Matthew Krissel
Adjunct Faculty
Matthew Krissel is an adjunct faculty member with the School of Architecture.
Matthew has led the design and construction of transformative architectural projects in North America and internationally for over two decades. He is the founder and director of Creative Lab 3, a Philadelphia-based design-driven architecture practice working to bring exceptional design to more people and places, inspire change and transform our collective potential through the built environment.
In 2023, Matthew co-founded the Built Environment Futures Council (BEFC), a national, diverse, multidisciplinary group of thought leaders working to advance Artificial Intelligence in architecture and construction with actionable leadership, insight and foresight relevant to practice.
He regularly shares his work, methods and ideas nationally and internationally, contributing to American Institute of Architects (AIA) design juries, industry forums and publications. Projects he has worked on have won awards from the World Architecture Festival, London’s Centre for the Built Environment, the AIA, Fast Company Innovation by Design Awards, and the Chicago Athenaeum. He has been interviewed for articles in Dwell, Fast Company, Metropolis, Architectural Record, and Architect magazines and has been featured in numerous published books on architecture and design.
Matthew has recently given talks at the Building Museums Symposium, the London Committee on Design, the AIA National Conference, AIA New York’s Global Dialogues Committee, the University of Toronto, Harvard University and the AIA’s Technology in Architectural Practice Conference. He has served on academic design juries at the University of Pennsylvania, Cornell, MIT, the University at Buffalo, and the University of Texas at Austin. He has chaired multiple AIA design juries, including the 2017 AIA National Innovation Award, the 2016 AIA New York Design Awards, and, most recently, the 2023 AIA Peconic Design Awards.
Before founding Creative Lab 3, Matthew was a Partner at KieranTimberlake (KT) in Philadelphia. His design work over nearly 20 years at KT helped shape the firm’s most significant and impactful projects, including iconic, institution-defining architecture and small homes with big ideas. Notable completed projects include the award-winning Paulson Center at New York University, the Embassy of the United States in London, and Cellophane House™ featured at the Museum of Modern Art.