Welcome

John A. Matthews Architects is a firm with strong experience and capabilities in residential, commercial and storefront projects. The firm has handled large complex projects and small intensively-detailed projects. We place a high priority on quality design and responsiveness to the client's needs. We are prepared to give your projects personal attention and provide both architectural and interiors services, including the design of store fixtures, graphics, and lighting.

We have lately developed a particular specialty of storefront projects in the downtown commercial district. The firm has been retained by three local communities to design storefront renovations as part of redevelopment efforts in the downtown. We have done remodelings in historic buildings and are familiar with the Secretary of Interiors design guidelines.

We seek to produce designs that are sensitive to the context of the street and give clients the presence they want to project. Sometimes that means discovering hidden details and features which can be exploited in an old building. Sometimes it requires finding a new response to a building or the street to produce the impact or mood the client is looking for.

You will find we are interested, we listen and we are consistently attentive to the client's schedule, program, budget and requirements. We also offer full design services from conceptual design through construction.