Matthew Dumich
Architect
Valerio Dewalt Train Associates, Chicago
33
AIA
BS, MArch, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Lead project architect for renovation of U.S. Bank Plaza, Madison, Wis.

Project architect for Staybridge Suites’ new 16-story hotel that utilizes first staggered steel truss structural system, Chicago.

AIA Emerging Professional Component Grant (2010, 2008); AIA Chicago Presidential Citation (2009).

In 2008, used Emerging Professionals Component Grant for AIA Chicago to create BRIDGE Mentorship program, pairing young architects with local AIA Fellows.

While in graduate school at UWM, was associate representative for AIA Wisconsin board of directors. Organized monthly networking social bringing together students and emerging design professionals.

Past chair, AIA Chicago Young Architects Forum. Former AIA National YAF Regional Liaison for Illinois. Currently serves on AIA National YAF Advisory Committee.

Advises PechaKucha Night Chicago, which encourages young architects to share ideas and work.

Instrumental in formation of Community Interface Committee, which encourages links between AIA and pro bono design groups.

Passionate photographer; enjoys documenting his travels.

At 6-foot-8, he’s unofficially the tallest architect in Chicago.

  • The Building Team for the Interchange project in downtown Minneapolis is employing the principles of "open transit" design to create a station that is one part transit, one part cultural icon.

  • Are federal design-build contract laws unfair to small firms? AIA thinks so, citing an interesting fact: an architecture firm spends a median of $260,000 to compete for a design-build project.

  • LED lighting technology provides unique advantages, but it’s also important to understand its limitations for optimized application.

  • The Anacostia Neighborhood Library in Washington, D.C., and the renovation of Cass Gilbert’s grand Beaux-Arts library in St. Louis are among six projects to be named 2013 AIA/ALA Library Building Award winners.

  • BIM modeling tools are great, but if you can't run efficient, productive coordination meetings, the Building Team will never realize the benefits of true BIM coordination. Here are some helpful tips for making the most of coordination meetings.

 

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