What SchwartzSilver does

Schwartz/Silver Architects is a privately held architectural practice founded in 1980 by Warren Schwartz and Robert Silver, headquartered at 75 Kneeland Street in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm operates with 11-50 employees and delivers design services across four core practice areas: Academic (universities, colleges, and secondary schools), Civic (federal, state, and local government buildings such as courthouses, fire stations, and municipal facilities), Library (public and academic library new construction and transformation), and Museum & Cultural (museums, heritage institutions, and collections storage). The practice is nationally recognized, having completed over 40 museum projects and provided national consulting on collections storage to institutions including The Broad, LACMA, Harvard Art Museums, and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. Underlying technical capabilities include BIM, sustainable and adaptive reuse design, historic preservation, and collaborative project delivery with a long-standing network of engineering, lighting, acoustics, and landscape consultants.

The firm generates revenue through project-based professional fees for architectural design services spanning planning, design, construction documentation, and construction administration. Go-to-market is sales-led via direct engagement with institutional clients, competitive design awards, RFPs and RFQs, and repeat client relationships; the firm participates in the US Government's Design Excellence Program. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and varies by project scope, complexity, and scale. Customer concentration spans named clients including Yale University, Princeton University, Brown University, Cornell University, the Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art, the Holocaust Legacy Foundation, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, the City of Medford, and the City of Quincy.

Recent strategic activity includes the 2015 merger of Solomon+Bauer Architects into Schwartz/Silver, a 2025 generational leadership transition elevating Angela Ward Hyatt to President and Peter Kleiner to Managing Principal, joint-venture work with Kengo Kuma and Associates on the Brandywine Museum, and active project milestones in 2025 including the groundbreaking of Holocaust Museum Boston and the opening of the American Ancestors Family Heritage Experience. The firm maintains an extensive roster of long-standing engineering, consulting, and construction partners and participates in AIA conferences and awards juries as part of its institutional outreach.

Name

SchwartzSilver

Legal name

Schwartz/Silver Architects

Website

https://schwartzsilver.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1980

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Schwartz/Silver Architects is a Boston-based architectural firm founded in 1980 with 11-50 employees, providing academic, civic, library, and museum design services nationally. It serves institutional clients including major universities, museums, libraries, and government agencies with expertise in historic preservation, adaptive reuse, and sustainable design.

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akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Boston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Architectural Design Services: The firm generates revenue through professional fees for architectural design services, including planning, design, construction documentation, and construction administration services for institutional and civic projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Schwartz/Silver Architects is a Boston-based architectural firm providing professional design services spanning planning, design, construction documentation, and construction administration. The firm serves academic institutions, museums and cultural institutions, libraries, and public/civic agencies with a focus on historic preservation, adaptive reuse, and sustainable design. Services are organized across four core practice areas (Academic, Civic, Libraries, Museums & Cultural), supplemented by historic preservation renovation work and specialized collections storage consulting.

Product overview

Schwartz/Silver is a nationally recognized architectural firm providing specialized design services through four core practice areas: Academic Design (partnering with universities and schools), Civic Design (federal, state, and local government projects), Library Design (new libraries and transformations), and Museum & Cultural Design (museums and heritage institutions). Founded in 1980, the firm also offers historic preservation/renovation services and collections storage consulting. Their work spans new construction as well as adaptive reuse of historic structures, with a focus on public-serving architecture in New England and across the country.

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Products and services

• Academic Design Services Architectural design services for national research universities, private and public colleges, and secondary schools, addressing campus facility needs including classrooms, libraries, student centers, residence halls, and academic buildings. Practice includes new construction, renovation, and historic preservation on academic campuses.
• Civic Design Services
• Library Design Services
• Museum & Cultural Design Services
• Historic Preservation & Renovation Services
• Collections Storage Consulting

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

45 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core, historical and minor.

