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Justin Nicholls
Director · Fathom Architects
Justin Nicholls, founder of Fathom Architects, on how to find your dream job in architecture. Hear his Architecture Social podcast episode.
- Current role
- Director
- Practice
- Fathom Architects
- Location
- London, UK
- On the podcast
- 1 episode · 2024
The story so far
The path behind Justin's work.
Justin Nicholls is an architect and the founder of Fathom Architects, the London studio he set up in 2016 to solve complex briefs on sensitive sites.
He grew up around building sites in Cornwall, watching the craft of his carpenter father, and went on to study at the University of Bath and the Royal College of Art. Before founding Fathom he spent 11 years at Foster + Partners and more than a decade at Make Architects, which he helped establish.
Episode 0204 · Architecture Social · 51:22
Finding Your Dream Job, ft. Justin Nicholls at Fathom Architects
A good architecture job search is not only about sending more applications. It is about understanding what you want, researching practices properly and showing the right evidence at the right moment.
Inside the conversation
6 moments to start with- 01
00:00 · Introduction to finding your next architecture role
- 02
05:00 · Inspiration, career direction and choosing the right path
- 03
10:00 · Why rounded project experience matters
- 04
15:00 · Design quality, delivery and what makes the work worthwhile
- 05
20:00 · Standing out when many candidates are applying
- 06
25:00 · Location, practice focus and matching your search
Profile in brief
The work and context behind Justin's conversation.
- Current role
- Director
- Practice
- Fathom Architects
- Location
- London, UK
Continue exploring
Meet the practice behind the work.
Depth is what we do at Fathom — depth of complexity, depth of collaboration, depth of care
- City of London
- Residential
- Commercial
- Education
Podcast · moments that play
Start where the idea starts.
- 05:00Justin Nicholls · Audio onlyListen from 05:00 in the full episode.
Inspiration, career direction and choosing the right path
- 10:00Justin Nicholls · Audio onlyListen from 10:00 in the full episode.
Why rounded project experience matters
- 15:00Justin Nicholls · Audio onlyListen from 15:00 in the full episode.
Design quality, delivery and what makes the work worthwhile
- 20:00Justin Nicholls · Audio onlyListen from 20:00 in the full episode.
Standing out when many candidates are applying
- 25:00Justin Nicholls · Audio onlyListen from 25:00 in the full episode.
Location, practice focus and matching your search
- 30:00Justin Nicholls · Audio onlyListen from 30:00 in the full episode.
Interviews, honesty and learning how to present yourself
Selected work from Fathom Architects
Three projects, one connected practice.
A closer look at the practice’s work
Blackfriars Almshouses
A fully affordable mixed-use scheme centred on 62 almshouses for older Southwark residents facing hardship.
View project →6 Babmaes Street
A disused 1970s St James's building converted into social, wellbeing and collaborative space for a workplace community.
View project →The Waterman
Four Victorian Clerkenwell warehouses combined into a 6,500 sq m low-carbon workplace and heritage retrofit.
View project →