George Schuchart

A fourth-generation general contractor, George Schuchart has more than once described himself as a frustrated architect. His passion for architecture and design developed when he began to take note of Jim Olson’s earliest work, even asking Jim to design a home for him and his wife Laurie in the mid-seventies. After launching Schuchart Corporation in 1988, George enjoyed many successful years in the commercial construction industry before co-founding Schuchart/Dow. Today the two companies continue to thrive, both highly regarded in their separate fields of commercial and residential construction. In 2003, George and Laurie commissioned George Suyama to design a Seattle home for them which later won 2005 AIA Honor Awards from both AIA Seattle and AIA Northwest Washington. Gensler's design for Schuchart’s office in downtown Seattle at 5th and Madison received NAIOP’s Commercial Interior of the Year award in 2014.