WHAT WE DO

about the practice

Stromberg Architecture is an award winning architecture firm that specializes in idea driven residential and commercial architectural projects.  The firm started in 2009 and is based in Berkeley, California.

WHO WE ARE

Matthew Stromberg, Principal

Matthew Stromberg’s range of experience includes institutional, commercial, and residential architectural projects. Matthew received a graduate degree in cultural anthropology from Columbia University in 1994, a field of inquiry that both primed his interest in universal patterns of human behavior and established a theoretical underpinning to his interest in bodily presence in space and time.  For five years, Matthew performed internationally with the MacArthur “Genius” Award recipient and daredevil choreographer Elizabeth Streb in her professional dance company Streb, Ringside, Inc. based out of New York City.  Matthew returned to his native Berkeley for a Master’s in Architecture from the University of California, which he completed in 2003.  Before establishing Stromberg Architecture, Matthew worked five years with the award winning firm Fernau & Hartman in Berkeley where he worked on many projects ranging from master planning of a 3100 acre conservation ranch in Montana to project managing numerous high-end residential projects.  Matthew enjoys travelling with his family, open water swimming in the SF Bay, and volunteering as a skipper for Baykeeper.  Matthew is a founding board member of OGAP – a non-profit organization that deploys genomic labs on low cost sailing vessels to produce a global genomic atlas of marine species.

Matthew is a licensed architect in California and a certified LEED Accredited Professional.

Aaron Newton, Project Architect

Aaron holds a bachelor’s degree in anthropology from UC Berkeley and a masters degree in the same subject from Cal State East Bay.  Aaron completed his MArch degree in architecture at California College of the Arts in 2014. Aaron has over 25 years of experience in design and construction having worked on projects ranging from residential remodels, live work warehouse conversions, to multi-million dollar senior living campuses. He finds the intersection of his anthropological insight and construction detailing as the perfect combination for creating beautiful spaces geared towards the continual enjoyment by its users. When he is not collecting and reading utopian novels or pouring through classic science fiction he’s tinkering with his car or making with his hands.

Aaron is a licensed architect in California.

Lucy Wang, Designer

Lucy holds a bachelor’s degree from Stanford University and an MArch degree from UC Berkeley. Prior to joining Stromberg Architecture she worked at Marmol Radziner and Sidell Pakravan Architects on high-end residential projects. Her work has been published in Places Journal and she was previously Editor in Chief of Room One Thousand. In her spare time she enjoys film photography, swimming, and a good novel.

Lucy is a working toward her architecture license.