About
Detail at Every Scale
Persistent design is the implicit intent to create occupiable art that reflects and expands the architectural language of our time. The success of our ethos is one of spatial relationships based upon a series of scales where every project encompasses the most removed, observable viewpoint and the most detailed. No programmatic element is ever overlooked, whether large or small in scale.
We approach every project at the scale of the city, the block, and the street, and also at the level of the smallest minutiae – the joint, the reveal, and the grain. No scale is superior but rather informative, relating to the other culminating in a unified architectural language.
Philosophy
We listen.
Our client-centered, team-building approach allows us to engage our clients throughout the entire design process by initiating strong communication and listening to ensure every critical person in the client’s circle are members of our team.
We believe in creating solutions for our environment and for our future.
Committed to resilient, sustainable, and socially responsible building practices, we customize each project specifically to the client’s needs, interpreting their visions into built form. We argue for your best project.
Process-driven architectural design is a methodology of analysis that derives from an anticipatable outcome.
We strive for persistent design that transcends time.
The process of “mapping” reveals systems of integration inherent to the project that NANO interprets and combines with the normative practices of architecture to create a project that is unique to each client, site, and project.
Since inception, our company and the industry have evolved, but we remain constant to our ethos of process driven design, resulting in high quality products, culminating in persistent and intentional architecture.
Services
Established in 2001 in New Orleans, NANO is an internationally recognized, award-winning firm offering architectural services, master planning, interior design, and customized design experiences. Utilizing a variety of delivery methods, our portfolio includes new construction, renovations, and historic preservation within the commercial, residential, educational, industrial, and municipal sectors. NANO has grown from a small, two-person husband and wife team focused on process driven scaled architecture, construction and hand-made custom furniture to a 20-person firm performing international recognized, resilient solutions to our built environment while honing our craft for the future solutions to our communities and global challenges today.
Awards
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IIDA Idea Awards: Award of Recognition, Residential
Farnham Residence
2023
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IIDA Idea Awards: Award of Recognition, Restoration/Historic Preservation
Frederick A. Douglass High School Auditorium
2023
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IIDA Idea Awards: Award of Recognition, Corporate - Large
Duplass Law Office
2023
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AIA New Orleans Honor Award in Historic Preservation, Renovation, & Adaptive Reuse
Frederick A. Douglass High School Auditorium
2023
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Louisiana Landmarks Society, Excellence in Historic Preservation
Frederick A. Douglass High School Auditorium
2023
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SMPS Southeast Louisiana, Community Service Program of the Year
Fats Domino Tiny Homes
2023
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AIA Louisiana, Award of Merit for Unbuilt Architecture
Shaping the City
2022
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AIA New Orleans, Honor Award for Unbuilt Architecture
Shaping the City
2022
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Louisiana Economic Development, Louisiana Growth Leader
2022
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Home Builder Digest, The 20 Best Residential Architects in Louisiana
2022
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European Cultural Centre, ECC Venice Biennale Architecture Award
SUBMERGED EXPERIENCE
2022
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New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Morial Award, Small Business of the Year
2021
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General Contractors Magazine, The 15 Best Commercial Architects in New Orleans
2021
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General Contractors Magazine, The Best Retail Architects in New Orleans
2021
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Inside New Orleans, Readers' Favorite Architecture Company
2021
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New Orleans Homes, Renovation of the Year
Hector Avenue Residence
2019
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IIDA Delta Regional, Interior Design Excellence Awards, Award of Excellence
Lake Conroe Residence
2019
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IIDA Delta Regional, Interior Design Excellence Awards, Award of Recognition
Festival Productions
2019
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AIA New Orleans, Merit Award for Divine Detail
2513 Metairie Road
2019
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AIA New Orleans / USGBC Louisiana, Excellence in Sustainability, Honorable Mention
Southwest Pass Station
2018
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New Orleans Homes & Lifestyles, Best of Home, Best Architecture Firm
2018
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New Orleans Homes & Lifestyles, Best of Home, Best Interior Design Firm
2015
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Louisiana Landmarks Society, Excellence in Historic Preservation
Il Mercato
2015
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AIA New Orleans, Honor Award for Architecture
Weinstein's
2003
Milestones
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2001
THE INCEPTION OF NANO AND ORIGINATION OF "DETAIL AT EVERY SCALE"
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2003
WEINSTEIN’S RECEIVES THE AIA LOUISIANA HONOR AWARD. TERRI AND IAN’S FIRST COMMERCIAL PROJECT, WEINSTEIN’S SERVES AS A SYMBOL OF SIGNIFICANT TRANSFORMATION AND GROWTH.
