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Robert F. Fox, Jr.(1941-) is a New York City architect and a partner at the firm Cook+Fox Architects. Over the course of his career he has designed more than 30 skyscrapers including his firm’s most recent: the Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park, soon to become the first LEED (See Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum commercial high-rise.

In 1978, Bob was a founding partner of Fox & Fowle Architects, which designed numerous high-rise buildings in Manhattan including the influential Condé Nast Building/4 Times Square, which is widely regarded as America’s first green skyscraper and was featured in the exhibit “Big & Green: Towards Sustainable Architecture” at the National Building Museum. The Condé Nast Building won a 2001 National Honor Award for Design, the highest award given by the American Institute of Architects.

Bob has a long history of involvement with the Hugh L. Carey Battery Park City Authority, which governs 92 acres of Lower Manhattan. He led the team responsible for creating the original Battery Park City Residential Environmental Guidelines in 2000, which guided the development of the Solaire, the first green residential tower in the United States. The guidelines for new residential buildings were followed by guidelines for commercial buildings and existing residential buildings in Battery Park City, a neighborhood that includes the LEED Platinum Visionaire building.

In 2003, Bob Fox joined with Richard Cook to form Cook+Fox Architects, a firm devoted to creating beautiful, environmentally responsible high-performance buildings. In addition to designing the Bank of America Tower, the firm has won awards for the Henry Miller's Theatre, a neighborhood development in the South Street Seaport, a visitors’ center at the Angkor Hospital for Children in Cambodia, and 401 West 14th Street in the Gansevoort Market Historic District. In 2006, Rick and Bob partnered with green development expert Bill Browning to form Terrapin Bright Green LLC, an environmental consulting and strategic planning firm whose projects range from large-scale developments to corporate strategy and government policy.

Bob serves on many boards and committees related to sustainable design. His roles include advising Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s PlaNYC 2030 sustainability initiative, founding chair of the United States Green Building Council – New York Chapter, member of the MTA Blue Ribbon Commission on Sustainability, a Member of the President's Council for Scenic Hudson as well as the Cooper Union President's Council, and Advisory Board member of the Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard University.

Bob Fox was born in White Plains, NY and graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture from Cornell University in 1965, and a Master of Architecture from Harvard University in 1972. He lives with his wife in Manhattan and the Hudson River Valley.