Frederic Schwartz Architects

For current projects, please see our website:  www.schwartzarch.com.


Winner, Pike County Public Library National Competition, Milford, PA, 2007
Winner, Raipur Invited Airport Competition, Raipur, India, 2007
Winner, Chennai Invited International Airport Competition, Chennai, India, 2007
Winner, World Trade Center Competition, New Orleans, LA, 2007
Winner, Shanghai Fortune World Tower International Competition, Shanghai, China, 2005
Winner, New Jersey State 9/11 Memorial National Competition, Liberty State Park, NJ, 2004
Winner, Westchester 9/11 Memorial International Competition, Westchester County, NY, 2004
Winner, New York City Harlem Housing Competition, Harlem, New York, NY, 2003
Winner, Santa Fe Railyard Park National Competition, Santa Fe, NM, 2002
Winner, East End Theater, Amagansett, NY, 1998
Winner, Staten Island Ferry Terminal International Competition, New York, NY, 1992
Winner, Regional Capitol of Southwest France International Competition, 1992


New York City Hall of Fame, 2007
People’s Choice AIA Award, New York NOW, Center for Architecture, New York, NY, 2005
National Honor Award in Architecture, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC, 2003
AIA/Chicago Award, 1999
Winner, Dubai Cityscape Architectural Review Award 2004, China Mountain, Shanghai World Expo 2010, China
Winner, Dubai Cityscape Architectural Review Award 2004, People's Tower, Shanghai World Expo 2010, China
Diamond Award for Engineering Excellence, ACEC New York, NY, 2006 (Staten Island Ferry Terminal)
Lawrence M. Orton Award, New York Metro Chapter, American Planning Association, 2003
International Interior Design Award, 1998
AIA/NYC Award, 1996
AIA/NYC Award, 1995
AIA/NYC Award, 1994
"Emerging Voices," Architectural League of NY, 1988
New York City Arts Commission Award of Honor, 1988
40 Under 40, 1987
Rome Prize in Architecture, 1985
"Young Architects," Architectural League of NY, 1984


Chennai Airport, Chennai, India (2007-2008)
Raipur Airport, Raipur, India (2007-2008)
Pike County Library, Milford, PA (2007-2008)
Kalahari Mixed Use Development, New York, NY (2003-2008)
Nike SoHo, New York, NY (2007-2008)
Westchester September 11th Memorial, Westchester, NY (2006)
Santa Fe Railyard Park, Santa Fe, NM (2006)
Deutsch Inc., New York, NY (1992-2005)
Staten Island Ferry Terminal, New York, NY (1996-2005)
Knoll, New York, NY (2004)
Deutsch Inc., Los Angles, CA (2002)
Southwest Regional Capitol, Toulouse, France (1992-1999)


“ReTHINKing: New Orleans,” RAP International Conference, Basel, Switzerland, 2007 (keynote speaker)
“DDC Talks: NYC Department of Design and Construction: Schwartz Work 1987 - 2007,” DDC, Queens, NY, 2007
“Pike County Library: Between Nature and the Grid”, Pike County Courthouse, Milford, PA, 2007
“Cities in Crisis: New Orleans NOW,” Bard College, NY, 2007
Mayor’s Institute on City Design, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 2007
“Is New Orleans a Shrinking City? Ecology vs. Politics” Pratt University, New York, NY, 2007
“New Orleans NOW: Public Policy and Planning Center for Architecture, New York, NY, 2007
“New Orleans NOW: The Public Housing Crisis,” The Urban Land Institute, New York, NY, 2007
“New Orleans NOW: The Public Housing Crisis,” Center for Architecture, New York, NY, 2007
“New Orleans: Neighborhood and District Planning,” Columbia University, New York, NY, 2006
“New Orleans: Neighborhood Planning,” NPN: Neighborhood Planning Network, New Orleans, LA, 2006
“ReTHINKing: New York and New Orleans,” New York City Design and Development Corp., New York, NY, 2006
“Go Green: Sustainable Design in Harlem and New Orleans,” Pratt, New York, NY, 2006
“Lower Manhattan: An Architect’s Perspective” Municipal Arts Society, New York, NY, 2006
“In Harm’s Way: Perspectives on Natural and Unnatural Disasters,” Harvard University, 2006
“ReTHINKing: New York and New Orleans,” University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 2006
“Planning Post Disasters: New York & New Orleans,” Hall of Culture, Nehru Center, Mumbai, India 2006
“Past, Present, Future,” Habitat Center, Delhi, India 2006
“Ground Zero: The Real Deal,” Delhi Architecture and Planning School, Arafat Center, Delhi, India 2006
“People’s Choice: New Jersey 9/11 Memorial,” Center for Architecture, New York, NY, 2006
