Matthew Wilson

Matthew Wilson brings more than 25 years of experience working on cultural and institutional projects. He believes the architecture of cultural institutions must be magnificent and should reflect the aspirations of the community they serve. For every project, he begins with listening and with his well-rounded skill set, he delivers excellence from start to finish.

Matthew immerses himself in all aspects of a project to meticulously advance and maintain the design vision as a project moves toward completion. He is an avid patron of the arts and this is exemplified through his portfolio. He recently served as a senior associate on the Massey Hall Renovation and Expansion in Toronto – winner of a Heritage Toronto Award and a Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Award – and the Harrison McCain Pavilion, an expansion for the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton, New Brunswick. The latter was named one of the best architecture projects of 2023 by Italy’s DOMUS.

Matthew was one of the lead architects for the winning competition design for the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (AGNS). Currently, he is working on the transformation and expansion of Contemporary Calgary which includes a new entrance pavilion and gallery space, and Agnes Reimagined, a bold new vision for the future of the historic Agnes Etherington Art Centre.

He has also completed projects for the National Ballet of Canada, the National Gallery of Canada, the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, Trinity College, and Queen’s University. He was a project architect for the Art Gallery of Hamilton Renewal and the TIFF Bell Lightbox and was an associate-in-charge for the Remai Modern, a contemporary art gallery in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and winner of a Governor General’s Medal in Architecture, Canada’s highest honour in architecture.