Roy expands the role of an architect in search of public good. Roy’s dedication to design excellence, education, and craft infuses the firm’s work with meaning. For the past three decades, Roy has led the firm to complete public projects of varying scales and types and to achieve significant design recognition. Roy is a design and critical thought leader, whether he is participating in an inner-city neighborhood meeting, serving on student reviews across the country, sharing his perspective in lectures and publications, or inspiring an individual in conversation. In all of these encounters, he exhibits an unwavering commitment to considering the consequences of architectural design work in the lives of others.

Roy holds a Master of Architecture degree from Kent State University. He has been on the faculty of Temple University School of Architecture and Mississippi State University’s School of Architecture. He was selected by the Architectural League of New York to present at the 2017 Emerging Voices lecture series. In 2019, Roy was elevated to the AIA College of Fellows. In 2023, his firm was named Best Medium Firm in the Southeast by Architect’s Newspaper, and his firm’s work was published in The State of Housing Design by the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University where he was asked to speak at the book launch symposium at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design.