Nash Hurley
Nash leads research and development efforts for the built environment. As an architect, his work focuses on systems of adaptable space that connect people to each other and the resources they need most.
Through his studio, he has designed spaces for the Wikimedia Foundation, Google, and the Smithsonian, ranging from entire campuses to moveable walls to individual interactive desks. Nash started his career at The Presidio National Park and Stanford University, and completed his apprenticeship at SHoP Architects where he helped to launch their building information modeling program.
Nash is currently researching the future of home, exploring the way things could work in a world shaped by population movement and climate change.
Nash holds degrees in Economics and Architecture from Amherst College and UC Berkeley. He has been a licensed architect in California, New York and Washington DC, a LEED AP, and Google's first Architect-In-Residence for its campus development projects.
Contact: nash@nashhurley.com
Nash Hurley Architecture Studio
Nash Hurley Architecture Studio (aka Vital Environments, Inc.) was an architecture studio that leveraged user-centered research to develop 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 business officially dissolved at the end of 2022 due to the volatility of the San Francisco Bay Area commercial real estate market. While Nash no longer offers architectural services, he continues his research on networked spaces, and exploring the way things could work in a world shaped by population movement and climate change
