PAMA NY

I’ve known Peter Matthews for almost 20 years as a colleague and friend. As a landscape architect and frequent collaborator with architects on residential and institutional projects, Peter is among the architects who command our highest respect. His work is consistently imaginative, rigorous in terms of geometry and detail, committed to eco-sensitivity and thoughtfully connected to its site. For each project—whether Nantucket beach house or an urban dwelling—the site and environment are closely studied to create an architecture that responds both formally, functionally and materially to the surroundings. Peter’s collaborative design approach has led to buildings and structures that are uniquely responsive to program and site. Each project employs materials endemic to the region in new and familiar forms, requiring exceptional work by the area’s builders and artisans. Peter’s strong emphasis on design, material, and craft is the foundation for all his work. If you objective is to create architecture which is both of distinctive high quality and informed by its unique setting, you’ll be pleased to have retained Peter Matthews as your architect.

Peter designed my house on a challenging small and sloping lot located in Town on Nantucket Island 23 years ago. The design has held up well over the years and people often remark that it is the "biggest little house" they have ever seen. He has a good sense of how to site a structure to maximize the benefits of the lot as well as the ability to evaluate, and engage, light and proportion. He also has the ability to work with local permitting boards, not always an easy task, especially in an historic community with stringent guidelines.