Who is nous

nous is a London based collaborative that comprises a gallery, network, studio, and consultancy with an initiative to promote and facilitate realized work and research by architects and designers. nous also provides consulting for building development, architectural initiatives, public arts projects and personal design collections.

Melissa Woolford is the Founder and Director of nous. She has worked as an architectural designer for offices such as Zaha Hadid Architects, KOL/MAC and DORA. She received her Masters in Architecture with Honors from Pratt Institute in 2006 and architectural studies undergraduate from UMass Amherst in 2004. As well as participating on international panel discussions she has adjudicated at Columbia, Pratt, the Architectural Association, Malaquais, Paris, University of Kentucky, and the University of East London.

nous gallery was co-founded with Christian Derix and Paul Coates. Christian Derix is currently working on a PhD in Munich on computation and architecture and Paul Coates has just received a life-time achievement award for his work as well as publishing the book programming.architecture.