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2005
DISPLACED FROM NEW ORLEANS IN THE AFTERMATH OF HURRICANE KATRINA, NANO IS INVITED BY HKS TO PROVIDE DESIGN CONSULTING FOR THE DALLAS COWBOYS STADIUM AND THE INDIANAPOLIS COLTS STADIUM.
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2007
TERRI + IAN ARE DESIGN PRINCIPALS FOR PATRICK F. TAYLOR SCIENCE + TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY AND FIREKEEPERS CASINO, LATER RECEIVING AIA HONOR AWARDS. BOTH PROJECTS ESTABLISH THE ONGOING SUCCESS OF MAPPINGS AND PROCESS-DRIVEN ARCHITECTURE AS STANDARD PRACTICES FOR NANO'S DESIGN METHODOLOGY.
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2008
NANO GRADUATES FROM THE GOLDMAN SACHS 10,000 SMALL BUSINESSES PROGRAM.
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2009
IAN BECOMES INTERIM DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER OF STANDARDIZATIONS FOR USACE, OVERSEEING THE FIRST LEED PLATINUM CERTIFIED GSAB HANGAR. SOON AFTER, THE PROJECT RECEIVES THE PRESIDENTIAL AWARD.
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2015
IL MERCATO RECEIVES AWARD OF EXCELLENCE IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION BY THE LOUISIANA LANDMARKS SOCIETY.
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2016
NANO IS AWARDED FIRST BATCH OF MUNICIPAL PROJECTS WITH THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS: YOUTH STUDY CENTER, NOFD HEADQUARTERS, AND NOFD MULTI-STATIONS.
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2016
SOUTHWEST PASS STATION RECEIVES EXCELLENCE IN SUSTAINABILITY HONORABLE MENTION FROM USGBC LOUISIANA.
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2019
NANO IS INVITED—AS THE FIRST ARCHITECTURE FIRM FROM THE STATE OF LOUISIANA—TO PRESENT AT THE EUROPEAN CULTURAL CENTRE’S VENICE BIENNALE / TIME SPACE EXISTENCE EXHIBITION.
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2019
NANO IS NAMED AOR FOR THE NEW ORLEANS ERNEST N. MORIAL CONVENTION CENTER STAGE 1 RENOVATIONS. THE LARGEST CONTRACT EVER AWARDED TO AN SEB BY THE NEW ORLEANS EXHIBITION HALL, THIS IS A PIVOTAL MOMENT IN NANO'S GROWING PORTFOLIO AND FOR THE NEW ORLEANS COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. NANO MODIFIES THE BUSINESS LANDSCAPE FOR FUTURE SMALL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE CITY.
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2020
TERRI IS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF AIA NEW ORLEANS, WHERE SHE LAUNCHED "RISING", A NEW SYMPOSIUM FOCUSING ON CLIMATE + EQUITY IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT. MOST NOTABLY, TERRI SUCCEEDED BY CAPTURING A 330% INCREASE IN GETTING NEW ORLEANS ARCHITECTURE FIRMS TO SIGN UP FOR THE AIA 2030 CHALLENGE.
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2021
THE FIRST ITERATION OF “EXIST, SURVIVE, THRIVE” IS PRESENTED IN VENICE, ITALY AT THE SHAPING THE CITY SYMPOSIUM. THIS SPARKS THE START OF NUMEROUS NATIONAL PRESENTATIONS AND CONVERSATIONS ABOUT RESILIENT ARCHITECTURE AND CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS IN THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND BEYOND.
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2021
NANO WINS THE ECC VENICE BIENNALE ARCHITECTURE AWARD FOR SUBMERGED EXPERIENCE AT THE VENICE BIENNALE / TIME SPACE EXISTENCE EXHIBITION, AND IS INVITED TO JOIN THE WORLD ARCHITECTS COMMUNITY. THIS ACCOLADE ELEVATES NANO TO THE INTERNATIONAL PLATFORM OF ARCHITECTS AND THOUGHT-LEADERS.
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2021
NANO RECEIVES THE SMALL BUSINESS OF THE YEAR MORIAL AWARD.
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2023
NANO MOVES INTO OUR NEWLY RENOVATED OFFICE AT 2401 BIENVILLE, THE FORMER CENTRAL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
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2023
NANO HOSTS 'SHAPING THE CITY NEW ORLEANS', A TWO DAY ARCHITECTURE SYMPOSIUM FOCUSED ON CLIMATE RESILIENCE, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE EUROPEAN CULTURAL CENTER.