Graduated in 1999 in Architecture and Civil Engineering Design Stream at the University of Malta, with a semester at Virginia Tech University in Virginia, USA, Matthew J. Mercieca proceeded to work with top firms on the island of Malta for three years. Matthew has also furthered his studies by attending a masters level course in New Entertainment Design at the Politechnico di Milano in 2006.
Whilst working with Bencini & Associates, Architecture Project and mostly DeMicoli & Associates, on local projects of various scales, Matthew worked on several international competitions his role was key in relation to design concept, development and three dimensional visualisation and presentation always with cutting edge digital tools.
Establishing his own firm in 2003, Matthew has been commissioned and has completed numerous projects with a unified design approach: one that sees a continuous thread from project inception to completion yielding unified results with superior integrated quality and functionality. Several of his works have been reviewed in local and international publications, referenced in academic papers and dissertations as well as in cultural publications.
Simultaneously, Matthew frequently tutors official Autodesk courses in architectural software and in the 2008/2009 academic year Matthew was recruited to tutor students in Architectural Design at the Faculty of the Architecture and Civil Engineering at the University of Malta.