BVoard
Community Involvement
Father of the Year, 2022
Jerry Wyatt Community Service Award, 2018
Southern Arizona Leadership Council
Board Member, 2015 – 2022
Tucson Airport Authority
Treasurer, 2013 – 2022
The Bridges
Design Review Board, 2010 – 2022
The University of Arizona Science and Technology Park
Design Review Board, 2010 – 2021
Council of Educational Facility Planners
Arizona President, 2011
United Way
Chairman’s Cabinet, 2012 – 2013
City of Tucson
Climate Change Committee
Co-chair, 2009 – 2015
Vail Community Action Board 2011 – 2014
Arizona School Facilities Coalition
Co-chair, 2006 – 2012
AIA Sustainable Design Assistance Team
Co-chair, 2007
St. Michael’s School
Board of Governors, 2005 – 2007
AIA Arizona Phil Dinsmore Award, 2004
AIA Southern Arizona Chapter
President, 1995
City of Tucson Planning Commission
Chairman, 1993 – 2000
Houghton Area Masterplan Committee
Houghton Road Technical Advisory Committee
City of Tucson
Southeast Planning and Coordinating Committee (Chair), 1993 – 2000
Mt. Lemmon Planning Committee
Chairman, 2003 – 2004
Community of Civano
Director of Planning, 2002-2011
Phillip Swaim AIA
Education
Bachelor of Architecture, University of Oregon, 1982
Registration
States of Arizona, Colorado, and Ohio
Professional Experience
Phil Swaim has worked with several architectural firms in Arizona and Colorado since 1974 and has gained construction experience from 1977 through 1981. This wide range of experience allows him to handle various types, scales, and complexities of projects.
Phil joined Swaim Associates in 1985 and became president of the company in 1992. Phil’s special contributions to a project are achieving consensus and shared vision among diverse user groups, incorporating innovative design into every building, and maintaining close personal supervision over every detail from programming to construction. In addition, Phil has extensive experience developing partnerships between public entities.
Highlighted Projects
Rio Nuevo – TCC Renovations
Project Manager and Owners representative for $65m renovations of the Tucson Convention Center, Music Hall, Leo Rich Theater, and restoration of the Eckbo Landscape.
75 E Broadway
$84 Million, 18 Story, Multi-Use Building includes One Retail Floor, Seven Parking Levels consisting of 500 Spaces and Five 30,000 GSF Class A Office Levels, Four Residential Levels with 120 Apartments and a Roof Level Restaurant and Terraces
Mica Mountain High School
$49.3 Million, 168,000 SF, New Comprehensive High School for 1,000 Students and Master Planned for 2,000, Flexible Collaboration Spaces, Multiple Construction Types including Pre-engineered Metal Building Systems, SFB and Bond Funding
World View
$12.3 Million, 140,000 SF, Headquarters and Manufacturing
Raytheon Missile Systems
South Entrance and Badging Center
Caterpillar Surface Mining and Technology
40,000 SF, Tenant Improvement, Project Manager for New 150,000 SF Headquarters
Unisource Energy Headquarters
$60 Million, 270,000 SF, 9-Story Office Building with 360,000 SF, 3-Story Underground Parking Garage. In collaboration with Davis Architects.
Andrada Polytechnic and Pantano High Schools
85,000 SF Campus, 395 kW Solar System, LEED Silver
Kino Soccer Stadium
$2.4 Million, 2,200 Seat Soccer Stadium
American International School – Kingston, Jamaica
K-12, Green, “E” School
Speedtano Office Building
27,000 SF Office Complex
University of Arizona Highland District Master Plan
700,000 SF, Health Care, Dormitories, Classrooms, Retail
Museum of Miniatures
$6 Million, 15,000 SF, Offices, Workroom, Classrooms, Exhibit Halls
Cienega High School
221,000 SF, Vail School District, Pima Community College, Pima County
Sporting Chance Center at Curtis Park
$4.2 Million, 43,000 SF, 5 Basketball and 8 Volleyball Courts, LEED Gold
Empire High School
100,500 SF, 750 Student, All Laptop “E” School
Robins Elementary School
AIA Design Award
Brandi Fenton Memorial Park
68 Acres, Historic Preservation
Reid Park Zoo Conservation Learning Center
LEED Platinum
El Pueblo Activity Center, Adult Education, Clinic, Pool and Park
$7.3 Million, 35 Acres
El Rio Neighborhood Center
Adult Learning Center, Child Care, Library, Recreation, Social Services
Mt. Lemmon Village Center
Community Center, Lodge, Restaurant, Condominiums
Pima Air and Space Museum
Challenger Learning Center
Reid Park Zoo South American Habitat
12 Animal Exhibits
Titan Missile Museum
Visitor Center
Washita Battlefield Visitor Center
15,000 SF, Cheyenne, Oklahoma, LEED Compatible
Davis-Monthan AFB Dormitory Area Plan
55 Acres, Design Award
Fort Lowell Office Building
16,000 SF
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