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Chermayeff [Issakovitch], Serge (Ivan)
(b Groznyy, Azerbaijan, 8 Oct 1900; d Wellfleet, MA, 8 May 1996). British–American architect of Russian birth. He was educated in Moscow before emigrating to England in 1910 and completing his education at Harrow. In 1917 he served briefly as an interpreter to General Maynard in Murmansk and from 1918 to 1923 worked as a journalist for Amalgamated Press in London, where, because of his taste for jazz and ballroom dancing, he obtained the editorship of Dancing World magazine. Chermayeff studied art and architecture at various schools in Europe (1922–5), and in 1924 he became chief designer for the decorators E. Williams Ltd, doing ‘period’ rooms.
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