Faith Rose

Faith Rose is principal at O’Neill Rose Architects, an award winning design firm with projects ranging from single family dwellings to cultural and educational facilities. From 2004 to 2014 Faith directed New York City's Design Excellence Program at the Department of Design and Construction under the Bloomberg Administration. In 2014 Mayor de Blasio appointed Faith Executive Director of New York City’s Public Design Commission, which reviews and approves capital projects on city owned property, including architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning and industrial design.  In 2016 Faith stepped down from public office to focus on running the firm with her partner, Devin O’Neill. Faith has been recognized for her leadership in the profession.  She has been awarded both AIANY Public Architect Award and the AIANYS President’s Award.  Faith has written and spoken widely about the design of public spaces.  She has participated in the Mayor’s Institute on City Design in 2018 and 2016, and the MAS Summit ‘The City We Want.’  She recently co-authored  ‘Mapping Community; Public Investment in New York City’, a publication based on an exhibit she co-curated of the same name From 2015-2019 Faith was the Secretary of the Board of the Architect’s Institute of America New York Chapter. She is currently the founding director of the Design Studies Collaborative non-profit.

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