Richard Roth Jr.

Richard Roth Jr., FAIA

Richard Roth Jr. died peacefully in his sleep on October 13, 2022. He was 89 years old. He leaves behind his daughter Robyn Roth-Moise (David), four grandchildren, Lauren Machinist (James), Samantha Steinbrecher (John), Mason Roth (Samantha Singh) and Emily Roth, as well as two great-grandsons, Henry and Benjamin Machinist, along with daughter-in-law Eleanore Roth and brother Emery Roth II (Jane). He was pre-deceased by his wife Alene and son Richard Lee Roth.

Richard Roth Jr graduated from the Ethical Culture Fieldston School, followed by Miami University in Ohio for his architecture degree. He became chief architect, of renowned New York firm Emery Roth & Sons in the early 1970's and CEO in the early 1980's. Like his father, Richard Roth Sr. and grandfather, Emery Roth before him, Richard combined a flair for design with commercial savvy to run a successful architecture practice. Over his 40-plus-year career, the multi-award-winning architect designed hundreds of buildings for clients in NYC, in New York State, across America and around the world. Most notably he worked on the Pan Am building, the World Trade Center, Citicorp, 55 Water Street, 17 State Street, the Palace Hotel, the Park Lane Hotel, the original 7 World Trade Center and the General Motors building in New York City, to name just a few. Richard, who was a fellow of the AIA, was awarded in 1993 the James William Kideney Gold Medal award from the New York State American Institute of Architects.

Richard was fortunate enough to combine his thirst for travel, his love of art, music and photography with his work around the world. While retired, he enjoyed giving talks to various organizations, including Untapped New York, Pan Am Museum and the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, to name a few. Services will be private. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Central Park Conservancy, Skyscraper Museum, Untapped New York, as well as Landmark West in NYC.