The founder of Hufft Architecture and Fabrication, Matthew Hufft is an architect by trade and entrepreneur by nature. He identified strongly with his creative talents at an early age, and even declared on a cassette tape for a second-grade project that his chosen career would be an architect.Matthew holds two degrees in architecture from The University of Kansas and Columbia University. After graduating from Kansas in 2000, he won the prestigious SOM Travelling Fellowship Award. Matthew’s early mentors were the respected architects Stanley Tigerman based in Chicago and Bernard Tschumi dually-based in Paris and New York City. His first commission – a residential home for his parents, nicknamed the Line House – came at the very young (and inexperienced)age of 22 years old. Through this foundational project, Matthew learned the value of collaboration and communication. Other commissions came as a direct result, and thus, the beginning of Hufft.Today, Hufft is compiled of more than 50 creative and talented individuals, based in Kansas City, Missouri, and Bentonville, Arkansas. The firm has completed over 500 projects, spanning from corporate headquarters, mixed-use developments and various hospitality projects, to single-family residences. The firm has won more than 50 AIA awards and been published in100+ national and international periodicals.Matthew continues to improve and expand his knowledge of the built environment by exploring other sectors. He currently is focused on a fourth and final phase of a 90,000 square foot adaptive reuse project called Grocer’s Warehouse, of which he is co-owner. Matthew has been named to the Professional Builder and Ingram’s Magazine ‘40 under 40’ classes, and was recognized as one of Interior Design Magazine’s ‘Young Guns’. He currently serves on multiple non-profit boards, and is an active member of the Kansas City Chapter for the Young Presidents Organization.