Matthew Dearlove, Group Architect

Meet Matthew

He’s worked for architectural practices in London, New York and Hong Kong.

His projects have included a cricket stadium and an equine swimming pool.

He’s a specialist in public engagement in architecture.

He won a NESTA award and set up urban educational regeneration projects.

He’s a snap-happy screenprinter and graphic design whizz.

He owns the world’s largest collection of stripy socks.

Tell me more:

Matthew is a talented architect. But as well as designing great places to live and work he’s skilled at engaging people in the process of designing, creating, regenerating and running places.

He works across the Beyond Green Group’s portfolio of projects, helping turn ideas for great ways of living into designs for sustainable places.

Before joining Beyond Green, Matthew worked in practices including Michael Hopkins and Robert AM Stern. He’s also worked on the development of public space and community engagement in cities, developing new narrative techniques for community engagement, and working for the Architecture Foundation as a project co-ordinator for a national programme for public engagement in architecture.

In 2005 he won a NESTA award to engage with developers, communities & young people in urban and educational projects to unlock communities’ latent creativity on regeneration projects.

The facts:

MA (Cantab), Architecture

MA RCA, Architecture

ARB, Architectural Association, London

Royal Institute of British Architects