Studio Director USA, Herzog & de Meuron
Philip Schmerbeck began his collaboration with Herzog & de Meuron in Basel in 2007 and became an Associate in 2011. He was project manager of 56 Leonard Street, a high-rise residential development. After relocating to the New York office in 2008, he became project manager of Parrish Art Museum through its completion in 2012. Philip has maintained oversight of a diverse range of US projects as Project Director in various phases of design including the completion of 215 Chrystie (Public Hotel, NYC), 160 Leroy Street (Residential, NYC), Park Avenue Armory, and CityCenter DC Conrad Hotel.
He currently oversees the waterfront project Powerhouse Arts, a contemporary arts fabrication center recently completed in Brooklyn, and the Memphis Art Museum on the Mississippi River in Tennessee, in early phases of construction. Through his range of experience he has gained specific knowledge working in residential, cultural, and adaptive re-use of heritage buildings. As of 2022 he has assumed the role of Studio Director USA.
Philip studied Architecture at Mississippi State University, Jackson, and graduated in 1999 with a Bachelor of Architecture degree. He collaborated from 2000 to 2001 with the studio of Terence Riley & John Keenen in NYC, and from 2001 to 2007 with 1100 Architect in New York City.
