Bios
John A. Matthews, Principal, A.I.A.
Jack founded John Matthews Architects in San Mateo in 1986. He was previously employed as Project Architect with Peterson Architects in Menlo Park from 1976 to 1986. Prior to that he was employed by: Whisler-Patri Architects, San Francisco, George Cody, Architect, Palo Alto, and Milton Johnson, Architect, Palo Alto. Registered Architect in California, 1976.
Awarded a Bachelor of Architecture Degree, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo in 1972. Studied Architecture for one year in Florence, Italy, 1970-71.
Corporate Member of the American Institute of Architects since 1976.
President for the San Mateo County Chapter A.I.A., 1992
Member of Board of Directors A.I.A. California Council
Member of A.I.A. Committee on Historic Resources
Speaker at A.I.A. National Conventions, 1998-99
Planning Commissioner, City of San Mateo, 1995-2003
President of the Board of Directors for HIP Housing, San Mateo. HIP Housing is a non-profit corporation providing
housing to the needy and dispossessed.
Member of the Board of Directors for the Pacific Skyline Council of the Boy Scouts of America.
Deputized as an inspector by the California State Office of Emergency. Services for inspection of buildings in the City of Oakland following the October 17, 1989 earthquake and then in Southern California after the Northridge earthquake of January 17, 1994. Registered Disaster Service Worker. Instructor in earthquake damage assessment.
Received design award from the California Preservation Foundation for the Wisnom Hotel St. Matthew in San Mateo, 1999.
John Lucchesi, Architect, A.I.A.
A native of the San Francisco Peninsula, John Lucchesi joined the firm of John Matthews following twelve years of dedicated work with his own private practice, Rehfeld/Lucchesi Architects.
In addition to his direction of all phases of a variety of residential and commercial projects during this period of private practice, John provided consulting architectural and project management services to the Residential and Commercial Rehabilitation/Community Development Block Grant Program of the City of South San Francisco, and served as the architects-liason to the City's Design Review Board and Historic Preservation Commission.
Prior to private practice, John was employed as a project architect for the firm of Rosekrans and Broder, Inc., San Francisco, focusing on historic preservation and the adaptive re-use of buildings for neighborhood cultural centers for the Arts Commission of San Francisco. His architectural apprenticeship was served in the Berkeley firm of Lyndon/Buchanan Architects.
Since 1985, in addition to architectural practice, John has enjoyed the pleasure of contributing to the education of future environmental designers as an associate professor in architecture at the Community College of San Mateo, via courses in design, freehand graphics and architectural history.
John supports the notion that a commitment to design quality at a very basic level is a commitment to people and community, to their experience of built form and to the making of their place in the natural and built world.
Member, Planning Commission, City of South San Francisco, 1992-96
Member, Design Review Board of South San Francisco, 1986-1992
Member, American Institute of Architects, San Francisco Chapter
Member, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture
Master of Architecture, University of California at Berkeley, California, 1983
J.K. Branner Travel Fellowship, 1982-83
Represented U.C. Berkeley at the International Laboratory of Architecture and Urban Design in Siena, Italy, 1982
Bachelor of Science with a Major in Architecture, Washington State University, Pullman Washington, 1978