Cooper Robertson implements new design leadership team

Manhattan, NY After more than 30 years with architecture and urban design firm, Cooper Robertson, partner Donald Clinton, AIA, MRAIC, is stepping down at the end of the year from his daily role helping direct the organization. This transition comes at a noteworthy time for Cooper Robertson, as it embarks on major new projects led by four continuing partners and its next generation of senior leaders.

As Clinton retires, Cooper Robertson advances with partners Mike Aziz, AIA, LEED AP, Bruce Davis, AIA, LEED AP, Erin Flynn, RA, LEED AP, and John Kirk, serving as stewards of the firm’s growth and trajectory into the next generation. The four partners are supported in this process by newly appointed senior leaders including director of architecture Elizabeth Stoel, AIA, LEED AP BD+C and director of urban design Brad Barnett.This management team will oversee a portfolio of ongoing work into 2024 and beyond. 

Highlights include a number of high-profile cultural projects such as the new Studio Museum in Harlem and the Princeton University Art Museum, as well as major expansions at the New Museum in New York, designed in collaboration with OMA, and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, on a team with the firm PAU.

Cooper Robertson is also engaged in planning and building projects on college and university campuses ranging from the University of Maryland in College Park to Drury University in Springfield, MS, as well as on an array of architecture and strategic planning efforts for private clubs in Virginia and the Bahamas.

“Cooper Robertson’s current status and growth trajectory are in many ways a reflection of Donald Clinton’s influence and professional contributions, including the talent he has brought in and nurtured over decades,” says John Kirk, AIA, a partner at the firm since 2000. “Don has played an outsize role in our success and he will be missed. Yet a testament to his leadership remains: our growth with a group of highly talented, dedicated and accomplished professionals including those who are now helping guide Cooper Robertson’s many achievements and growth trajectory.”