Schwarz (born January 26, 1951 in Los Angeles) is an American architect and designer.
He is the President & CEO of Washington, D.C.-based David M.
Schwarz Architects, Inc.
and serves as the Chairman of the Yale School of Architecture's Dean's Council.Schwarz's work focuses primarily on contextual, humanistic design and urbanist planning principles.
Schwarz himself has labeled his work, and that of his eponymous firm, as populist and neo-eclectic in style.
In 2015, David Schwarz was awarded the University of Notre Dame’s Richard H.
Driehaus Architecture Prize on 21 March in Chicago for his work which embodies the highest ideals of traditional and classical architecture in contemporary society, and creates a positive cultural, environmental, and artistic impact.