Principal and Executive Director
Perkins Eastman

Mr. Schwarz is a Principal and Executive Director of Perkins Eastman. Over the past 20-plus years, he has been instrumental in helping build the firm to its current stature. He is currently living in Mumbai, India and is the Managing Director of the firm’s practice in that region. Mr. Schwarz is also oversees the firm’s Higher Education design practice. He is work spans from strategic master planning, to building design as well as creation of new campuses from ground up. In addition Mr. Schwarz has designed numerous primary and secondary education environments. His writings and projects for education have appeared in many books and journals. His design work has won numerous design awards. Mr. Schwarz’s other firm wide responsibilities include executive oversight for the firm’s marketing, communications and branding initiatives. Mr. Schwarz studied filmmaking and urban design prior to receiving a Bachelors of Architecture from Cornell University. Mr. Schwarz is a member of the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects.