A strong sense of empathy drives Nick Tobias to seek inventive solutions for his clients’ projects.
ARCHITECT NICK TO BIAS is a man of many mentors – while some are family members, others he had the instinct to seek out. Each has shaped the man he is today and, as a result, the work Tobias Partners now produces. “While my home life as a child was quite tumultuous, my glamorous French grandmother was a constant creative force. She educated me in art and music – not only how to look and listen – but also how to make it. We did a lot of craft projects together,” he says.
This was twinned with the influence of his godfather, architect Professor Victor Berk whom the teenage Tobias would accompany on site visits in Berk’s Lamborghini. “The building sites were like Lego on steroids for me with their cranes and trucks, and so when anyone asked, I said I wanted to be an architect,” says Tobias.
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