Topograpies Over Time

Sam Chermayeff Office is an architecture, design and teaching practice undertaking projects worldwide. Trained in architecture at the University of Texas at Austin and the Architectural Association, London, Sam is a founding partner in the architecture firm June 14 Meyer-Grohbrügge & Chermayeff and Sam Chermayeff Office. With offices in New York and Berlin, the studios work on a wide range of design driven projects ranging from large residential towers to community centers to kitchens and furniture. Clients include the nation of Albania, the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum, FLOS, Knoll and many communities and private persons. Sam began his architectural career at SANAA Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa where he worked for more than five years on an array of projects across built and curatorial work including the Serpentine Pavilion and the Venice Architecture Biennale. He has taught at Columbia GSAAP, MSA Münster, The Royal College of Art, DIA Dessau, Cornell University, the Architectural Association and is currently a Professor at Angewandte, Wien.

Currently, his architecture studio is involved in various projects in Albania.