CONCEPT SKETCH OF UNESCO PENTHOUSE DESIGNED BY THE MUSCAT STUDIO, HAND DRAWN BY PERIT NIKKI (2025)



PERIT NIKKI MUSCAT
DESIGN STRATEGY, ARCHITECTURAL DELIVERY & DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION

Maltese architect with close to two decades of experience across residential, hospitality, heritage, and development scale projects. The work operates at the intersection of architecture, coordination, and project delivery, with a strong foundation rooted in spatial clarity, proportion, atmosphere, and long term spatial value.

Over time, the role evolved beyond architectural design into broader involvement across feasibility studies, consultant coordination, procurement direction, project planning, and development support within complex real estate environments.
THE GRAND MANSIONS, THE VERDALA TERRACES, RABAT MASTER PLANNED BY C&K ARCHITECTS FOR AX GROUP WITH INTERIOR DEVELOPMENT COORDINATED BY PERIT NIKKI

Working closely with developers, multidisciplinary consultants, contractors, client teams, and operators has developed a strong understanding of how architectural intent, commercial realities, operational requirements, and construction delivery must align throughout a project lifecycle.

Experience spans luxury residential developments, hospitality environments, adaptive reuse, and mixed use projects requiring coordination across design teams, technical consultants, procurement processes, project stakeholders, and construction realities.

A strong foundation in adaptive reuse continues to inform an interest in buildings carrying memory and cultural weight. Guided by a restrained architectural language rooted in movement through space, user experience, functionality, and longevity, the work focuses on reawakening buildings for contemporary life while retaining architectural integrity.







FOUNDER & PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT
THE MUSCAT STUDIO | 2023 - PRESENT
The practice operates across residential, hospitality, and mixed use environments, working alongside developers, consultants, contractors, suppliers, and client teams throughout the project lifecycle.

Engagement spans from strategic framing and spatial planning through procurement oversight, consultant alignment, construction coordination, and operational handover, with decisions consistently informed by direct site engagement, construction sequencing, and operational realities.
UNESCO PENTHOUSE DESIGNED BY  THE MUSCAT STUDIO, PHOTOGRAPHED BY HUSH STUDIO AT THE VERDALA TERRACES, RABAT MASTER PLANNED BY C&K ARCHITECTS  FOR AX GROUP (2025)
Recent work includes the coordination of delivery processes for The Grand Mansions at The Verdala Terraces, a residential development by AX Group comprising forty nine residences, overseeing spatial restructuring, procurement continuity, consultant alignment, and execution coordination throughout delivery.

Additional involvement has included procurement reviews, supplier evaluations, technical specifications, and material standardisation across residential and hospitality commissions, alongside the development of the spatial and atmospheric framework for the atrium of The Verdala Wellness Hotel prior to handover to an international interior design team.

Selected residences were directed through to fully furnished show units, including bespoke penthouse commissions, coordinating FF&E procurement, lighting direction, supplier management, and client reporting through to completion.
THE VERDALA WELLNESS HOTEL LOBBY DESIGNED BY C&K ARCHITECTS WITH CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT BY PERIT NIKKI FOR AX GROUP  VIA A SERIES OF DISCUSSIONS HAND DRAWN SKETCHES AND EARLY MATERIAL RENDERS  WITH Curated REFERENCE studies sourced through online searches (2024)

STRATEGIC ARCHITECTURAL ADVISOR
PRIVATE CLIENTS | MALTA | 2016 - PRESENT
Provided strategic architectural and development advisory to a long standing private client base across residential, hospitality, and development scale projects, focusing primarily on acquisition assessments, spatial feasibility, design potential, and planning strategy alongside advisors responsible for commercial, financial, and legal due diligence.

Engagements spanned feasibility studies, spatial strategy, development positioning, procurement guidance, and project coordination, advising on architectural viability, planning potential, construction realities, operational requirements, and long term asset value from early acquisition discussions through to implementation.

Advisory contributions regularly involved participation in ownership level discussions supporting decision making around asset potential, development viability, and strategic positioning. 

The role required close alignment with commercial objectives, coordination across legal, financial, and technical advisors, and negotiation of consultant and procurement frameworks within broader investment and development led environments.

Clients operated across high value residential, boutique hospitality, and mixed use developments, with relationships built on long term trust, discretion, and commercially grounded architectural guidance.
MICHELIN ONE STAR UNDER GRAIN AND MICHELIN BIB GOURMAND GRAIN STREET, ROSSELLI, VALLETTA CAPTURED BY BRIAN GRECH FOR AX GROUP (2020)









ASSOCIATE PARTNER & RESOURCE DIRECTOR 
FORWARD ARCHITECTS | MALTA | 2018 - 2023

Appointed Associate Partner and Resource Director following years of progressive design leadership within the practice. Led multidisciplinary architectural teams across high value residential, hospitality, and heritage projects, overseeing consultant coordination, resource planning, client liaison, and delivery strategy across concurrent commissions.

The role operated between architectural leadership, commercial coordination, and operational management, requiring alignment between clients, consultants, contractors, suppliers, and internal architectural teams across complex development environments. 