“THINKing,” Gil Oberfield Memorial Lecture, Center for Architecture, New York, NY, 2006
“The Greening of New Orleans,” Western Louisiana AIA, Shreveport, LA, 2006 (keynote speaker)
Mayor’s Institute on City Design, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 2006
“Transformative Design: Staten Island Ferry Terminal,” Staten Island Museum, Staten Island, NY, 2005
“THINKing: Architecture and Planning for Ground Zero and China,” University of Tennessee, 2005
“Re: THINKing: Architecture and Planning,” Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA, 2005
“Re: THINKing: Architecture,” Fontys Academie voor Architectuur en Stedenbouw, New York, NY, 2005
“City Past City Future,” Shanghai Institute Architecture Design Research (SIADR), Shanghai, China, 2005
“Past, Present, Future,” Southeast University, Nanjing, China, 2005
“Who’s Ground Zero,” World Trade Center International Conference, Basel, Switzerland, 2005
“Ground Zero: The Real Deal,” New York University, New York, NY, 2005
“New Housing in Harlem,” Center for Architecture, New York, NY, 2005
“THINK,” AIAS Northeast Quadrant Architectural Schools, Pratt University, New York, NY, 2005
“Memorials,” AIAS Northeast Quadrant Architectural Schools, Pratt University, New York, NY, 2005
“Remember: September 11th Memorials,” Princeton Day School, Princeton, NJ, 2005
“Remember: September 11th Memorials,” Chapel in the Woods, White Plains, NY, 2005
“Staten Island Ferry Terminal,” Architectural League of New York, New York, NY, 2005
“Staten Island Ferry Terminal,” Urban Agenda Conference, New York, NY, 2005
“Ground Zero and the Future City,” School of Architecture, Southeast University, Nanjing, China, 2004
“Ground Zero and the Future City,” Architectural Writers Association, Shanghai, China, 2004
“Remember,” 9/11 Yahrzeit Observance, World Tikkun Center, New York, NY, 2004 (with Mayor Bloomberg)
“Downtown: New York New York,” India House and NYCAIA, New York, NY, 2004
“Learning from Lower Manhattan,” New York City AIA, New York, NY, 2004
“Remembering Roger Montgomery,” University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 2004
“Density,” University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 2004
“Collaboration: Art and Architecture,” Build Boston Conference, Boston, MA, 2004
Keynote Speaker: Desert Cities, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, 2003
Keynote Speaker: “What’s NEXT for the Post 9/11 American City,” CORENET, Atlanta, GA, 2003
100th Anniversary Symposium, University of California at Berkeley, CA 2003
World Architecture: Design-In Marathon, Center for Architecture, New York, NY, 2003
“Staten Island Ferry Terminal,” New York AIA, Center for Architecture, New York, NY, 2003
“Greening of the Staten Island Ferry Terminal,” Environmental Business Assoc., New York, NY, 2003
Ground Zero, Wolfsonian Lecture, Wolfsonian Institute, Miami Beach, FL, 2003 (with Herbert Muschamp)
Ground Zero, Town Hall, New York, NY (MOMA / Architectural League NY), 2003
Ground Zero, McGraw Hill Auditorium, New York, NY (Architectural Record), 2003
Architects Discuss WTC Proposals, Great Hall, Copper Union, New York, NY (MOMA), 2003
“Re: THINKing: New York New York 9/11,” Dallas Museum of Modern Art, Dallas, TX, 2003
“Re: THINKing: New York New York 9/11,” Edmonton University, Edmonton, Canada, 2003
“Re: THINKing: New York New York 9/11,” University of Massachusetts at Amherst, MA 2003
“Re: THINKing: New York New York 9/11,” AAAA, Atlanta, GA, 2003
“Re: THINKing: New York New York 9/11,” AAAA, Grand Central Station, New York, NY 2003
“Re: THINKing: New York New York 9/11,” Harvard Club, New York, NY 2003
“Re: THINKing: New York New York 9/11,” Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 2003
“Re: THINKing: New York New York Post 9/11,” Baruch College, New York, NY 2003
“Re: THINKing: New York New York Post 9/11,” Lehman College, New York, NY 2003
“Re: THINKing: New York New York Post 9/11,” New York University, New York, NY, 2002 (with Muschamp)
Creative Cities Conference, New York University, New York, NY, 2002
“What NEXT for Lower Manhattan,” Venice Biennale, Arsenal, Venice, Italy, 2002
“NYC On the Verge: New Designs for the Waterfront,” Van Alen Institute, New York, NY, 2001
“Joseph Esherick Memorial,” First Congregational Church of Berkeley, CA 2000
Downtown NOW, St. Louis, MO, 2000
