Co-directed by Sandra Wheeler and Alfred Zollinger, MATTER’s work encompasses architecture, exhibition design, installations, furnishings, and proposals for civic engagement within the public environment. MATTER has received top honors for exhibition design from the Society of Environmental Graphic Designers, was a finalist of the PS1/MoMa Young Architects Program, and was awarded an Independent Research Project Grant from the New York State Council of the Arts. They are winners of the competitions Gimme Shelter: Urban Shade Structures for the City of Phoenix, Sukkah City, Times Square Alliance Public Art Program, and AIA New Practices New York, a biennial juried selection recognizing up and coming, innovative firms in the city. MATTER’s work has been featured in FRAME, Interior Design, Architectural Record, the New York Times, and the publications Transmaterial 3 and New Exhibition Design 02.