David M. Schwarz

David M. Schwarz (born January 26, 1951) is an American architect. He is the president and chief executive officer 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, Schwarz was awarded the University of Notre Dame's Richard H. Driehaus Architecture Prize on March 21, 2015, 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 architects Paul Rudolph, Edward Larrabee Barnes, and former Yale professor Charles Moore.

While his early career was focused primarily on the renovation of row houses in historic districts of Washington, D.C., including 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. 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

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 Nicholas S. Zeppos College at Vanderbilt University Rothschild College at Vanderbilt University

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 Dickies Arena 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, Southlake, Texas 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