Rick founded Rick Mather Architects
in 1973 and sets the design direction of the practice as a whole as
well as designing and reviewing all projects on a regular basis. A native
of Oregon, Rick came to the UK to study urban design at the Architectural
Association. His work has since been published and exhibited around
the world including the acclaimed South Bank Masterplan. He recently
featured high on the list of Building magazine’s most influential
people in the industry.
Rick Mather is a Trustee of the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Theatre Museum and the British Architectural Library Trust. He has previously served on the Councils of the Architectural Association and the Royal Institute of British Architects. Other professional activities have included service as an RIBA external examiner to several schools of architecture, and teaching assignments at the Architectural Association, the Bartlett University College London, the Harvard Graduate School of Design and the Thomas Jefferson Professorship at the University of Virginia.
