Background and experience
Nicholas Ryan Coates is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Architecture, History and Transformation Unit. Along with Erik Langdalen, he teaches the master studio and seminar series: Re-Store.
Nicholas has taught at AHO since 2022 and internationally at Iceland Academy of the Arts and Virginia Tech, where he co-lead the Nordic Design Program and taught for several summers in the preparatory program Inside Architecture + Design. In the fall of 2024, Nicholas was the curator for Professor Sverre Fehn, an exhibition commemorating Fehn’s centennial through the lens of his contributions to AHO.
Nicholas is the founder of Studio Coates, a practice whose works explore a range of different mediums and scales. He has worked at Rintala Eggertsson Architects in Oslo, Carsten Roth Architekt in Hamburg, and Zellner-Bassett in Virginia, USA.
Nicholas holds a M.Arch from The Oslo School of Architecture and Design (2020) and a B.Arch with honors from Virginia Tech (2015). He received the CAUS Outstanding Alumni Award in 2022, The Renzo Piano World Tour Award in 2020, and the SOM Prize in 2015.
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Areas of responsibility
Nicholas is the Diploma Coordinator for the master program in architecture. Additionally, he teaches master studios and seminars and is a diploma supervisor within the Institute of Architecture.
Teaching
Master Studios, AHO
Re-Store: Elements (Spring 26)
Re-Store: Energy (Spring 25)
Subject Matter: The Stone Building Reconsidered (Fall 24)
Re-Store: Weather (Spring 24)
Re-Store: Petroleum (Spring 23)
Master Seminars, AHO
Re-Store: Kunstnernes hus (Fall 25)
Prediploma ARK (Spring 25)
Re-Store: Høvikodden (Fall 24)
Re-Store: Values (Fall 22-23)