Nicolia Robinson

As Principal of the Urban Design & Planning Studio, Nicolia leverages more than 20 years of expertise to guide the direction of the studio, collaborating across the firm to advance Cooper Carry’s mission of connecting people to place. She oversees transit, mixed-use, downtown, and neighborhood master planning projects for public and private sector clients. In addition, she organizes and leads public outreach meetings, charettes, public presentations, community work sessions, and stakeholder interviews. With a background in architecture and urban planning, her approach for master planning involves more than erecting a building or completing a project — it relies on an honest, thorough, and mutual process that evokes the truest sensibilities of the community.

As an advocate within the larger urban planning community, Nicolia is an active member of the American Planning Association (APA), the American Institute of Certified Planners, the Georgia Planning Association and has been a member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Atlanta for more than 10 years, presenting on organization panels about her work in urban design. She received her undergraduate degree from University of Florida and later graduated from the University at Buffalo in New York with a dual Master of Architecture and Urban Planning. Among other notable projects, she is currently leading the firm’s planning team for Microsoft’s new westside Atlanta campus project.