HK Architects names Mersserlain as principal

HK Architects has named architect Nick Messerlian as a principal at the firm.

Messerlian brings more than 16 years of experience in architecture and interior architecture to the HK leadership team.

HK Architects, formally known as Hefferlin + Kronenberg Architects, is a full-service architecture and interior design firm based in Chattanooga. The firm has a staff of 29, and its portfolio is focused on civic, high-end custom residential, commercial, adaptive reuse and multifamily projects.

Messerlian graduated in 2007 from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo and spent a year studying at the Danish Institute for Study Abroad in Copenhagen. Messerlian spent seven years in New York City with Axis Mundi, a boutique architecture firm focused on residential interiors, and joined HK Architects in 2014 as the lead in the Interior Design Studio.

“Nick has played a vital role in the firm’s success, managing, coordinating and presenting complete architectural projects,” Heidi Hefferlin, co-founder and partner, said in a news release. “Nick is an adept project manager, forming meaningful relationships with clients across the residential, civic and commercial/ industrial fields.”

Messerlian lives on Signal Mountain with his wife, Barbara, and two sons with a third child on the way.

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A certified public accountant, Jenkins earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Tennessee.