Sam Trimble (American designer)

Sam Trimble grew up in Alaska and Hawaii, received his Bachelor of Architecture from Cornell University in 1987 and Master of Architecture from Harvard University Graduate School of Design in 1990. He was a Fulbright Scholar to Italy in 1991 and won the IIDA Will Ching Prize in 2005. Sam Trimble’s work has been featured in a number of publications including the cover of the “AD 100: The Worlds Top Designers and Architects” from Architectural Digest

Sam Trimble was a student of Rafael Moneo (Pritzker Prize 1996) at Harvard University, has worked for Peter Marino (on Barneys & high end residential), Rockwell Group (on restaurants), and went solo in 2001. He collaborates frequently with his brother Vance Trimble and with decorator Jack C. Anderson.

Based in New York City, Sam Trimble has designed projects in New York, Miami, San Francisco, Anchorage, Tokyo, Cannes, and London. His clients include: Bryan Lourd (Director of CAA, Creative Arts Agency), John Richardson (Picasso Biographer), Jann Wenner (Founder of Rollingstone Magazine), Mike Nichols & Diane Sawyer, Kevin Roberts (CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi Worldwide), Bing Gordon (CCO & Co Founder of Electronic Arts and Partner at Kleiner Perkins), Jack Stahl (former President of Revlon & former President of Coca Cola), Robert De Niro , Glenn Dubin, Dr. Lisa Airan, and The Metropolitan Opera amongst others.

Select Projects

Select Publications

  • Elle Decoration, UK ed., “Celebrating Individuality.” January 2010
  • 1000x Architecture of the Americas. Braun Publishing. 2008
  • The New York Times Magazine, Style ed., “Habitat Forming.” Spring 2008
  • New York architecture & design. teNeus. 2007
  • Interior Design Magazine, Number 7. 2007
  • New Zealand House and Garden, “A Loft in Manhattan.” April 2006
  • The New York Times Magazine, “The Architecture Issue.” May 2005
  • Architectural Digest, “The AD 100: The Worlds Top Designers and Architects.” January 2004.
  • Spaces: Architecture in Detail. Rockport Publishers. 2005
  • Lovemarks, “Eye of the Storm.” powerHouse Books. 2005

See Also

Architecture of present-day nations and states

This is a list of architecture articles by country.A* Architecture of Abkhazia* Architecture of...

SBC Architecture

Structure-Behavior Coalescence (SBC) architecture is the system architecture that demands the...

Inconvenient Public Library Hours in Hawaii

In Hawaii the public library hours are inconvenient for students and adults alike. It does not...

Good enough architecture methodology

The main objective of The Good enough Architecture MEthodology is to create a good enough ground...