ACSA National Conference, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
“Alan Buchsbaum 1967 – 1987,” Architectural League of New York, New York, NY, 1996
“Monroeville Civic Center Competition,” Architectural League of New York, New York, NY
Whitehall Ferry Terminal, Rockefeller University, New York, NY, 1992
Whitehall Ferry Terminal, Columbia University, New York, NY, 1992
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 1992
“Emerging Voices in Architecture” Architectural League of New York, New York, NY, 1988
“Young Architects,” Architectural League of New York, New York, NY, 1985
AA, Architectural Association, London, England, 1985
University of Bath, Bath, England, 1985
Plymouth Politechnical, Plymouth, England, 1985
Institute of Palladian Study, Vicenza, Italy, 1985
Universita degli Studi di Genova, Genova, Italy, 1985
Universita degli Studi di Napoli, Napoli, Italy, 1985
Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy, 1985
Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy, 1985
Universita degli Studi di Roma, Rome, Italy, 1985
Rome Paris New York: International Urban Design Conference, Rome, Italy, 1985
ETH, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland, 1985
University of Applied Art in Vienna, Vienna, Austria, 1985
Technische Universitat Graz, Graz, Austria, 1985
Institute Superieur d'Architecture Victor Horta, Brussels, Belgium, 1985
Boston Architecture Symposium 1984, Boston Architectural Center, Boston, MA, 1984
University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, 1984
Escola d'Architectura, Universita Politec, Barcelona, Spain, 1982
Colegio de Arquitectos, Delagacion en Mallorca, Mallorca, Spain, 1982
University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 1982
University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, 1982
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 1982
University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, 1982
University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC, 1981
Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 1980
Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, 1979
Mississippi State University, Jackson, MS, 1979
ACSA Southern Conference, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 1979


New New York: Fast Forward, Architecture League of New York, New York, NY, 2007
2007 AIA Awards, Center for Architecture, New York, NY, 2007
Chennai Airport Terminal Competition, Airport Authority of India, New Delhi, India, 2007
New Jersey State September 11th Memorial, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ, 2006
Westchester County September 11th Memorial, Westchester County Museum, White Plains, NY, 2006
Going Pubic Two: New York City, Center for Architecture, New York, NY, 2006
Global Green Competition, Ogden Art Museum, New Orleans, LA, 2006
The Good Life: New Public Spaces for Recreation, Hudson River Park Pier 40, New York, NY, 2006
Waterfront, National Museum of the American Indian, New York, NY, 2006
Erie Street Plaza Competition, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, School of Architecture & Urban Planning, WI, 2006
Armenian Genocide Memorial Competition, Alex Theatre, Glendale, CA, 2006
Paterson Great Falls Master Plan Competition, Paterson Museum, Paterson, NJ, 2006
ReTHINKing: Architecture and Planning, Frederic Schwartz Architects, University of Tennessee, TN, 2005
ReTHINKing: Architecture and Planning, Frederic Schwartz Architects, Nashville Design Center, TN, 2005
CITY ART, Center for Architecture, New York, NY, 2005
New York NOW, Center for Architecture, New York, NY, 2005
Octavia Boulevard Competition, California College of the Arts & Crafts, Oakland, CA, 2005
National AIDS Memorial Competition, California College of the Arts & Crafts, Oakland, CA, 2005
Parachute Pavilion Competition, Van Alen Institute, New York, NY, 2005
Art for Architecture at the Pump House, Pump House, Dallas, TX, 2004
2004 AIA Awards, Center for Architecture, New York, NY, 2004
Holocaust Human Rights Center of Maine, University of Maine, Augusta, ME, 2004
BIG + Green: Sustainable Architecture, Art & Architecture Building, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 2004
BIG + Green, Museum of the City of New York, New York, NY, 2003
Going Public: Public Projects in NYC, Center for Architecture, New York, NY, 2003
