Speakers

“It’s an immense privilege to be involved in the design of community and cultural buildings, especially educational buildings. Good design positively impacts not only pedagogic efficacy and learning outcomes, but student and staff welfare, recruitment and retention, and a host of organisational, operational and environmental efficiencies, not to mention community spirit and identity. Good design takes account of all these attributes.” With higher qualifications in architecture, engineering and industrial design and over 14 years of experience in architectural practice, Matthew pursues his work with keen aesthetic, tectonic and functional sensibilities; equally adept at negotiating complex strategic, architectural and technical issues. His approach is critically informed by this background and enables him to quickly identify key opportunities, provoke informative dialogue and propose insightful, original and exciting design solutions.