Matthew Wray Yoder joined VSBA in 2019 and serves as a member of our architectural staff.
Matt’s primary current work is our renovation of Overmont House at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine — a 1970s apartment tower that we’re transforming into graduate student housing for the college. He also contributes to VSBA other projects for academic and institutional clients at the University of Pennsylvania and the Curtis Institute of Music.
Before coming to VSBA, Matt participated in a variety of academic, campus planning, and historic renovation projects in all phases of design, including work for the University of Pennsylvania, the Wistar Institute, Saint Joseph’s University, the Social Security Administration (GSA), The Johnson House, and Wyck.
EDUCATION
Carnegie Mellon University, Bachelor of Architecture, 1995
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland, Study Abroad, 1993
REGISTRATION AND CERTIFICATION
Pennsylvania, 2016; New York, 2016
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional, U.S. Green Building Council, 2009
TEACHING
Drexel University, Architecture Program Guest Critic, 2002-2008, 2019-2020
Philadelphia University, Architecture Program Guest Critic, 2002-2008
Carnegie Mellon University, Teaching Assistant, 1993-1994
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES
Neighborhood Bike Works, Philadelphia, Board Member, 2009-2010
Bike Church, Philadelphia, Volunteer Facilitator, 2002-2010
Johnson House Historic Site, Philadelphia, Board Member, 2005-2008
University Mews Volunteer Neighborhood Association, President, 2018-2019
AWARDS
The Joseph L and Vivian Steele Fund Architectural Scholarship, 1994
The Robert Burdett Assistantship, Carnegie Mellon University, 1994