Roger Sherman Architecture and Urban Design

Roger Sherman Architecture and Urban Design is a design-oriented practice which assumes an interdisciplinary and research-based approach to its projects. This enables us to work on a wide range of design problems--from the planning of urban landscapes to that of buildings and interiors. Rather than imposing a preconceived idea or image on our projects, we aim to allow each solution, regardless of its size, to emerge in response to its own particular set of programmatic and site circumstances.

Each project is the result of a collaboration between owner and architect to search for, locate, and give form to the latent potential in each design problem. Moreover, we seek to create designs that are able to stand the test of time by being able to adapt to changes in lifestyle, use and/or the surrounding context, without sacrificing character-the hallmark of sustainable design thinking.

Commercial Condos/Office Bldg., Culver City CA
North Long Beach Village Center Mixed Use, Long Beach, CA
De La Torre Residences, L.A. CA
Pleasure Deck & Pool, Signal Hill, CA
Flex-Spec-Deck House, Gloucestershire, UK


Lake Elsinore Civic Center, CA (2007)
Gateway Park, Toledo, OH (2005)
Railway Park, Santa Fe, NM (2001)
FreshKills Landfill, Staten Island, NY (2000)
West Hollywood Civic Center, CA (1988)



AIA/NextLA Award (Railyard Park), 2007
AIA/NextLA (Gateway Park), 2007
Home-of-the -Year Award (3-in-1 House), Architect mag., 2006
Flex-Deck-Spec House exhibited @ Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 2005
AIA Honor Award (3-in-1 House), 2004
ASLA Honor Award (RePark/FreshKills), 2003
AIA Honor Award (RePark/FreshKills), 2003
P/A Award (RePark/FreshKills), 2003
AIA Honor Award (North Hollywood Redevelopment Plan), 1998
P/A Award (West Hollywood Civic Center), 1989
Winner, West Hollwood Civic Center Design Competition (1987)


Commercial Condos/Office building, Culver City (current)
Flex-Spec-Deck House, Gloucestershire, UK (current)
"O-Z.LA: Visioning L.A. in 2107", (History Channel; 2006)
Gateway Park, Toledo, OH (2005)
3-in-1 House, Santa Monica, CA (2003)
Railyard Park, SantaFe, NM (2001)
RePark/FreshKills Landfill EndUse Plan, NY (2000)
Family Sanctuary, Milwaukee, WI (2002)
North Hollywood Transit-Oriented District Plan, LA, CA (1995)
Vermont Blvd. Affordable Housing, South LA, CA (1994)
West Hollywood Civic Center, LA, CA (1990)



Vogue Japan
Planet Architecture
Architect magazine
L.A. Architect
L.A. Times
Architecture Now (vol. 4)
Los Angeles Magazine
Log (vol 5)
Praxis (issue 4)
Lotus Int'l (117)
G/A Houses
The Recovery of Landscape, Academy Editions, UK
Architecture



Under the Influence: Negotiating the Complex Logic of Urban Property (Univ. Minn. Press 2008)
Re American Dream, Princeton Architectural Press, 1994



Community Design Workshop, San Ysidro, CA (NEA, 2005)
El Pueblo Transit-Oriented District Plan (L.A.County /MTA, 2003)
Author, Design Guidelines, Livable Places, 2001
St. Vibiana's/ L.A. Conservancy Design Workshop, 1996
Pico Aliso / Aliso Village Design Workshop (HACLA, 1995)