David M. Schwarz

David M. Schwarz (born 26 January 1951 in Los Angeles) is an American architect and designer. He is the President & CEO of Washington, D.C.-based David M. Schwarz Architects, Inc. and serves as the Chairman of the Yale School of Architecture's Dean's Council.

Schwarz's work focuses primarily on contextual, humanistic design and urbanist planning principles. Schwarz himself has labeled his work, and that of his eponymous firm, as populist and neo-eclectic in style. In 2015, David Schwarz was awarded the University of Notre Dame's Richard H. Driehaus Architecture Prize on 21 March in Chicago for his work which embodies the highest ideals of traditional and classical architecture in contemporary society, and creates a positive cultural, environmental, and artistic impact.

Early life and education

Schwarz was born in Los Angeles, California. He received his undergraduate degree from St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland in 1972 before attending the Yale School of Architecture and earning a Master of Architecture in 1974.

Immediately following his graduation from Yale, Schwarz interned for noted architects Paul Rudolph, Edward Larrabee Barnes, and former Yale professor Charles Moore.

Career

Schwarz moved to Washington, D.C. and founded David M. Schwarz Architectural Services in 1976. The firm was incorporated in 1978 and renamed David M. Schwarz Architects, Inc in 2008.

While his early career was focused primarily on the renovation of row houses in historic districts of Washington, D.C., such as Adams Morgan, Dupont Circle, and Mount Pleasant, Schwarz has since applied his self-proclaimed populist style to arenas, schools, baseball stadia, performing arts venues, retail districts, healthcare facilities, apartment buildings, and academic campuses across the United States.

Outreach and philanthropy

Schwarz was among the first Board Members of the National Building Museum. During his time on the Board of Directors he helped create both the Vincent Scully Prize and the National Building Museum Honor Award. Schwarz now serves as the Jury Chairman for the Vincent J. Scully Prize Fund Endowement.

David Schwarz served as the Davenport Visiting Professor at the Yale School of Architecture in the fall of 2008 and taught a fifth-year design studio at The University of Notre Dame in 2010. He is a Sterling Fellow of Yale University.

Notable works

• The Smith Center for the Performing Arts in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

• American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, USA

• Globe Life Park in Arlington in Arlington, Texas, USA

• Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth, Texas, USA

• National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame in Fort Worth, Texas, USA

• The Palladium at the Center for Performing Arts in Carmel, Indiana, USA

• Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville, Tennessee, USA

• Dr Pepper Ballpark in Frisco, Texas, USA

• Firewheel Town Center in Garland, Texas, USA

• Fort Worth Public Library in Fort Worth, Texas, USA

• Sid Richardson Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, USA

• West Village in Dallas, Texas, USA

• Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas
• Ed Smith Stadium (renovation) in Sarasota, Florida
• ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Baylake, Florida
• George Dean Johnson Jr., College of Business Administration and Economics at the University of South Carolina Upstate in Spartanburg, South Carolina
• Southlake Town Square in Southlake, Texas
• Sundance Square Plaza in Fort Worth, Texas
• Tarrant County Family Law Center in Fort Worth, Texas
• The Yale Environmental Science Center in New Haven, Connecticut
• E. Bronson Ingram College at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee

Dallas–Fort Worth metro area works

Though based in Washington, D.C., Schwarz has completed dozens of projects in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. Most notably, he is responsible for the creation of the development plan behind the Sundance Square neighborhood in downtown Fort Worth, Texas, as well as the master plan and building design for Cook Children's Medical Center.

A list of building architectural design projects in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex completed by David M. Schwarz

• American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas
• Chase Bank Building in Fort Worth, Texas
• Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas
• Dr Pepper Ballpark in Frisco, Texas
• Firewheel Town Center in Garland, Texas
• Fort Worth Central Library in Fort Worth, Texas
• Frisco Square in Frisco, Texas
• Globe Life Park in Arlington (formerly The Ballpark in Arlington) in Arlington, Texas
• Lon Evans Correctional Center in Fort Worth, Texas
• Maddox-Muse Center in Fort Worth, Texas
• Nancy Lee & Perry R. Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth, Texas
• National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame in Fort Worth, Texas
• Parker Square in Flower Mound, Texas
• Sid Richardson Museum in Fort Worth, Texas
• Southlake Town Square in Southlake, Texas
• Southlake Town Hall in Southlake, Texas
• Sundance East in Fort Worth, Texas
• Sundance Square Plaza in Fort Worth, Texas
• Sundance West in Fort Worth, Texas
• Tarrant County Family Law Center in Fort Worth, Texas
• The Brownstones at Southlake Town Square
• The Cassidy & Trust Building in Fort Worth, Texas
• The Carnegie Building in Fort Worth, Texas
• The Commerce Building in Fort Worth, Texas
• The Westbrook in Fort Worth, Texas
• West Village in Dallas, Texas