1. I am a research oriented architect. My aim is to contribute to our built
and social environment by creating architecture that inspires the
imagination. The practice that I apply is to use material resources and
energy mindfully and in a beautiful way.
Experience, movement and memory excite me. I am intrigued and
preoccupied with the act of creating settings that heighten our
experience of contemporary living.
My methodology is to conduct collaborative enquiries of the known
and the unknown to arrive at architecture. I maintain a well developed
range of technical skills in order to extend the creative boundaries of
this process of design.
Christian Nicholls
Australian practice
4.5 years
UK practice
7 years
Roles
Project author
Project architect
Project documenter
Studio design leader
Practice leadership

2. Christian Nicholls
year of birth 1981
nationality british + australian
Summary of Capabilities
> developing client briefs and defining complex projects
> creating unique responses to multi-residential projects, low cost housing and private residences
> leading construction information and contract management
> experienced project documenter and leader of consultant teams
> highly proficient in adobe cc, autocad, vectorworks and sketchup, with experience of revit, 3ds and rhino
> business and project leadership capability
Employment History
2012 - 2015 project + practice leadership donaldson + warn www.donaldsonandwarn.com.au
2010 - 2012 studio design leader pmdl architecture + design www.pmdl.com.au
2006 - 2009 architect + riba part II ferguson mann architects www.fm-architects.co.uk
2004 - 2006 riba part I pbwc architects www.pbwc.co.uk
2002 - 2005 riba part I david hayes architect www.dharchitect.com
Selected Works values stated in millions
2015 wa state education ppp perth co-author $350 rfp round II
2015 artists housing fremantle author $3 detailed design
2014 periscope house fremantle author $0.3 construction
2014 form apartments perth co-author $15 tender
2013 tempo apartments perth project architect $17 construction
2012 ashdale senior college perth co-author $20 completion
2012 learning centre melbourne author $12 planning
2011 irymple mews houses melbourne author $1.3 tender
2010 kellyville college aia nsw co-author $18 planning
2009 lakeshore apartments bristol uk project architect GBP 52 completion
Education, Awards and Unique Achievements
2013 teaching architectural design at curtin university
teaching year II design studio at curtin university western australia
with dr.stephen neille
curtin university
http://courses.curtin.edu.au/course_overview/
undergraduate/architecture
2011 innovative spaces and pedagogies
masters level course, linking pedagogy and learning space design
with designers and educator participants
the university of melbourne
https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/view/2012/
EDUC90728
2010 rancho mastatal internship
traditional construction and permaculture techniques
rancho mastatal, puriscal, costa rica
http://www.ranchomastatal.com
2008 riba advanced diploma, with distinction
professional practice in architecture
riba northwest region
www.liv.ac.uk/lsa/courses/part3/index.htm
2003 - 2006 graduate diploma
architecture with sustainable technology
post graduate diploma, with merit
humane architecture
university of plymouth
www.plymouth.ac.uk/schools/ade
1999 - 2002 ba(hons) degree, with first class honours
architecture
university of plymouth
www.plymouth.ac.uk/schools/ade
1992 - 1999 gce advanced + gcse secondary level
(gce) art + design (b) pure + applied mathematics (b) physics (c)
(gcse) english literature (a*) science (a*) art (a) mathematics (a)
english (a) history (a) geography (a) design (b) french (b)
somervale secondary school
www.somervaleschool.com
Personal Pursuits
My personal interests are in art, music, and noncompetitive sports. I explore and interpret my creative interests
using digital and analogue sound production, photography, painting and drawing. My sporting interests are in
ocean pursuits and skateboarding.
References are available upon request

3. lakeshore apartments
bristol (uk) 2009
The lakeshore bristol project is
for 415 apartments, delivered
in two phases. The project
is part new build and part
refurbishment of a listed cor-
ten steel and concrete framed
structure by SOM in 1972. The
building uses ground source
heat, biomass, and wind to
perform as a flagship sustainable
development in the UK.
ashdale secondary college
perth 2015
The project is the third phase of
a masterplan for a 1400 student
school, funded by the scheme
to integrate year 7 pupils into
secondary education in WA.
The briefed accommodation is
divided across two buildings,
both of two storeys and employ
a notably open relationship
between formal and informal
learning areas. The informal
learning areas were designed to
be tool rich settings for learning.