honor society nationally recognized in the field of architecture, sharing the same esteem enjoyed by the most distinguished honor societies of other educational fields.

2025: Forbes’s inaugural 200 Best Residential Architects.

2026: Forbes’s inaugural Best in State “They accomplished in two days what five previous architects failed to solve in two years.”

- CEO, General Growth, Chicago

“We have among us a very humane architect, and, across the havoc of fashion, solid as a brick.”

- Andrés Duany

“It’s been like having Brad Pitt give his best performance to our high school play.”

- Hollywood Director/Producer

“Robert’s design for our new library caused patronage to rise an astounding 1,100% over our pre-

vious library.”

- New Hartford Public Library

“She likes you.”

- Attested by Barbra Streisand’s Manager