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Michael Matthews Studio wins 2024 AIA Design Award


Recipient of award for Design Excellence in the Residential Category

The "Barrel Cactus ADU" project, a design for a guest home / ADU near San Diego, California, won a Design Award from the American Institute of Architects... read more >>>



Michael Matthews Studio pledges discount to victims of LA wildfires


MM Studio joins Design for LA's Directory of Designers aiding victims

Design for LA is a public directory of architects and other experts related to the building process... read more >>>

Image Source: Pacific Southwest Forest Service, USDA/Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain




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Michael Matthews Studio wins 2021 AIA Design Award


Recipient of award for Design Excellence in the Residential Category

The "Badwood Ranch" project, a design for a single-family home near Joshua Tree, California, won a Design Award from the American Institute of Architects... read more >>>



Michael Matthews Receives an AIA Presidential Honoree Award


Recipient of the American Institute of Architects' "Design Team of the Year"

The American Institute of Architects, LA chapter recognized Michael Matthews as a Presidential Honoree... read more >>>

Image Source: Renzo Piano Building Workshop and Nic Lehoux




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Michael Matthews Studio wins Build Magazine Award


Recipient of award for Leadership in Creative Architecture and Design

The Design & Build Awards are annually held by BUILD Magazine and are determined via an internal process of research, analysis, shortlisting and selection... read more >>>



On Modernism in "New Historicist" Architecture


As Seen Through the Work of Johnston Marklee.
With response and commentary on the article from Professor Rafael Moneo.

The 2017 Chicago Architecture Biennial posed the question: what is the role of history in contemporary architecture? Is there too much emphasis on "newness"... read more >>>

Image Source: Johnston Marklee Architects. View of the Menil Drawing Institute of Houston, Texas. Opening in November 2018.




Image Source: Portland Cement Association. Class C fly ash, Metakaolin, Silica Fume, Class F fly ash, Slag, Calcined Shale.
On Regional Recipes for Mixing Cement


How Recycling Pozzolans Can Create Locally-Sourced Concrete

Concrete, the world's most common building material, contributes to approximately 7% of the world's anthropogenic atmospheric CO2 emissions. The majority of emissions from concrete is produced during the process of cement manufacturing... read more >>>



Junkspace: A New Typeface


Creating an Original Font Inspired by Koolhaas' Seminal Text

This investigation explores the extent to which a typeface can capture the spirit of a story. The Junkspace typeface, inspired by the neon signage ubiquitous in architectural junk spaces, is featured on a microwebsite showcasing several key quotes of Koolhaas' text. The article is reinterpreted for electronic format as part of an assignment while at Rice University... read more >>>














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