Charles Berman is an Associate Principal who joined the studio in 2013. He attended Arizona State University and received a Master of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania. He has been practicing architecture for over 30 years. Berman is a senior member of the design team of The Shed. As the Senior Technical Director on the project, he led The Shed development including the façade and the resolution of many of The Shed’s complex technical systems.

Berman specializes in façade design and has worked as a façade consultant at Front, Inc. and R.A. Heintges & Associates. Prior to that, he spent 9 years at the Office for Metropolitan Architecture, where he led the design for the new headquarters for China Central Television (CCTV) in Beijing, the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Beijing, the new headquarters for the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Berman received a Master of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania and received a Bachelor of Science in Design from Arizona State University. Berman teaches a technical seminar on building enclosures at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design.