NICK

KAHLER
EXPERIENCE

EDUCATION

LEADERSHIP

AWARDS

INSTALLATIONS

EXHIBITIONS

architectural designer
artist
writer

nikahler@gmail.com
1277 aalto main nw, atlanta, ga 30318
678.480.4384
http://nickkahler.viewbook.com/

HOK, Atlanta, GA
Design Professional / Laboratory Planner
Developing architectural expertise in Design and Science + Technology toward licensure
from predesign through CA
LORD AECK SARGENT, Atlanta, GA
Intern Architect
Gained experience toward licensure with interior office, student housing, science and
research, housing / mixed-use, and urban design projects from predesign through CA
MACK SCOGIN MERRILL ELAM ARCHITECTS, Atlanta, GA
Intern Architect
Collaborated with Mr. Scogin and local artists Lucky Penny group daily on realized
experimental dance black box set design for DramaTech Theatre at Georgia Tech
JOHN PORTMAN AND ASSOCIATES, Atlanta, GA
Model Fabricator
Collaborated with project architects and other designers on various A + UD projects
GEORGIA TECH GRADUATE TEACHING AND RESEARCH ASSISTANT, Atlanta, GA
Introduction to the Designed, Lived, and Built Environment, Georgia Tech, Prof. Khan
Survey of Architectural History I + II, Georgia Tech, Drs. Hollengreen + Flowers
EWELL CONSTRUCTION and CAL WEST CONSTRUCTION, Redondo Beach, CA
Translator + Laborer
Served as immediate correspondent between client and workers, translating English
and Spanish; gained fundamental understanding of building construction

email
address
cell
website
JUN 2015 - PRESENT

AUG 2012 - JUN 2015

MAY - AUG 2012

AUG 2011

AUG - DEC 2011

AUG 2010 - MAY 2011
JUN - JUL 2008

GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Atlanta, GA

Masters in Architecture, Concentration in History, Theory and Criticism. GPA: 3.92
Architecture Thesis: Ponce City: An Arcological Hierapolis for the Fountain of Youth
DAVIDSON COLLEGE, Davidson, NC
Bachelor of Arts in History, Minor in Spanish
History Thesis: Economics,Technology, and the Synthesis of Neoclassicism and
Early Modernism: The Chicago Architecture of Charles B. Atwood, 1891-5
Study Abroad:
Modern Architecture in the Modern City, Spain, Germany, and the Netherlands
Studied Spanish, German, and Dutch History +Theory of Architecture and Urbanism
Buenos Aires, Argentina, Studied Spanish Language and Argentine Culture
Cadiz, Spain, Studied Spanish Language and Culture

MAY 2012

AUG - DEC 2007

JUN - JUL 2007

The Lucky Penny, A Non-Profit Atlanta-Based Dance Organization, Board Member

BurnAway Art Blog Atlanta, Contributing Writer on Art and Architecture
AIA Young Architects Forum (YAF), Member and 48HRS Competition Organizer and Juror
Georgia Tech Campus Planning and Design Commission (PDC), Student Representative
Georgia Tech College of Architecture Lecture Selection Committee, Member
Georgia Tech gray_matter(s) Blog, Writer and Editor

JAN 2014 - PRESENT

OCT 2013 - PRESENT
MAY 2012 - PRESENT
AUG 2011 - MAY 2012
AUG 2011 - MAY 2012
AUG 2010 - MAY 2011

Dorothy Spence Helping Hand Award, AIA Atlanta

Portman Prize, Honorable Mention, Georgia Tech
Teaching Assistantship, Georgia Tech
John William Sandeford Memorial Fellowship, Georgia Tech
Levering Grant for History Majors, Davidson College

OCT 2014
APR 2011
AUG 2010 - DEC 2011
MAY 2010
SEPT 2008

The Anchor Project, Designer, Fabricator, and Installer

Art on the Beltline 2015, David Hood vs. Goliath Sherman, Designer, Fabricator, Installer
The Asterisk Project, Designer, Fabricator, and Installer
Art on the Beltline 2014, Looking Order, Designer, Fabricator, Installer
Art on the Beltline 2013, Ludic Jungle, Designer, Fabricator, Installer
Modern Atlanta, Umbralux, Co-Designer, Fabricator, and Installer

OCT 2015 - PRESENT

JUL 2015 - PRESENT
JUL 2014 - JUL 2015
JUL - DEC 2014
AUG 2013 - FEB 2014
MAY - JUN 2010

CHAMBERS GALLERY, Davidson College

Dinner at Davidson Exhibition: Integrating Distinctions
BARBARA ARCHER GALLERY, Atlanta, GA
AIA YAF Summer Salon
VAN EVERY GALLERY, Davidson College
Annual Student Juried Art Exhibition

FEB 2014

MAY 2009

MAY - AUG 2011

SEP 2012
APR 2009