Currently Active (2020) 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

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

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

SERVCE 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