Partner, Studio Libeskind
Since joining Studio Libeskind in 1999, Carla Swickerath has gained diverse experience in cultural, civic, retail, commercial, residential, and planning projects worldwide. She has led many of the Studio’s successful project teams from concept design through to completion— including the Crystals retail complex in Las Vegas, the Hyundai Haeundae Udong I-Park residential development in Busan, Korea, and the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco. Carla led the design and construction of two affordable housing projects in New York: Freeport Senior Residences on Long Island and the Atrium at Sumner in Brooklyn. She is currently managing the rebuilding of the Tree of Life in Pittsburgh.
Carla has also led the complex World Trade Center redevelopment process from the initial competition phase to the present. Today, her dual management and design skills come into play as she oversees all operations at Studio Libeskind.
She earned a Master’s in Architecture from the University of Michigan, following undergraduate studies in English and Art History at the University of Florida. She has taught at the Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee in Berlin and at the University of Michigan. Carla speaks publicly on architecture, design, and planning and is a member of the Board of Trustees at the Van Alen Institute in New York.
