Jon provides the overall design leadership to the practice.

Jon is a graduate of the Mackintosh School of Architecture in Glasgow winning the Bourdon Prize for Architecture, the John Cowell Prize, the RIAS sketchbook commendation and the Mackintosh School of Architecture Masters Scholarship. He received his Masters in Architecture in 1997. Jon is a regular industry speaker, RIBA Awards judge and visiting critic at the Mackintosh School of Architecture and UCLan.

John is a studio director, responsible for leading the technical excellence across the practice. His meticulous attention to detail keeps everyone on their toes.

Notable achievements include the delivery of British Council for Offices award winning projects; The Hive for Argent and Fabrica for Royal London. John leads the ongoing delivery of some of Manchester’s emerging landmark developments; Axis Manchester, Oxygen Towers and Brazennose House.

Matt is a studio director responsible for leading the design standards across the office overseeing a robust programme of design reviews.

Matt has worked at several AJ100 practices designing award winning buildings. Matt is a budding photographer on social media with in depth knowledge of filter settings.

Matt also leads on recruitment and resourcing for the practice.

Andrew brings left sided skills to a predominantly right sided group. After graduating with a BSc (Hons) in Construction Management he achieved dual qualification as a solicitor, specialising in construction within leading international law firms.

Andrew saw the light and joined a FTSE PLC developer as a Group Counsel and Company Secretary before joining regeneration specialists Urban Splash as Legal and Commercial Director.

Sam has more than ten years professional architectural experience designing and delivering high quality projects with particular expertise in education and private residential. He has previously acted as Technical Advisor for a range of public sector clients under the Building Schools for the Future programme.

Sam trained at the Mackintosh School of Architecture before completing his professional training at Westminster University.

As a design and project team lead, working principally within the residential, commercial and masterplan sectors, Frances is currently leading a diverse range of projects from private houses to city scale masterplans.

Notable achievements include both her undergraduate and post-graduate thesis projects being nominated for the RIBA Presidents Medal award.

Richard leads a team delivering a series of city centre regeneration projects such as Brazennose House, Trafford Wharf and the residential mega project, Oxygen.

He has previously worked at Scott Tallon Walker in Dublin and Pascall + Watson in Abu Dhabi working on various aviation, workplace and retail schemes.

Jo ensures the smooth running of the office. She is the face of the practice to visitors, whilst in the background she supports operations by maintaining office systems and overseeing staff and support functions to ensure the technical team can deliver a first-class service to clients.

She has responsibility for accounts, finance, payrolls, HR, IT, bid preparation and the co-ordination of the team to ensure operational needs are met.

Jo is a project lead and has been involved in a number of high-profile developments within the practice. She has experience in residential, sports, leisure and commercial sectors and previously worked on masterplanning and ecological design at Bauman Lyons, Urbed and Atelier d’architecture autogérée.

Jo completed her Masters degree at the University of Sheffield and was awarded a distinction for her thesis project and featured in the AJ’s top student work shows.

Rhiannon joined JMA as a Senior Architect with over 20 years design and delivery experience in the Education, Commercial and Residential sectors, and has worked on a range of new build, conservation and re-use projects.

Rhiannon graduated from the Manchester School of Architecture and has taught at both Liverpool University and Manchester School of Architecture.

Maddy joined JMA as an experienced Architect from a AJ100 London practice where she worked on a variety of residential projects, including private homes, multi-unit mainstream developments, complex heritage projects and large-scale super prime developments.

She has lead projects from start to finish, specialising in the technical detail design and delivery stages.

Ross completed his Master of Architecture degree at Dundee University and worked in Edinburgh for several years on a wide range of residential and commercial projects. He has a keen interest in regenerative projects whether that’s large-scale regeneration of an area or repurposing an existing building, and particularly enjoys the challenge and complexities that comes with creating a aesthetically pleasing relationship of the old and the new.

He has led projects from inception to completion and finds enjoyment in the technical aspect of architecture and delivery stages.

Maria undertook her architectural studies in her native city of Sevilla and has a strong passion for urban design and sustainability.

