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Brian Sweny

Interior design professor

Education

  • M.Arch., architecture, Savannah College of Art and Design
  • B.F.A., interior design, Savannah College of Art and Design
  • B.F.A., historic preservation, Savannah College of Art and Design

Credentials

  • Professor of interior design, 2008–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta
  • Architect and interior designer, 2010–present, Sweny Design, Atlanta
  • Project architect, 2008, Fowler Design Associates Inc, Atlanta
  • Senior associate, 1997–2009, TVS Design, Atlanta
  • Associate, 1989–97, Davis Brody Bond, New York
  • Intern-architect, 1985–89, Gunn & Meyerhoff AIA Architects PC, Savannah, GA
  • Draftsman, 1984, Lee Meyer and Associates, Savannah, GA
  • Draftsman and printer, 1983, W.D. Farmer Residence Designer, Tucker, GA

Certifications

  • NCIDQ Certified

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • IIDA GA Award for service to IIDA Georgia, 2010–12
  • GAIDP Trendsetters Award for Service to GAIDP, 2010
  • IIDA Georgia BOB awards, best of the best, graduate student design, professor award, 2009
  • Award of Excellence, Best Architectural Achievement, International Parking Institute, Emory Deck, 2002
  • Exceptional Merit Award for a Visionary Public-Private Redevelopment Partnership, Developments of Excellence Awards, Atlanta Regional Commission, Gateway Village, 2002
  • Gold Award for Outstanding Design Excellence, GA ASID Design Awards, FCCJ, 2000

Organizations

  • American Institute of Architects (AIA), 1995–present
  • International Interior Design Association (IIDA), 2009–present
    • VP of professional development, IIDA Georgia, 2011, 2012, 2013
    • VP of government and regulatory affairs, IIDA Georgia, 2009, 2010
  • Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC), 2010–present
  • American Society of Interior Designers (ASID), 2015–present

Publications and presentations

  • Cuts restaurant, with Sweny Design, Suwannee, Ga., 2022.
  • Rock’s Chicken and Fries restaurant, with Sweny Design, Atlanta, 2022.
  • Mint Salon, with Sweny Design, Chamblee, Ga., 2022.
  • Truva II restaurant renovation, with Sweny Design, Atlanta, 2018.
  • Carriage house addition, with Sweny Design, Atlanta, 2018.
  • Restaurant Quick Serve Chicken renovation, with Sweny Design, Atlanta, 2018.
  • "The Impact of Living Tiny," speaker at Decatur Tiny House Festival, Decatur, Ga., 2016
  • Coverings exhibition, SCAD INDS320 bench project featured at showcase, 2013
  • Metropolis, NYPL, 2012
  • Interiors and Sources, CDC project, 2011
  • The Parking Professional, Emory Parking Deck, 2002
  • "Emory Parking Deck," Ascent Magazine, 2001
  • "FCCJ," Contract Magazine, 2001
  • "FCCJ," Building Design and Construction, 2000
  • "Rivington House," New York Magazine, 1996
  • "Rivington House," Interior Magazine, focus on wellness supplement, 1995
  • "Old Bird House," Architectural Record (cover), 1994
  • "Juilliard Project," Interior Design Magazine, May 1993