Nickolas Robertson, AIA

Nickolas Robertson, AIA

 

Piano Nobile

908 NW 50th Street

Seattle WA 98107

 

nick@studiopianonobile.com

(917) 714-5968

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

Piano Nobile, Seattle WA 2006 – present

Co-founder with Isabelle Grizzard Robertson

Architect and principal designer, fabricator

 

RKTB Architects and Planners, New York NY 2004 – 2008

Architectural designer for public schools

 

Brooklyn Design and Fabrication, Brooklyn NY 2003 – 2004

Cabinetmaker

 

Blue Star Electric/Construction, Seattle WA 1997 – 2003

Licensed apprentice electrician, welder

 

 

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION

 

American Institute of Architects 2010

 

Licensed architect, state of Washington 2010

Licensure pending, state of New York

 

American Society of Architectural Historians, fellow 2005

 

The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art 2004

Bachelor of Architecture (Irma Giustino Weiss Prize)

 

 

 

SELECTED PROJECTS

 

Private Residences 2005 – 2011

Seattle WA, New York NY

Architect/Architectural designer,

Green roof and green building technical advisor,

New construction, interiors and apartment renovations

 

The Pho Bar Restaurant 2011

Berkeley CA

Architect, Fabricator

3000 SF restaurant; design and construction of all interior furnishings

 

Standing Tall (Linda Beaumont, artist) 2011

King County Courthouse, Seattle WA

Architectural advisor, lighting designer, metal fabricator

Public memorial to Norm Maleng in historic building

 

D&L Screenprinting, Seattle WA 2010

Architect, construction manager, machinery designer and fabricator

6000 SF warehouse conversion to gallery and printshop

 

Purl Soho, New York NY 2010

Architect, lighting fabricator

2200 SF commercial store in landmarked cast iron building

 

Piano Nobile Lighting and Furniture Collection: Semaphore 2009

Designer, fabricator

 

Morris Heights Educational Complex (RKT&B Architects) 2007

Job Captain

95,000 SF elementary and middle school in the Bronx

 

Purl Patchwork, New York NY 2006

Architectural designer, construction manager

300 SF Retail store in Soho

 

Public School 4 Bronx (RKT&B Architects) 2006

Job Captain

Exterior renovation of 1890’s masonry school building

 

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

Artist and Prosecuting Attorney (on Standing Tall) January 2011

Blog4Culture, blog.4culture.org

 

Our Sources: The New Purl Soho April 2010

Martha Stewart Crafts Dept, thecraftsdept.marthastewart.com

 

Semaphore Tables February 2010

Better Living Through Design, betterlivingthroughdesign.com

 

Artistic Aptitude Runs in the Family February 2009

The Seattle Times, nwsource.com

 

Connect to Craft September 2008

Seattle Homes & Lifestyles Magazine

 

A Handmade Tale May 2007

Blueprint Magazine