MEET THE TEAM

Nicole Perri is originally from the foothills and lake region of New Jersey and grew up in the woods and creeks exploring and creating worlds. After considering careers in Art and Music, Nicole felt called to Architecture and attended Clemson University where she received a BS and a MA in Architecture. For her thesis “The Practice and the Art of the Everyday” she was awarded the Harlem McClure Award for Outstanding Design. She studied in Italy at the Daniel Center on the Genova’s Mediterranean Coast designing modern concepts for medieval villas and streets.

Nicole has been registered in the state of North Carolina for 20 years. She has worked for firms in both Charlotte and Boston on projects ranging from Luxury Urban Condos, Dormitories, College libraries, and Affordable Housing Projects. She worked for the award-winning firm Leers Weinzapfel in Boston with projects at Phillips Exeter, Smith College, and The Library Sciences Building at Harvard. In Charlotte, she worked for LS3P and FMK Architects on projects ranging from adaptive reuse & urban infill to affordable and luxury housing.
Nicole taught Architecture studio and seminar at UNC Charlotte’s College of Architecture, is a past Board member of the Clemson Architectural Foundation, and currently serves on the Town of Davidson’s Architectural and Historical Review Boards.

Nicole’s practice focuses on Custom Residential Architecture, Adaptive Re-Use, Civic, and Small Commercial Architecture, as well as regional Affordable Housing Initiatives. She believes in biophilic design and the innate connection humans have to nature and light. She crafts designs to enrich the spirit and health and strives to build identity, connection, memory, and light into each unique proposal. Click here to view her current work.

Nicole has contemplated home design and the art of the everyday for a career spanning 30 years and continues to see designing peaceful dwelling places as an authentic and worthwhile endeavor. In her precious free time she is an Artist, Potter, Gardener, Hiker, Wife, and Mother of three plus two Blue Weimaraners.