Neal Schwartz, FAIA
S^A|Schwartz And Architecture
Neal J. Z. Schwartz, FAIA, graduated from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design and Kennedy School of Government with joint degrees in Architecture and Public Policy in 1992. The first to propose and complete this joint degree program, Schwartz graduated with Distinction in Architecture and received the Thayer Award for Meritorious Scholarship, given each year to one student in each of the ten graduate schools. He also was awarded the Sheldon Traveling Fellowship for six months of research in Germany, Finland, and Portugal for a project titled, “An Other Modernism: The Expressive Language of Hugo Häring, Hans Scharoun, Alvar Aalto, and Álvaro Siza.” These early influences have fueled Schwartz’s distinguished career as a practitioner, educator, and advocate.
In 1992, Schwartz established S^A | Schwartz and Architecture, an internationally recognized design studio based in San Francisco, where he is also a professor of architecture at the California College of the Arts (CCA). Schwartz has served on the board of directors for the National AIDS Memorial Grove, and was the Founding Chair of the Public Policy and Advocacy Committee (PPAC) of the San Francisco chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). His firm is committed to significant community and pro bono work, including the design of the James Beard Award–winning restaurant, El Pípila: Guardians of Guanajuatan Cuisine, in association with the San Francisco nonprofit La Cocina.
In 1992, Schwartz established S^A | Schwartz and Architecture, an internationally recognized design studio based in San Francisco, where he is also a professor of architecture at the California College of the Arts (CCA). Schwartz has served on the board of directors for the National AIDS Memorial Grove, and was the Founding Chair of the Public Policy and Advocacy Committee (PPAC) of the San Francisco chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). His firm is committed to significant community and pro bono work, including the design of the James Beard Award–winning restaurant, El Pípila: Guardians of Guanajuatan Cuisine, in association with the San Francisco nonprofit La Cocina.