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Studio Director USA, Herzog & de Meuron
Philip Schmerbeck is the Studio Director overseeing the operations of Herzog & de Meuron’s American studios. He began his collaboration with Herzog & de Meuron in Basel in 2007 and was the project director of 56 Leonard Street in Tribeca, his first project with the firm. After relocating to the New York office in 2008, he became project manager in charge of Parrish Art Museum through its completion in 2012 and since this time has maintained oversight of a diverse range of US projects including The Public Hotel, and The Park Avenue Armory in New York and the CityCenter DC Conrad Hotel.
He oversees the Powerhouse Arts, a contemporary arts fabrication center recently completed in Brooklyn, and the Memphis Art Museum on the banks of the Mississippi River in construction. Through his diverse experience he has gained specific knowledge working on a wide range of residential, cultural, and adaptive re-use projects.