Wim Swaan, American architect. Registered Architect National Council Architectural Registration Boards, New York. Recipient Frank Gordon prize, South African Institute Architect, 1949. Member of American Hospital Association, Society Hospital Planning, American Institute of Architects, Royal Institute British Architect.
Background
Swaan, Wim was born on September 6, 1927 in Cape Province, Republic of South Africa. Son of Gerhard and Johanna (Van Niekerk) W. Bachelor of Architecture, U. Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1949, Master in Architecture, 1958. Registered architect National Council Architectural Registration Bds., New York State, United Kingdom Architect, London, 1950-1951.
Education
Bachelor of Architecture, University Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1949. Master of Architecture, University Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1958.
Career
Architect, London, 1950—1951. Partner Harold H. Le Roith and Partners, Johannesburg, 1952—1959. Research Japanese Arch.ure and Landscape Design at Chotokuin Zen Temple, Kyoto, 1959—1960.
Traveled Far and Middle East, 1961. Photograph assignments Europe, Middle East and Egypt, 1962—1963, Architect Perkins & Will, White Plains, New York, 1963—1966, 1972—1974. Partner, vp, 1975—1981.
Director health care facilities planning Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum, Architect, New York City, 1981—1986. Senior vice president Architechture for Health, Science and Commerce, Arch, White Plains, since 1986.
Membership
Member RoyalInst. British Architects, American Institute of Architects (certified of merit for excellence in design 1977, 79), Society Hospital Planning, American Hospital Association.