Nicolas Dorval-Bory, born in 1980, studied at the School of Architecture of Paris-Malaquais and at the School of Architecture of Paris Val-de-Seine, where he graduated in 2007.
During his studies, he worked as an intern at Andrée Putman office (2005), and later collaborated with Pascal Grasso & Laurent Grasso (2006), and Laurent Deroo (2007).
Right after graduating, Nicolas set his own practice in Paris, at first mainly dealing with interior architecture.

In order to develop his approach of architecture, he moved to South America (Santiago de Chile, Buenos Aires) in 2009. Though still working independently between France and South America, he has since collaborated with architects Sebastian Irarrázaval, Murúa/Valenzuela, Emilio Marín, and Max Zolkwer of Supersudaca.