Nicolas Sterling is a structural engineer and architect, qualified and chartered. He is a graduate of the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers in Paris and the Paris La Villette School of Architecture. He founded STERLING PRESSER in 2018, a consulting firm in architecture and engineering, based in Berlin. He was previously Associate Director of AKTII Adams Kara Taylor, managing a group delivering buildings and special structures, composed of 12 engineers and technicians. He joined ARUP AGU’s Advanced Geometry Unit in 2005, a team of specialists within ARUP led by Cecil Balmond, and was part of the ARUP Building Engineering Group in London until 2011.
His design-oriented approach and interest in innovative forms and structures have enabled him to work on cutting-edge design projects with leading architectural and design firms such as Zaha Hadid, Shigeru Ban, Ron Arad and Anish Kapoor, and has been involved in a wide range of programmes such as sculptures, canopies, buildings and walkways in a design approach.
Nicolas is passionate about emerging technologies and the process of creativity in design and is motivated by the connection between architecture, design and engineering, by experimentation and cross-fertilization between disciplines. Before 2005, Nicolas worked with Hugh Dutton in the HDA office in Paris on lightweight structures, long-span walkways and facades, developing technical concepts and details as a key point in the architectural process. Nicolas regularly gives lectures and reviews in architecture and engineering schools.
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