[2] The work of Studio Rick Joy ranges from high-concept contemporary design to traditional architectural and master planning services.

Joy has lectured extensively throughout the United States and around the globe and is considered an important contributor to the ongoing global discourse on modern architecture.

Expanding into different climates and cultural places has led to new formal responses and a diverse, locally grounded material palette.

The firm has realized architectural residences in regions such as mountains in Idaho,[7] forests in Vermont,[8] and an urban loft in the heart of Manhattan.

It also began to work at a large scale, with projects such as a luxury resort for Aman Resorts in southern Utah with I-10 Studio, the St. Edward's University Campus Chapel and Holy Cross Institute Complex,[3] the 9 story housing block for the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, the master planning of new towns in Mexico and Utah, new master planning in York, Maine[8] and Le Massif, Canada,[12] a 1.3 million square foot mixed-use development in Tucson, Arizona.