Cecilia Hernandez Nichols, AIA

Cecilia Hernandez Nichols has over thirty years experience working in architecture and is Design Principal at Formwork Design Office, LLC, based in Charlottesville, Virginia. Formwork’s projects vary widely in scale, type and context. Cecilia earned a Master of Architecture degree from the University of California, Berkeley and a Bachelor of Arts in Design of the Environment from the University of Pennsylvania. Her previous experience includes a partnership with Rene Gonzalez in Design Associates, Miami and a partnership with Margaret Ikeda and Evan Jones in Assembly, a design-build practice in Berkeley, California. Cecilia has taught design studios at the University of Virginia’s School of Architecture and at Florida International University as a lecturer. Her design work focuses on creating beauty from the natural patterns of our behavior, a desire to distort the boundaries between indoor and outdoor spaces, an interest in exploiting craft and an understanding of the inherent sensual qualities of materials. Cecilia has an abiding faith in the power of strong architectural ideas to transform our lives for the better.