Italian licensed architect and researcher, based in Tokyo since 2010. Founder and Principal of MB-AA Matteo Belfiore Architect and Associates. Former researcher at the University of Tokyo, Kengo Kuma Lab. Founding partner at Enerbrain Japan. Editor for ADF Web Magazine. Correspondent from Tokyo for the architectural magazines' Area and Compasses. Former Director of the international architecture firm Richard Bliah Associates (Tokyo) and Architect at Nikken Sekkei (Tokyo).He designed more than fifty works of architecture and entered more than thirty architectural contests. He has authored several monographs, essays, and articles on contemporary architecture and urban planning, such as the book “Patterns And Layering” (Gestalten, 2012); monographs about Toyo Ito, Tadao Ando, and Wiel Arets (Clean, 2010); articles published in international architecture magazines, such as Area, Compasses and Domus. He has curated numerous events and exhibitions in Italy and abroad. Among the others is the exhibition "Intermediating Patterns" at the Italian Cultural Institute of Tokyo (2011).