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Jordan Rogove is an architect who approaches his work with a belief in the power of architecture to positively influence the lives of all who engage it. He co-founded DXA Studio with his partner Wayne Norbeck in 2011.

Over the course of his more than 26 year career, Jordan has completed projects that span numerous typologies. The common thread in all of his work is the ability to resolve the tension between opposing forces into elegant responses: art and science, design innovation and technical excellence, and contemporary considerations and historical context.

His work includes some of the most sought after residential buildings in New York City including The Maverick, 49 Greene and 280 St Marks,  the renovation and restoration of Ralph Walker’s landmark 100 Barclay Street and the Carbide & Carbon Building in Chicago; contemporary, award winning new buildings in landmark districts including 10 W 17 Street, Willem de Kooning's studio building at 831 Broadway, 14 White Street and the converted Mt Pleasant Romanesque Church at  140 W 81st Street.

A number of socially minded and humanitarian projects round out his broad spectrum of projects, including the development of an orphanage in Zambia, a health-focused community in St. Marc, Haiti, and collaborating with the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) to develop architectural solutions toward the eradication of malaria in Namibia. Jordan is also a founder and COO of LiV Connected, a company he established with Wayne Norbeck to provide thoughtful, well-designed modular houses with the intent of making home ownership possible for the countless Americans for whom it is currently out of reach and for rapid deployment as emergency disaster relief housing.

Prior to establishing DXA studio, Jordan worked with renowned theatrical set designer Tom McPhillips, Chicago-based Lucien Lagrange Architects, and Morris Adjmi Architects in New York City. Jordan received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from Virginia Tech in 1998, where he is currently a visiting Professor of Practice. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife Laura and three children, Julian, Jada and Sedi, and their puppy Gnocchi.

Wayne Norbeck co-founded DXA Studio with his partner Jordan Rogove in 2011. With equal emphasis on design innovation and technical excellence, Wayne has overseen projects from the scale of furniture design up to urban-scale planning. Wayne’s work is linked by an approach that prioritizes architecture’s ability to resolve the site’s complexities with distinctive design solutions, to provide meaningful engagement with public spaces and landscapes, and to contribute a framework for socially responsible initiatives. Wayne’s current and recent projects include the Rowan Astoria, a seven-story phased residential development; a new laboratory and office building for a life-sciences company in Harlem; The Maverick, a dynamic new residential building in Chelsea; the design of the Midtown Viaduct, a pedestrian bridge and civic space that creates connections in Midtown; a 170-room hotel in TriBeCa; a passive house in Williamsburg, Brooklyn; and numerous multi-family residential buildings throughout New York City. Wayne’s work also includes several humanitarian projects, including a non-profit community development in Zambia and an initiative to fight malaria through housing improvements along the northern border of Namibia. Wayne is also a partner and Director of Business and Design Strategy at LiV Connected, a company he established with Jordon Rogove, provide thoughtful, well-designed emergency housing following natural disasters. Prior to founding DXA studio, Wayne worked with Ziger/Snead Architects, TEN-Arquitectos and Gluckman Mayner Architects. Wayne is a Professor of Practice at Virginia Tech. He has taught at Pratt Institute and has served as a visiting critic at numerous schools, including the University of Pennsylvania and the Parsons School of Design/ The New School. He received his Bachelor of Architecture from Virginia Tech, and his Master of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania.

Sando received his Master of Architecture from the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design at the University of Toronto, and his Bachelor of Arts, from the University of Alberta. With a background in fine arts and art history he quickly gained a wide range of academic and early professional experience from installation work and set design to a variety of large scale multi-family master planning and infrastructural projects.

Sando’s studies have allowed him to follow academic pursuits not only throughout North America but also abroad, having spent a term in Beijing as part of the Global Architecture Program at the University of Toronto as well as studies taking him to Berlin, Chicago, and New York. While studying he interned at the Toronto based Khoury Levit Fong where he worked on both master planning and cultural/institutional projects. Sando has contributed work to several publications including MAS Context University Work Edition: 2010, bracket [on farming]; Superlinearity, and the Toronto Museum Project. After receiving the 2010 Kuwabara-Jackman Architecture Thesis Prize upon Graduation, Sando moved abroad gaining experience in both Amsterdam and London. Working with Amanda Levete Architects in London he helped develop two large media campuses and several cultural buildings. During his time with Grimshaw Architects he worked on projects ranging from public space guidelines for Transport for London to the development of a highly technical desert botanical research and education facility.

Sando joined DXA studio in early 2014. He has since had the opportunity to engage in a range of projects from office/ workspace concept design and competition work, to single and multi-family rental and condo developments involving both new construction and Landmarks Preservation processes.