Matthew Clarke

Matthew Clarke is an architect, urban planner and writer, is the National Director of Creative Placemaking for the Trust for Public Land. Formerly a Design Associate at SHoP Architects PC where he specialized in lar-scale planning and development projects in New York City. Prior to joining SHoP, Matthew worked in Mayor Bloomberg’s administration managing cultural capital projects around the city for the Department of Cultural Affairs, the largest funder of culture in America. A native of Lexington, KY he has served as a planning advisor to its Mayor, Jim Gray. In other capacities, Matthew has worked on architecture projects that range from campus student centers to progressive playgrounds for Stan Allen Architect, LTL Architects, and Jeffrey Inaba. Matthew has been a trustee of AIA/NY and the Center for Architecture.. Matthew was the Henry Young III Fellow at Princeton University – where he received his MArch and Urban Policy certificate from the Woodrow Wilson School – the 2011 KPF Fellowship winner, and a Gaines Fellow at the University of Kentucky, where he graduated with a BA in Humanities and Architecture.