Tobias Guggenheimer

Tobias Guggenheimer, AIA, NCARB, was born in Basel, Switzerland. Raised in Switzerland, Israel and the United States, he earned a bachelor's degree in English literature at Binghamton University and a professional master's degree in architecture at the University of Colorado. His father, Dr. Heinrich W. Guggenheimer (died 2021) was a mathematician with a doctorate from the ETH Zurich. His mother, Dr. Eva A. Guggenheimer, (née Horowicz) (died 2016) earned a diploma from the Algemeine Gewerbeschule of Basel and a Ph.D. in philology from the University of Minnesota.

Guggenheimer was a contributing editor to 'Journal of the Taliesin Fellows', wrote the column, 'First Principles' for BluPrint Magazine from 2015 to 2019  and contributed a chapter to 'Muhon: Traces of an Adolescent City' a catalog accompanying the Philippines pavilion of the Venice Biennale.

Guggenheimer is principal of Tobias Guggenheimer Architect, PC., established in New York in 1991. He also founded Globareach Design Inc., a Philippine Corporation, in 2007. He conducted his internships at Haines Lundberg Whaeler in New York City and at Peter Gisolfi Associates of Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. From his offices in Evergreen & Boulder, Colorado (1980–87), Dobbs Ferry, New York (1991–2010), Makati, Philippines (2010–2020), Ordot, Guam (2021–present) and Bainbridge Island, Washington (2021–present) he designed over 45 residential projects in the Village of Tuxedo Park, New York plus new homes, renovations and restorations for properties located in Evergreen, Colorado; Irvington, New York; Chappaqua, New York; Ardsley-on-Hudson, New York; Hastings-on-Hudson, New York; Larchmont, New York; Manhattan, New York; The Bronx, New York; West Hampton, New York; Seattle, Washington; Lummi Reservation, Washington;  Kirkland, Washington; Arlington, Washington; Spearfish, South Dakota; Mandaluyong, Philippines; Alabang, Philippines and Yigo, Guam. For his renovation/restoration of Imlagh, originally the home of Pierre Lorillard, founder of Tuxedo Park, he curated and sourced a collection of art and antiques on the ground in India, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Nepal, China, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines for the current owners, Steve Hellman and Dr. Kathy Hsu.

Guggenheimer taught architectural design, theory and technology courses at Pratt Institute (1987 - 1999) where he was Administrator for Special Programs at the School of Architecture. He was chair of the interior design program at the Marymount College Campus of Fordham University (1999-2003), teaching design, practice and preservation. Subsequently he was professor of interior design at Parsons School of Design (2003 - 2007) where he also served in the administration of the interior design department. Guggenheimer taught hospitality design at Enderun Colleges (2010 - 2012) and was dean and Vice President for Academics at SoFA Design Institute in Makati, Philippines (2013-2020). At SoFA he also taught advanced seminars on design process as applied to a broad variety of disciplines and led design enrichment tours to New York, Bangkok, Florence and Cebu.

Tobias Guggenheimer (born Jan 30, 1953) is a Swiss-American architect, educator and author.