Matthew Kella
Associate, Design
Matthew is a project designer and Associate in BNIM’s Kansas City office. Committed to design excellence, he has established himself as a strong design leader within BNIM through finding elegant solutions from within complex project constraints. Interested in the overlap between people and culture, Matthew brings a foundation of rigorous design exploration to each project that has been formed through multi-disciplinary project experience including civic, cultural, higher-education, mixed-use, office, transit, and master planning.
In his time at BNIM, Matthew has positively impacted a number of projects, including multiple Overseas Business Operations projects, two new facilities at Johnson County Community College, the Springfield Art Museum Master Plan, the new Kansas City International (KCI) Airport Parking Garage, a new business school facility at Marquette University, along with several local and regional planning efforts.
Select Experience
- O'Brien Hall College of Business AdministrationMarquette UniversityMilwaukee, Wisconsin
- Fine Arts + Design StudiosJohnson County Community CollegeOverland Park, Kansas
- KCI Parking GarageKansas City, Missouri
- Girl Scouts Camp TongawoodTonganoxie, Kansas
- U.S. Embassy - Kampala, UgandaCentral Region, Uganda
- Career and Technical Education CenterJohnson County Community CollegeOverland Park, Kansas
- Construction Technologies CenterSoutheast Community CollegeLincoln, Nebraska
- Springfield Art Museum - Master PlanSpringfield, Missouri
Education
Master of Architecture
University of Kansas
Urban Graduate Studio
Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Paris Val-de-Seine
