David Hotson_Architect D.P.C. is an architectural design firm based in New York City that designs award-winning residential, cultural, and institutional projects for discerning clients around the world.

The office focusses on shaping figural volumes of architectural space filled with natural light -- treating the sculpted figure of space as the essential medium of the art of architecture. 

Every project emerges from a close, collaborative, creative relationship with a visionary client-patron, resulting in a spatial and experiential artwork that is an expression of the client’s unique vision.  

The office has been been the recipient of national and international awards, including the European Centre for Architecture: International Architecture Award. 

The jury of the international Architizer A+ Awards program selected DH_A’s SkyHouse penthouse as the most extraordinary apartment project of the year worldwide.  In December 2025, the SkyHouse penthouse was recognized by Interior Design Magazine as the single most iconic apartment project from the entire twenty-year history of the Interior Design “Best of Year" Awards program  

In April 2024 the Saint Sarkis Church was the recipient of the AIANY Honor Award, the highest design award conferred by the New York City Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.  In January 2023 the Saint Sarkis Church complex was designated as the ‘US Building of the Year’ on the influential ‘World-Architects’ web platform.  The Saint Sarkis Church was described by Mark LAmster, the Pulitzer-Prize-winning architecture critic of the Dallas Morning News as “the best new building in Texas” and “the most aesthetically remarkable and emotionally moving work of architecture produced in North Texas in a generation.”

The office has been featured in The New Yorker, the New York Times, Architectural Record, Interior Design, Detail, The Plan, Domus, Architectural Digest, Fast Company and many other publications, and has been featured on  over 500 architecture and design websites in thirty countries.  

LEADERSHIP

David Hotson, AIA: Founder and Principal

David Hotson is an award-winning architect who has completed the design and construction of residential, cultural, and institutional projects around the world. Since establishing his private practice in 1991, David has established collaborative relationships with inventors, founders, artists, creators, and leaders in industries from technology and finance to the arts, philanthropy, and social impact. 

In addition to his portfolio, David has collaborated with artists, designers and other architects to execute projects with demanding detailing and rigorous design values. Noted collaborations include those with Maya Lin, Santiago Calatrava, Ricardo Legorretta, David Adjaye, and other architects, artists, and designers in the US, the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, France, Spain, Switzerland, Hungary, Armenia, Mexico, and Japan.

David earned a Master of Architecture from the Yale University School of Architecture. While at Yale David was the recipient of the Skidmore Owings and Merrill Traveling Fellowship, awarded to three graduate students annually through a nationwide competition.

David is a registered architect in the State of New York and a member of the American Institute of Architects.

Michael Konow, AIA: Director of Design and Production

Michael Konow has anchored the design, detailing, construction document production and construction administration at DHA for over fifteen years, including oversight of award-winning projects such as the SkyHouse Penthouse and the Saint Sarkis Church and Community Center. 

Michael Konow is a graduate of the Pratt Institute School of Architecture. He is a licensed architect in the State of New York and a member of the American Institute of Architects.

Charles Matz, AIA RIBA: Director of Business Development

Charles Matz is an architect and industry leader with expertise in managing project strategies for the fine art, institutional, hospitality, and retail sectors. His engagement with evolving, integrated digital technologies for scanning and representing architectural space complements decades of formulating and executing the growth trajectory of companies in design, culture, media, and the arts. 

He is a licensed architect in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, is certified by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, and is a member of the American Institute of Architects and the Royal Institute of British Architects. Charles Matz graduated from the Cooper Union School of Architecture, studied at the Architectural Association in London, and holds advanced degrees from the University of Oxford—Merton and St Hugh's Colleges.