Clara Syme is an architect based in New York City where she, along with Owen Nichols, co-directs a83 and the design firm Chibbernoonie. Since operating a83 she has curated over ten exhibitions, organized events and educational workshops, contributed to the production of fine-art print editions, and is director of archival material. a83 has been featured in The Architect’s Newspaper, ARCHITECT magazine, Architectural Record, Cultured Magazine, and The New York Times. Syme is the editor of the forthcoming book Architectural Image-Making in 1980s New York: The John Nichols Printmakers and Publishers Collection published by Spector Books. Through a83 Syme has been the recipient of two grants from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts.
 
Chibbernoonie prioritizes communication through images specializing in hybrid drawings, printmaking, and modeling. Chibbernoonie has developed a portfolio of built work—including an apiary; a cafe, way-finding system, and garden for a special needs high school; and a single-family home renovation/addition—while maintaining a speculative image-based practice. Chibbernoonie’s work has been published in Pidgin, ARQ, Harvard Design Magazine, Inscriptions, edited by K. Michael Hays and Andrew Holder (Harvard University Press, 2022), and Dwell. Chibbernoonie is currently designing a music venue and nightclub in both Los Angeles and Washington D.C., a storefront in lower Manhattan, and a single-family house in New Jersey.
 
Syme received her MArch degree from Princeton University and has taught at University of Waterloo School of Architecture and Parsons School of Design.

Syme's CV is available here.