Matt Spears has been working in the architectural field for more than 10 years with a focus in residential design and experience in institutional, biotech and hospitality sectors. From a young age, it was joked that Matt, with his drawings, Legos, and projects, would move into the architectural field in one way or another. But what started as a joke eventually became a gravitational pull.
His architectural career began while still in high school at an award-winning firm which cemented this notion of becoming an architect. Then, while working towards his master’s degree in architecture at Roger Williams University, Matt had the opportunity to study in Italy, Spain and the Netherlands. These new environments taught him about density, historical intervention, and the contemporary space. Moving forward, his design studies focused on large scale interventions weaving public space and landscape within complex urban environments and historical sites. These embedded lessons eventually carried over into different aspects of his professional career.
While working on the North Shore of Massachusetts, Matt contributed to numerous historically sympathetic residential and institutional buildings as well as a boutique hotel in the historical harbor of Gloucester, MA. After several years, Matt moved to the rapidly expanding metropolis of Seattle where he worked extensively on contemporary residential and mixed-use architecture within the city.
After a few years, Matt made his way back to his native New England, landing in Connecticut where he and his wife are continuously renovating an old stone cottage to call their own. This experience, while humble in size, has provided many hands-on lessons in the difficulty of rehabilitative work, such as insulating single wythe masonry walls, restructuring collapsing floors on field stone foundations, and setting finishes on surfaces which are neither plumb, level, square nor straight. As a break from all of that, he and his family spend much of their time surrounded by nature on their woodland property.
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