Nicholas Raap is a writer and designer based in New York. He trained in architecture and critical studies at Iowa State University between Ames, IA and Rome, IT, and at the Architectural Association in London, UK. His writing has appeared in the New York Review of Architecture, Sent, and DATUM Journal of Architecture, where he was previously Editor-in-Chief. Critically questioning the production of space, his work and collaborations have been published in the Journal of Architecture Education, ArchDaily, and Archinect, and exhibited nationally and internationally, including at the 2016 Venice Biennale.
Iowa State University, College of Design, Ames, IA, US, Teaching Assistant
for Foundational Design Studios and Seminars for 8 classes.
DATUM, Journal of Architecture, Ames, IA, US, Editor + Contributor
Editor-in-Chief of Issue No. 10, Projections, with Kellie Walters. Editor for four issues.
Blackbird Investments, Des Moines, IA, US, Architectural Designer
Iowa State University, Ames, IA, US, Architecture
Architecture and Critical Studies in Design
Architectural Association School of Architecture (AA), London, GB, Visiting School Semester Program
Substance Design Forum, 2nd Place
Competition juried by Marlon Blackwell, Julie Snow, and Substance Architects. Awarded by the Department of Architecture, Iowa State University.
CSI Iowa Design Competition, Honorable Mention
Awarded by the Construction Specifications Institute of Iowa in conjunction with the Department of Architecture, Iowa State University.
H. Kennard Bussard Award, 2nd Place
Awarded by the Department of Architecture, Iowa State University.
William M. Dikis, FAIA Service Scholarship, Scholarship
Awarded by AIA Iowa.