Nick Allen trained at Leicester School of Architecture and founded Metz in 1996. Nick's role within the company encompasses design leadership and strategic thinking to enable clients to achieve their objectives.

Nick completed part of his Architectural training at Rensellair Polytechnic Institute in New York, where he gained a strong appreciation of the pioneers of 20th Century architecture. “Metz have a long standing interest in architecture which, whilst founded in an appreciation of architectural history and context, has its roots in Modernism and our designs remain firmly in the present”

Nick was appointed an RIBA Registered Client Design Advisor in 2009 and an RIBA Registered Client Design Advisor for Education Projects in 2010.

Nick has spearheaded the company's interest in new technologies, BIM (Building Information Modeling) and the use of Structured Data as a construction industry resource, leading the development of MetzBIM as a service complimentary to the practice's architectural work.