• Kengo Kuma and AssociatesflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint venture partner for Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art project. Kengo Kuma is prime architect with Schwartz/Silver as associate architect for this major museum expansion.
• WHLC ArchitecturecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint venture partner for River Center Branch Library in Baton Rouge, LA. Project won multiple awards including Architizer A+Awards Finalist.
• Field OperationsflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerLandscape architecture partner for Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art campus expansion, creating a 325-acre public preserve with ten miles of trails.
• Gehry PartnershistoricalStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with Frank O. Gehry on 360 Newbury Street project, which received AIA National Honor Award in 1991.
• Thornton TomasetticoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerStructural and facade engineering partner on multiple projects including Wellesley Town Hall, American Ancestors, and Holocaust Museum Boston.
• ArupcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEngineering and IT/AV/Acoustics consultant partner on Holocaust Museum Boston and Ruffin Hall at UVA.
• Nitsch EngineeringcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCivil engineering partner on multiple projects including Wellesley Town Hall, Boston Psychoanalytic Society, and American Ancestors.
• Consigli Construction CompanycoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConstruction manager on Wellesley Town Hall and Walker Hall Worcester Academy projects.
• Shawmut Design and ConstructioncoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGeneral contractor partner on American Ancestors project and Stephen Robert Campus Center at Brown University.
• Kengo Kuma and AssociatesflagshipTechnology or IntegrationPrime architect for Brandywine Museum project; Schwartz/Silver serves as associate architect.
• Silman (TYLin)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerStructural engineering partner on Holocaust Museum Boston.
• GGD Consulting EngineerscoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerMechanical, Electrical, Plumbing engineering partner on Wellesley Town Hall, Winchendon Fire Station, and Medford Public Library.
• Cosentini AssociatescoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerMEP engineering partner on Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Walker Hall Worcester Academy.
• HLB Lighting DesigncoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLighting design partner on Wellesley Fire Station, Medford Public Library, and Montague Public Library.
• AcentechcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerAcoustics/AV/Security partner on multiple projects including Medford Public Library and Cocke Hall UVA.
• Cavanaugh ToccicoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerAV/Acoustics partner on Wellesley Town Hall and American Ancestors.
• Available LightcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLighting design partner on Wellesley Town Hall and American Ancestors.
• Jensen HughescoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCode consulting partner on Medford Public Library and Stephen Robert Campus Center.
• JS Consulting EngineerscoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCode consulting partner on Wellesley Fire Station, Boston Psychoanalytic Society, and Montague Public Library.
• McPhail AssociatescoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGeotechnical engineering partner on Holocaust Museum Boston, American Ancestors, and Walker Hall Worcester Academy.
• VvS Architects & ConsultantsminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSustainability consulting partner on Wellesley Fire Station and Medford Public Library LEED certification.
• Ground Inc.minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLandscape architecture partner on Wellesley Fire Station.
• Landworks StudiocoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLandscape architecture partner on Holocaust Museum Boston.
• Kyle Zick Landscape ArchitecturecoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLandscape architecture partner on American Ancestors and Winchendon Fire Station.
• Simpson Gumpertz & HegercoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEnvelope engineering partner on Wellesley Town Hall.
• Building Conservation AssociatesminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConservation consulting partner on Wellesley Town Hall historic renovation.
• Renfro Design GroupminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLighting partner on Frick Art & Historical Center project.
• George Sexton AssociatescoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLighting design partner on Brandywine Museum and Amon Carter Museum.
• Luci CreativecoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerExhibit design partner on Holocaust Museum Boston.
• MGACcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerOwner's Project Manager on Holocaust Museum Boston.
• Lee Kennedy CocoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConstruction manager on Holocaust Museum Boston.
• Roll Barresi & AssociatesminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSignage and environmental graphics partner on Holocaust Museum Boston and Medford Public Library.
• KrollminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSecurity consulting partner on Holocaust Museum Boston.
• Samiotes ConsultantscoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCivil engineering partner on Winchendon Fire Station and Walker Hall Worcester Academy.
• Foley Buhl Roberts & AssociatescoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerStructural engineering partner on Winchendon Fire Station.
• RFS EngineeringcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerMEP/FP/IT engineering partner on Montague Public Library.
• The Experience AlchemistscoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerExhibit design partner for Family Heritage Experience at American Ancestors.
• Reed Hilderbrand AssociatescoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLandscape architecture partner on Cocke Hall at University of Virginia.
• Olin PartnershipcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLandscape architecture partner on Ruffin Hall at University of Virginia.
• Roome & GuarracinocoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerStructural engineering partner on Milton Public Library and Stephen Robert Campus Center.
• Fitzemeyer & Tocci AssociatescoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerMEP engineering partner on Stephen Robert Campus Center.
• Michael Wasser AssociatesminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLandscape architecture partner on Stephen Robert Campus Center.
• LeMessurier ConsultantscoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerStructural engineering partner on Tjaden Hall at Cornell University.
• BR + A Consulting EngineerscoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerMEP engineering partner on Tjaden Hall at Cornell University.
• Fox & AssociatescoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerStructural engineering partner on Cocke Hall at University of Virginia.

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Recent moves7 records

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Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

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Profiles8 records

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