Nick Tyrer

Architect + Computational Designer

Nick Tyrer is an architect, computational designer and design lead whose interests include digital fabrication, emerging technologies and creating memorable public spaces.

Named a RIBAj Rising Star in 2019, Nick brings together architecture, robotics, computation and making. His work uses computational processes and geometric design to connect architectural concepts with practical fabrication and construction.

Nick is Associate Director and Design Lead at BDP Pattern, an international sports architecture practice. He has contributed to major stadium projects, including FIFA World Cup, Olympic and Premier League venues, while advancing the studio's digital design capabilities.

With over 15 years of experience in sports architecture, Nick works from early competitions and conceptual design through to construction. His expertise includes stadium geometry, roof structures, façades and seating bowls, with an emphasis on efficient, buildable design.

Nick regularly speaks at international conferences and universities on computational design, stadium architecture, digital fabrication and emerging architectural technologies.

His independent initiatives, Tyrer.io and CraftedByCode, explore the relationship between art, technology and fabrication through public installations, generative artwork, robotic drawing and bespoke design. Through Tyrer.io, Nick has produced award-winning installations and competition-winning projects, including work for the London Festival of Architecture and St Paul's Cathedral.

Nick has also worked as a Studio Tutor at Abstract Machines, an experimental architectural studio researching computational design, CAD/CAM and fabrication. Its recognised work includes a Structural Steel Design Award and a RIBA North East Awards nomination.

Awards

• RIBAj Rising Star 2019 — Winner

• RIBA Presidents Silver Medal — Shortlist

• RIBA NE Award — Shortlist

• RIBAj MacEwen Award — Longlist

• Structural Steel Design Award — Winner

• Hays Prize ‘Best Architectural Design Project’ — Winner

• Stratasys — Global Design Challenge — Winner

• BDP — Gotham City — Winner

• UNI: Tactile — Material Excellence Award — Winner

• Modelo Design — First Prize

Conferences / Events / Panels

• Advanced Building Skins

• Digideck

• Digital Construction Week London

• Digital Construction Week Manchester

• Digital Open Haus

• Coliseum Summit

• Construction Leaders’ Summit

• Forum for the Built Environment

• Grasshopper UGM

• Hidden Genius

• Institution of Structural Engineers

• London Build Expo

• London Festival of Architecture

• Rhino UGM

• RIBA Symposium

• Shape to Fabrication

• Stadium Business Summit

• Texwork

• Workspace Design Show

• World Football Summit

• ZAK World of Facades

Publications

• Architects Journal

• BBC

• Building

• Building Design

• Landscape Journal

• I-Paper

• RIBA Journal

Universities

• Architectural Association

• Leeds Beckett

• London Metropolitan

• Westminster University