ROTHSCHILD SCHWARTZ architects | San Francisco
We create innovative projects through a multi-disciplinary and collaborative process resulting in designs which are uniquely appropriate to site, program, budget and client.
SELECTED PROJECTS
Master Plan of Nipton, CA – 500 acre sustainable town + eco-resort development at the edge of the Mojave National Preserve
The Final(ly) House – a “green”, universally accessible new residence with a living roof for clients in their late 80’s; Sausalito, CA
The DeVries House – 3-unit affordable senior residence + common area and offices; Milpitas, CA
The Hotel Herald - 72-unit affordable senior residence, historic renovation, reprogramming and modernization; Tenderloin, SF
Residence – complete renovation of existing structure + 1800 sqft addition; SF
Restaurant – renovation and re-design, Financial District; SF
San Francisco Shanghai Sister City Garden – garden + tea pavilion; SF (proposed)
Jessica Rothschild
blends her natural design ability, discipline, and leadership skills with her passion for architecture to design projects that elevate the quality of people's daily lives. Jessica began her architecture career at the San Francisco and London offices of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. After working at SOM London she moved to the Netherlands and eventually back to San Francisco to work for Rem Koolhaas's Office for Metropolitan Architecture. After many years working for SOM, renown for its rigorous design excellence and technical process, and for OMA, perhaps the most innovative design firm of our time, she designs, details and manages an extraordinarily diverse number of project typologies of all sizes.
Jessica is a licensed architect and a LEED accredited professional. She is a member of WIRE-Women in Real Estate. From 2001-2007 she wrote for and served on the Editorial Board of the San Francisco AIA Line Online magazine. Jessica taught at the University of California at Berkeley from 1991-1993 and returned as a design lecturer in 2002-2005. She has also taught at the California College of Arts as Senior Lecturer in architectural design.
Jessica holds a Masters of Architecture degree from the University of California at Berkeley where she won the John K. Branner Traveling Architecture Fellowship for excellence in design, the Eisner Prize for creative achievement in architecture, and the University Fellowship for academic excellence. Her thesis competition won second place over a thousand other entries for green and sustainable housing on the border between San Ysidro, CA and Tijuana, Mexico. As a graduate student, Jessica also won a coveted internship at the Taisei Corporation in Tokyo, Japan. She holds a B.A. in Painting and Printmaking from San Diego State University and a B.A. in Government and International Relations from Cornell University and the University of Seville, Spain.
Reuben Schwartz
is a highly analytical and detail oriented architect. He is a tried and true project architect and project manager with several $20M plus projects under his belt. Reuben combines these skills with a keen eye for the socio-environmental and cultural influences that shape both grand and prosaic elements of the built environment. He has worked for leading international firms including the London office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, where he oversaw the construction administration for a 25-story green-focused high-rise in Amsterdam. Reuben also worked as a project manager and project architect on highly innovative joint venture projects for Prada with Rem Koolhaas's Office for Metropolitan Architecture. Among his responsibilities was the construction detailing and peer review process of an untested structural façade system, and co-managing the successful entitlements process for an extremely sensitive and high profile project in San Francisco.
Reuben is a licensed architect and a LEED accredited professional. He is co-chair of the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR) design review committee which reviews development proposals of local significance, and guides San Francisco towards sound urban design and green building principals. Reuben is a frequent design critic at the U.C. Berkeley and the California College of the Arts. Prior to his architectural career, Reuben was a professional community advocate in affordable housing and community relations.
Reuben received a Masters of Architecture degree from the University of California at Berkeley where he won the John K. Branner Traveling Architecture Fellowship for excellence in design and the Gadsby-Trudgett Fellowship for creative focus on the architectural vernacular. While earning a B.A in Religious Studies at Brown University, Reuben spent a year abroad at Kibbutz Yahel in Israel, managing a state of the art desert drip irrigation system. Reuben is currently working towards an MBA in the Berkeley-Columbia Executive MBA program.