STUDIO VISION
Nicholas Potts Studio is an architecture and interior design practice based out of Washington, D.C. known for its skillful synthesis of architectural history with contemporary refinement. Founded by architect Nicholas Potts, the studio creates environments that are artistically rich yet deeply attuned to their historical and cultural contexts. With a background rooted in historical research, Potts approaches each project with an expansive view of architecture that engages with history, beauty, and craft, bringing together a fresh thinking about the past with a lush sense of materials. The results are environments that feel at once grounded and unexpected, layered with detail and imbued with a quiet rigor. The studio’s work has been published widely in Architectural Digest, House Beautiful, Domino and Dwell, among others. Every project is seen as a unique opportunity to learn something new, using the past to lend texture—not nostalgia—to the present and conjures spaces that are less about statement than about discovery, where beauty is not just seen, but felt.
ABOUT NICHOLAS POTTS, AIA
Prior to entering private practice, Nicholas Potts led landmark projects at world-renowned firms—including SHoP Architects’ 111 West 57th Street and Bjarke Ingels Group’s Spiral at Hudson Yards—and acted as an editor on “Elements of Architecture’ at the XIV Venice Biennale and its companion, a 2600-page encyclopedic history of the everyday elements of architecture with Rem Koolhaas/AMO and the Harvard Graduate School of Design, published by Taschen in 2018.
In addition to his architectural practice, Potts contributes to the design community through writing and public engagement. He regularly shares his insights on design in publications like Architectural Digest, Vogue, and Elle Decor.
Licensed: New York, Washington DC, California, Minnesota
Selected Prior Works:
With BIG
The Spiral, New York; Seaport San Diego; The BIG U / East Side Coastal Resiliency, New York; Marble Collegiate Tower, New York; The Creamery, San Francisco
With SHoP
111 West 57th Street, New York; Confidential Hotel, London
With HGA, Minneapolis
Lakewood Garden Mausoleum, Minneapolis; B’Nai Israel Synagogue, MN; Winona History Center, MN; Private Residence, Sonoma CA; Northrop Auditorium, Minneapolis; Yale University Health Services
Photo: Jennifer Hughes