Responsibilities extended into programme coordination, project viability, procurement discussions, delivery planning, and execution oversight throughout multiple project life cycles.

As Resource Director, responsibilities included defining project scopes, deliverables, fee structures, and budgeted hours; overseeing studio resource allocation and project performance across multiple commissions; coordinating payment milestones and invoicing frameworks; and working closely with senior administration and technical leadership to maintain operational and commercial continuity across the practice.
Malta Maritime Museum, spatial and material investigations for the reconfiguration of the museum’s ACADEMIA wing ALONG the BIRGU WATERFRONT. Site photography and conceptual sketches by Perit Nikki for Forward Architects, developed alongside assembled archival and material reference imagery sourced through online research in consultation with Heritage Malta (2023).
Notable involvement during this period included the transformation of the 17th-century Baroque palazzo into the Rosselli AX Privilege Hotel, a heritage led hospitality project later recognised with a MASP Award, a Michelin Key distinction, Forbes Travel Guide Recommended status (2025), and the One MICHELIN Star awarded to Under Grain operating within the hotel.

Professional involvement across these projects extended beyond architectural development into broader spatial coordination, consultant alignment, procurement direction, and delivery focused collaboration across multidisciplinary teams operating within heritage, hospitality, and development scale environments.

Additional contributions included interior architectural direction and concept development for a large scale residential development at Manoel Island developed by MIDI Plc. in response to the Foster + Partners masterplan; spatial and concept development for the Malta Maritime Museum in collaboration with Studio Adrien Gardère, contributing to the architectural integration of contemporary museography within the historic dockyard context through coordinated spatial sequencing, visitor experience strategy, and heritage sensitive exhibition environments; and design development of the Huntingford Building within the Gozo Museum of Archaeology alongside NIDUM and Studio Adrien Gardère in response to the Roman quarry discovered beneath the site.
Malta Maritime Museum, spatial and material investigations for the reconfiguration of the museum’s CULINARY TASTE HISTORY EXPERIENCE ALONG the BIRGU WATERFRONT. Site photography and conceptual sketches by Perit Nikki for Forward Architects, developed alongside assembled archival and material reference imagery sourced through online research in consultation with Heritage Malta (2023).



LEAD DESIGNER & SENIOR ARCHITECT 
FORWARD ARCHITECTS | MALTA | 2011 - 2018
Joined Forward Architects at the practice’s inception, contributing to the studio’s early residential, hospitality, and heritage direction through concept development, detailing, planning coordination, and site supervision across private villas, apartments, hospitality environments, and rehabilitation projects within Valletta’s historic fabric, including 10 Strait Street.

Over time, the role evolved into broader design leadership across private residential, hospitality, and heritage rehabilitation projects from concept through technical coordination and site execution. Responsibilities included the spatial and interior architectural direction of multiple commissions, shaping architectural continuity, user experience, and material language across both contemporary and heritage sensitive contexts.

ARCHITECT 
SPACESTUDIO | MALTA | 2008 - 2011
Early professional experience within the predecessor practice from which Forward Architects was later established. Involvement across architectural and interior projects spanning concept design, detailing, planning applications, and site supervision within residential, hospitality, and mixed use environments.

Projects included luxury villa masterplanning and mixed scale residential developments, contributing to early experience in architectural documentation, consultant coordination, regulatory processes, and site based project delivery.
Public areas and lobby interiors of Rosselli AX Privilege Hotel, captured by Brian Grech for AX Group and designed by Forward Architects (2020).

INTERN ARCHITECT 
GMW INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTS | LONDON, UK | 2005-2007
Completed successive summer placements within the internationally established architectural practice GMW Architects, specialising in hospitality and mixed use development. Contributed to live international projects across design documentation and masterplanning, gaining formative early exposure to hospitality environments, urban development, and large scale architectural frameworks across London, Dubai, and Italy.
Guest suites and private interiors of Rosselli AX Privilege Hotel, photographed by Brian Grech for AX Group as part of the completed hospitality project designed by Forward Architects (2020).
FULL ARCHIVE ON REQUEST
AWARDS
Michelin Key | Rosselli AX Privilege
Forbes Travel Guide Recommended 2025 | Rosselli AX Privilege
MASP Award Hospitality, Tourism & Leisure | Rosselli AX Privilege

ARCHITECTURAL SKILLS
Architectural Strategy • Development Coordination • Spatial Planning • Adaptive Reuse • Hospitality & Residential Projects • Consultant Coordination • Procurement Direction • Design Leadership • Feasibility Studies • Project Delivery • Stakeholder Coordination • Heritage Rehabilitation • Planning & Permit Coordination • AutoCAD • SketchUp • Enscape • Adobe InDesign • Adobe Photoshop • Microsoft Office • iOS


Bachelor in Architectural and Civil Engineering B.E&A. (Hons.)
UNIVERSITY OF MALTA | 2003 - 2008
Dissertation explored the identity, rehabilitation, and future development of the Lazzaretto on Manoel Island, examining the tension between cultural memory, heritage preservation, and contemporary development within one of Malta’s most historically significant sites.

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