Vivian Dwyer opened Dwyer Design in 2003 after working for Fougeron Architecture.  She had worked previously for large and small firms in the bay area, New York City and Paris. 


Born and raised in New York City she attended St. Lawrence University in Canton NY and received a BA in Fine Arts and English Literature in 1987.      She completed the summer Career Discovery program at Harvard in 1984.  After college she worked for 2 years with Paul Segal and associates in NYC and Seattle before moving to San Francisco  in 1990 to attend the California College of the Arts where she received a B arch professional degree in 1994.