MISSION STATEMENT
To Achieve and Promote Design Excellence, Innovation and Erudition
across a broad spectrum of professional creative disciplines including but not limited to
Architecture, Interior Design, Industrial Design & Graphic Design.
My Career focus has been primarily in the areas of:
Single & Multi-Family Housing - New MIxed Use and Adaptive Re-Use Buildings
Historic and Civic/Community Buildings - Urban & Suburban Master Planning - Cultural & Educational Centers
Places of Worship & Assembly
Currently Active (2024) and Practicing in Connecticut and New England Area
Licensed Architect & Interior Designer - Ct. Registration #8440
Professor of Architecture, Interior Design & Building Science (SASD 2015-2016)
Occasional Builder of Special Projects for Friends and Family
Industrial & Graphic Designer
Inventor & Sculptor
ARCHITECTURE AWARDS
CT/AIA American Institute of Architects - "Washburn Traditional Architecture Design Award" - 2004
CT/AIA American Institute of Architects - 1st Place for Design of a Single Family House - 1999
Excellnce in Scholastic Studies Merit Award - Pratt School of Architecture - 1994
1st Place Structural Innovations Competition - RISD Architecture Program - 1988
"Operation Solar" Competition & Commission - NE Utilities & State of Connecticut - 1983
State of Ct. Office of Energy Management & Policy - Energy Efficient New Housing Award - 1982
State of Ct. Office of Energy Management & Policy - Solar Energy House Retrofit Award - 1982
State of Ct. Office of Energy Management & Policy - Attached Passive Solar Greenhouse Award - 1982
DOE & HUD National AWARD & Commission for a Hybrid Active/Passive Solar House - 1979
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AWARD
1ST PLACE - National "Rigid Box" Packaging Competition
EDUCATION
Yale Divinity School
Master of Arts in Religion & The Visual Arts - Self-directed Concentration in Sacred Architecture
(Un-finished)
Pratt School of Architecture
5 Yr. Professional Bachelors of Architecture Degree - B.Arch Summa Cum Laude - 4.0 GPA
Rhode Island School of Design - RISD
1 Year Architectural Studies
University of Bridgeport
4 Yr. B.A. in Interior Design with a Concentration in Industrial Design
New College at Hofstra University
1 Year Inter-disciplinary Studies in the Social Sciences
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
AIA
American Institute of Architects
IFRAA
Interfaith Forum on Religious Art & Architecture
ASID
American Society of Interior Designers
ISCAA
Institute of Classical Architecture & Art
NESEA
Northeast Sustainable Energy Association
EMPLOYMENT
Joseph Matto Architect, AIA - 25 Years Connecticut Registered Architect - 1995-2020
Adjunct Faculty & Professor of Design at SASD at U. Bridgeport - 1975-76
Joe Matto Residential Design & Glenn Tucker PE Engineering - 10 Year Partnership - 1985-1995
Sunspace Inc. Design/Build Company - 9 Yr Partnership with Colin Healy Designer - 1979-1985
U. Bridgeport / Vista - Special Adjunct Faculty - 1975-76
Community/Cable TV Project - Grant Writing/Reporting, Video Instructor & Production Supervisor
Howard Jacobsen & Maurice Jacobson Department Heads
SERViCE TO AMERICA
United States Naval Reserves - 1 Yr Active / 5 Years Reserve Duty - Sonar and Oceanography - 1972-78
VISTA Volunteer - 2 Years at an Inner City Food Coop & Family Crisis Intervention Center - 1974-76
PERSONAL INTERESTS & ACTIVITIES
Competition & Social Ballroom Dancing
Kayaking, Tennis and Hiking
Sculpture & Drawing
Writing & Poetry
Meditation & Prayer