Since relocating to the UK in 2017, she has developed a diverse portfolio within the mixed use, residential and heritage sectors with experience across all RIBA work stages.

Dafini is a Part II Architectural Assistant and graduate of the Manchester School of Architecture. At university she was actively involved in organisations including the Architecture Students Network (ASN); the main body representing architecture students in the UK.

She has experience of sports centres and masterplanning, working closely with clients, planning officers and consultants to achieve good design and technical resolutions which meet both client and future occupiers needs.

Holly recently qualified as an Architect, having studied on the University of Sheffield’s innovative collaborative Practice course for her Master’s degree, which combined academic study with work in practice. This has given her an outlook on design that is both creative and pragmatic.

She is passionate about sustainable and socially conscious design and has experience on a range of project typologies, ranging from large scale residential and university buildings to rural farm conversions.

Enrique completed his Masters degree of Architecture at the University of Valladolid in Spain. His academic experience included landscape, urbanism and structural design.

Since moving to Manchester in 2017, he has worked on a range of large scale residential developments within the city. This has given him a breadth of experience across all RIBA Work Stages and has developed varying technical, software and design skills.

Chris is an Architect currently working on a mixed-use masterplan within the city centre. Prior to joining Jon Matthews Architects, Chris worked on high profile projects in London and developed an interest in the juxtaposition of retained and new architectural elements. Whilst working in various London practices, Chris has been heavily involved in their Revit implementation processes.

Chris completed his undergraduate studies at The University of Greenwich where he obtained First Class Honours. He gained his Masters at The Bartlett School of Architecture.

Nikki is an Interior Designer from London and a Graduate of Interior Architecture & Design from the University of Hertfordshire. She has worked on a number of large-scale projects across the UK and Europe, predominately in hospitality, working closely with clients from concept stage to completion, alongside a residential project in New York and Exhibition Installations for local artists.

Nikki works on a range of residential and hotel developments at Jon Matthews Architects.

Anuja is a Part II Architectural Assistant, she completed her Masters degree from the Nottingham Trent University. Before coming to the UK in 2018, she studied for her Bachelors degree in India and gained two years of work experience there.

Prior joining JMA, she worked in the residential sector in southwest Wales. Her experience gained working in a small-scale firm aided her to closely appreciate the RIBA work stages and UK construction industry.

Laura is a Part II Architectural Assistant who graduated with First Class Honours from the University of Limerick in Ireland. Her thesis project explored the development of integral community spaces and routes within the mews lanes of Limerick City’s Georgian Quarter.

Prior to joining JMA, Laura gained experience working in the residential sector in Dublin.

Ollie attended the Manchester School of Architecture where he developed an understanding for user centric design. His final project created a building that matched the surrounding typologies, giving the designs a sense of belonging.

Ollie is working on a range of projects at JMA, including large scale residential schemes and commercial offices.

Hayden is a Part II Architectural Assistant who graduated from Manchester School of Architecture.

During his time in university, Hayden was short-listed for a number of reputable prizes including the Sheppard Robson Jicwood Prize and B.15’s HENN Model Making award for using model making as part of the architectural process. Hayden was also awarded for a research project during his Part II course.

Danito gained a Distinction in his Master of Architecture postgraduate degree from Manchester School of Architecture. His thesis work which explored the origins and development of an imagined urban settlement in Birmingham.

Danito has experience in residential and mixed-use sector working with clients and planning officers in Birmingham and London.

Jack  completed his Masters of Architecture at the Manchester School of Architecture, where his thesis explored the systems we can devise to create ‘resilient’ communities. His interests lie in designing for people and improving society through the medium of architecture and urban design.

Prior to JMA, Jack gained Part 1 experience in the masterplanning and residential sector in London.

Sofia is a Part I Architectural Assistant graduating from the Manchester School of Architecture in 2022.

She has a passion and interest in context aware projects that are designed with the environment and surrounding community in mind and that have a socially conscious and sustainable aim. She hopes to learn and develop her skills throughout her Part I and explore different sectors of the industry.