Nicholas Brinen

Biography

Nicholas Brinen, AIA, is a licensed architect in Virginia, Texas, and New York. He is a Founding Partner of Studio FIGURE, where he oversees various project typologies across different scales. In addition to co-directing projects at FIGURE, Nick is a professor who has taught architecture at the James Madison University, Rhode Island School of Design, Pratt Institute, and Parsons School of Design. He was a recipient of the Beck Fellowship and is currently a 2026-2027 Fellow of the American-Scandinavian Foundation conducting his research on the intersection between hyper-local material resources, academic activism, and design-build practices focusing on community-based projects.