Whether it’s a cozy restaurant designed for one of the town’s film notables (Paul Newman), a 1.5-million-square-foot corporate headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut, for an international financial giant (The Royal Bank of Scotland), or his own offices, Roger Ferris, AIA, approaches each architectural and design program with an eye focused on client needs and expectations. Ferris, who had lived in New Canaan, Connecticut, from the age of 14, then studied at Columbia and Harvard, returned to the state in 1986 when he established his own firm, Roger Ferris + Partners, in Westport. With a team of 12, he moved into a 1908 building that was once the town hall. As the firm expanded, it stayed in the building, but leased two ancillary spaces. Finally, Ferris decided to bring his staff of 55 under one roof. For the new headquarters, the architect transformed 2,200 square feet on the top two floors of 285 Riverside Avenue, a four-story, 1910-era warehouse, beside the Saugatuck River.
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