Storefront for Architecture, New York, NY, 2003
Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy, 2002
Plans in Progress for Ground Zero, Winter Garden, New York, NY, 2002-2003
Design Trust: Considered Space 2, New York, NY, 2003
USA Design 1975-2000, American Craft Museum, New York, NY, 2003
USA Design 1975-2000, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO, 2002
Chicago Public Schools Competition, Chicago, IL, 2002 
Maypole, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York, NY, 2001 
100 Great Ideas for New York City 2000, Municipal Arts Society, New York, NY, 1998
Streetscape for the 21st Century, Municipal Arts Society, New York, NY, 1997
Take Home A Nude, The New York Academy of Art, New York, NY, 1997
Petrosino Park Competition, Storefront for Architecture, New York, NY, 1996
Chairmania, Beylerian Productions Inc., New York, NY, 1995
Sci Arc, Auction, Los Angeles, CA, 1993
Art by Architects Silent Auction, AIA Convention, Chicago, IL, 1993
Whitehall Ferry Terminal Competition, Urban Center, New York, NY, 1993
New York City Police Training Facility Competition, Pratt Institute, New York, NY, 1993
New York City Police Training Facility Competition, Municipal Arts Society, NY, NY, 1993
New York Architecture 1970-1990, Europe and Japan, 1989-1992
Small Firms, Great Projects, AIA/SF Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1992
Home Rooms, Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA, 1991
Contemporary Architectural Drawings, Columbia University, New York, NY, 1991
First Parrish Art Museum Design Biennial: Weathervanes, Southampton, NY, 1991
Design Explorations: 2001, Jacob K. Javitts Convention Center, New York, NY, 1991
Design by Architects, New York Design Center, New York, NY, 1990
Mondo Materialis, Cooper Hewitt Museum, New York, NY, 1990
Mondo Materialis, Cooper-Hewitt, NY, National Building Museum, Washington, DC, 1990
Annual Exhibition, American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy, 1990
De Quito Biennial VII, De Quito, Ecuador, 1990
2000X - From Table to Tablescape, NEOCON, Chicago, IL, Gallery 91, New York, NY, 1988-1990
City Visions, Boston Society of Architects, Boston, MA, 1989
Beaux Arch, East Hampton, NY, 1989
Edible Architecture, Steelcase Design Partnership Gallery, New York, NY, 1989
Traversing the Threshold, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, KS, 1989
Grand Windows, MTA Arts for Transit, Grand Central Station, New York, NY, 1989
Architectural Art, American Crafts Museum, New York, NY, 1988
New York's New Riverfront, Battery Park City, New York, NY, 1988
New York Newsstand Competition, Knoll Design Center, New York, NY, 1988
Postmodern Visions, Architecture 1960-1985, IBM Gallery, New York, NY, 1987
Vacant Lots, Architectural League of New York, New York, NY, 1987
40 Under 40, New York, Chicago, Paris, Los Angeles, Tokyo, 1986-87
The Chair Fair, Architectural League of New York, IDC/NY, New York, NY, 1986
Architecture in Perspective, Boston Architectural Center, Boston, MA, 1986
Statue of Liberty Centennial Exhibition, Dyansen Gallery, Soho, New York, NY, 1986
Statue of Liberty Centennial Exhibition, Snug Harbor Museum, Staten Island, NY, 1986
Visions of the City, Suburban Center, Philadelphia, PA, 1986
American Academy in Rome, Annual Exhibition, Rome, Italy, 1985
Homeless at Home, Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York, NY, 1986
Before Whitney, Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York, NY, 1985
American Academy in Rome, Annual Exhibition, Rome, Italy, 1985
Architects for Social Responsibility, Protech Gallery, New York, NY, 1985
Drawing Toward Building 1732-1986, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, 1985
Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy, 1985
Art-Solidarita, Valencia, Spain, 1983
Young Architects, Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York, NY, 1983
Paris Biennale des Beaux Arts, Paris, France, 1982
Drawings by Architects, Artworks Gallery, New Haven, CT, 1982
Late Entries to the Chicago Tribune Tower, America and Europe, 1980-83
Windows, Rooms, Furniture, New York and Tokyo, 1980-83
Architectural Fantasies, AIA Foundation, Washington, DC, 1980
Architecture and Urban Design, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 1978