Nicholas Design Collaborative

Chicago, United States

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Nicholas Clark Architects creates environments that enhance people’s lives at home and in the workplace. Our passion and goal is to provide distinctive solutions which help clients achieve their optimum home or work environment. NCA approaches each project as an opportunity to collaborate with a client through an open dialogue, in an effort to create a unique and fitting solution.

We feel it is important to create environments which not only meet clients’ needs, but will withstand the test of time and be appropriate for years to come. Our design style tends to be clean and modern – but the finished product always reflects the individuality of the client and the specific project goals.

Our solution oriented approach infuses our whole operation. Not only do we solve design issues, but we develop solutions throughout the process from interpreting regulatory codes, to addressing budgetary concerns, to solving scheduling problems/​coordination issues, to working with contractors, to finding

History

Established in 1989.

Nicholas Clark Architects

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Peter N.

Business Owner

Peter M. Nicholas, AIA, NCARB

Principal

Peter Nicholas established Nicholas Architects in 1989, which was later changed to Nicholas Clark Architects. Prior to the formation of NCA, Mr. Nicholas worked in Chicago at Skidmore, Owings and Merrill and Booth/​Hansen and Associates where he gained much experience on larger scale commercial building types and the art of detailing. He also worked at Buss, Silvers, Hughes and Associates in San Diego and Bower, Lewis and Thrower Architects in Philadelphia before moving to Chicago in 1985. The decision to move to Chicago from his native California was strongly influenced by his interest in urban architecture. Since founding NCA, Mr. Nicholas has won several awards and led numerous single family, multi-​family, mixed use, urban design, adaptive re-​use, and commercial interior projects. His interest in exploring all aspects of the design and construction process has resulted in the formation of the design/​build corporation, NCA Build, Ltd.