David M. Schwarz Architects (DMSAS) is a design firm that sees architecture as both a service and an art. The central tenet of our work is crafting sustainable, human-centered places in stewardship of our public realm; it is a philosophy we have studied and developed through our planning and design projects in urban environs since our founding. We established DMSAS in 1978 in Washington, DC, which is still the location of our sole design studio.
The firm employs an architectural staff of 35. Our earliest work was focused within the numerous historic districts of Washington, D.C, and many of our core beliefs are a direct outgrowth of this experience. We learned early on how buildings relate and positively contribute to their surroundings, and the defining role architecture can play in creating memorable institutions and truly sustainable neighborhoods that foster a genuine sense of humanity, community and common purpose.
In architecture as well as planning, the firm believes in designing places for people through careful attention to questions of scale, materials, and detail, while remaining consistent with the needs of the client, the inherent nature of the site, and appropriate architectural themes.
The firm employs an architectural staff of 35. Our earliest work was focused within the numerous historic districts of Washington, D.C, and many of our core beliefs are a direct outgrowth of this experience. We learned early on how buildings relate and positively contribute to their surroundings, and the defining role architecture can play in creating memorable institutions and truly sustainable neighborhoods that foster a genuine sense of humanity, community and common purpose.
In architecture as well as planning, the firm believes in designing places for people through careful attention to questions of scale, materials, and detail, while remaining consistent with the needs of the client, the inherent nature of the site, and appropriate architectural themes.
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Our goal is the most appropriate solution-the one that best solves the problem at hand.
We believe design is a fluid exchange and a shaping of ideas between client and architect-it is iterative and it is interactive.
There can be no predetermined solutions.
In Discovery, we work with the client to define the program, budget, scope and quality expectations.
The goal is an overall set of project expectations.
This phase may include a thorough site analysis and assessment of design options.
Context is considered, as well.
We believe design is a fluid exchange and a shaping of ideas between client and architect-it is iterative and it is interactive.
There can be no predetermined solutions.
In Discovery, we work with the client to define the program, budget, scope and quality expectations.
The goal is an overall set of project expectations.
This phase may include a thorough site analysis and assessment of design options.
Context is considered, as well.
Over time, the term "studio" has come to mean a collection of people, rather than a hive of creative collaboration.
At DMSAS, we hold fast to tradition.
Our design studio is a true studio; a wide-open, organic environment where project teams almost literally live together.
This spirit of discovery and team work is continued outside of the office, as our team uses Washington, DC as a living laboratory to study, explore and create.
From back of napkin brainstorming to scale models (that's right, we still do real 3D models), our projects come to life in full view.
At DMSAS, we hold fast to tradition.
Our design studio is a true studio; a wide-open, organic environment where project teams almost literally live together.
This spirit of discovery and team work is continued outside of the office, as our team uses Washington, DC as a living laboratory to study, explore and create.
From back of napkin brainstorming to scale models (that's right, we still do real 3D models), our projects come to life in full view.
It is an honor to have received dozens awards over our nearly four decades of design and planning work across the country.
A selection of these accolades is humbly presented below.
While we are appreciative of the recognition, the best award will always be the public's embrace of our work.
We do not design with the intent of making an award-winning statement, but instead strive to deliver a building the public will love.
A selection of these accolades is humbly presented below.
While we are appreciative of the recognition, the best award will always be the public's embrace of our work.
We do not design with the intent of making an award-winning statement, but instead strive to deliver a building the public will love.
David M. Schwarz Architects is preparing the next generation of architects and planners, at all levels of their education.
We have supported childhood education and college preparatory programs in the building arts, including relationships with the Phelps School in Washington, DC.
Since 2000, David M. Schwarz Architects has sponsored an annual summer Internship & Traveling Fellowship Awards program.
We believe that seeing and experiencing the world's architecture first hand is an integral part of an architect's continual education.
We have supported childhood education and college preparatory programs in the building arts, including relationships with the Phelps School in Washington, DC.
Since 2000, David M. Schwarz Architects has sponsored an annual summer Internship & Traveling Fellowship Awards program.
We believe that seeing and experiencing the world's architecture first hand is an integral part of an architect's continual education.
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Nicholas S. Zeppos Residential College - A Closer Look As we reported in our previous newsletter, our Vanderbilt University project Nicholas S. Zeppos Residential College is now occupied with students.
We were able to get to Nashville and capture the.
The fifth anniversary of DMSAS' Charleston Gaillard Center in Charleston, South Carolina was celebrated with strings, poets and Grammy Award winners.
The Post and Courier reminds us that: In five years, the Gaillard Center has welcomed close to 750,000 local.
Nicholas S. Zeppos Residential College - A Closer Look As we reported in our previous newsletter, our Vanderbilt University project Nicholas S. Zeppos Residential College is now occupied with students.
We were able to get to Nashville and capture the.
The fifth anniversary of DMSAS' Charleston Gaillard Center in Charleston, South Carolina was celebrated with strings, poets and Grammy Award winners.
The Post and Courier reminds us that: In five years, the Gaillard Center has welcomed close to 750,000 local.
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