Nash Hurley
Nash is an architect and founder of the Nash Hurley Architecture Studio (aka Vital Environments, Inc.). He began his architecture career in the late 1990s interning for the National Park Service in the San Francisco Presidio before going on to work as an intern architect for the Stanford University. Nash completed his architectural apprenticeship at SHoP Architects in New York City. He has been a LEED accredited professional and a licensed architect in California, New York and Washington DC. While in New York, he help develop the low-energy facade systems for the new children’s hospital at Stanford University. Through his own studio he designed spaces for Google, the Smithsonian Institution, the Wikimedia Foundation and NRG Energy. Nash was the first Architect-In-Residence for Google’s R+D program for the Built Environment.
Nash has a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Amherst College and a master’s degree in Architecture from UC Berkeley. Contact: nash@nashhurley.com
Nash Hurley Architecture Studio
Nash Hurley Architecture Studio was a research-based architecture studio that leveraged user-centered research to come up with resilient solutions for the built environment. The studio’s work ranged from campus master plans to architectural product design. The studio sought to make new types of architecture that reflected our connected social habits and our need to harden our buildings for the coming climate crisis.
Nash Hurley Architecture Studio was established in 2010 and offered architectural and design services via the California corporation Vital Environments, Inc. from 2011-2022. The studio (Vital Environments, Inc dba Nash Hurley Architecture Studio) officially dissolved at the end of 2022. While Nash no longer offers architectural services, he continues his research on climate resiliency, distributed spaces and advanced materials.
