Matthew Soules is a licensed architect in Canada and the United States and is the director of Matthew Soules Architecture (MSA) Inc. (www.msaprojects.com) - the Vancouver based architecture, urban planning, and research firm. MSA has received numerous awards including the Architectural Institute of British Columbia's 'Emerging Firm Award' in 2010.
Matthew's research interests include the intersection of ecology and design, the Metropolitan Project, and questions of architecture's relationship with popular culture and politics. His writing has been published in magazines and journals including Harvard Design Magazine, Praxis, Azure, Canadian Architect, Topos, and 306090. He has been a guest critic at numerous institutions including MIT, the Rhode Island School of Design, and Harvard. Prior to starting his own practice he worked on a diverse range of projects throughout the world for architecture firms in Vancouver, Boston, Rotterdam, and New York City.