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Earl Simcox Swensson, FAIA (July 28, 1930 – January 20, 2022) was an American architect who was the founder of Earl Swensson Associates (ESA), an architectural firm based in Nashville, Tennessee. The firm has designed many notable buildings in Nashville, including the Batman Building, Centennial Medical Center and
Swensson founded Earl Swensson Associates (ESa), an architectural firm based in Nashville, in 1961. The firm moved to a new building at 2303 21st Avenue South in 1975. By 1998, his office was in the Loews Vanderbilt Hotel Office Building in Midtown Nashville which his namesake firm designed. In 2015, the firm, now referred to as ESa, moved to The Gulch.
Swensson's firm has designed several landmarks in Downtown Nashville, including the Batman Building and the Wildhorse Saloon. He also designed the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center. Other significant facilities designed by ESa are the
Earl Simcox Swensson, FAIA (July 28, 1930 – January 20, 2022) was an American architect who was the founder of Earl Swensson Associates (ESA), an architectural firm based in Nashville, Tennessee. The firm has designed many notable buildings in Nashville, including the Batman Building, Centennial Medical Center and Opryland Hotel
Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center, formerly known as Opryland Hotel, is a hotel and convention center located in Nashville, Tennessee. It is owned by Ryman Hospitality Properties (formerly known as Gaylord Entertainment Company), and ...
(including its three expansions).
Early life
Earl Swensson was born in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1930. His father worked as an engineer forDuPont
DuPont de Nemours, Inc., commonly shortened to DuPont, is an American multinational chemical company first formed in 1802 by French-American chemist and industrialist Éleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours. The company played a major role in ...
.
Swensson graduated from Virginia Tech, where he earned a bachelor's degree in architecture. He also earned a master's degree in architecture from the University of Illinois.
Career
Swensson began his career in Nashville in 1951, when he was a student draftsman for Hart & McBryde. Swensson went to Chicago, where he worked forPerkins and Will
Perkins&Will is a global design practice founded in 1935. Since 1986, the group has been a subsidiary of Lebanon-based Dar Al-Handasah (Arabic: دار الهندسة). Phil Harrison has been the firm's CEO since 2006.
History
The firm was establ ...
, only to move back to Nashville.
Swensson founded Earl Swensson Associates (ESa), an architectural firm based in Nashville, in 1961. The firm moved to a new building at 2303 21st Avenue South in 1975. By 1998, his office was in the Loews Vanderbilt Hotel Office Building in Midtown Nashville which his namesake firm designed. In 2015, the firm, now referred to as ESa, moved to The Gulch.
Swensson's firm has designed several landmarks in Downtown Nashville, including the Batman Building and the Wildhorse Saloon. He also designed the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center. Other significant facilities designed by ESa are the Curb Event Center
The Curb Event Center is a multipurpose arena on the campus of Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee.
Named in honor of its prime donor, music executive and former lieutenant governor of California Mike Curb, the arena was completed in 2003, ...
on the campus of Belmont University and the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt. By 2010, 80% of his practice's work focused on designing health facilities.
Swensson was an adjunct professor of architecture at his alma mater, Virginia Tech, in 1971–1972.
Personal life
Swensson had a wife, Sue, and three children. He died in Nashville on January 20, 2022, at the age of 91.References
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