Matthew
(Matt) Henning
GriffithFAIA
(1974– )
Griffith earned a BS in Mathematics from Davidson College in 1996 and an MArch from the NCSU College of Design in 2002, where he concentrated in Urban Design and received numerous awards, including the Kamphoefner Fellowship and the AIA School Medal. He served as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Architecture at the University of Arkansas 2002-2004 and worked in the offices of Marlon Blackwell Architect (2002-2006) and Frank Harmon Architect (2006-2010).
He founded in situ studio in 2010 with former Harmon colleague Erin Sterling Lewis, and since then the firm won over 60 local, state, and regional AIA design awards. In 2012, the studio was recognized by Residential Architect magazine as one of 15 Young Firms to Watch. He was on the 2019 AIA National Small Projects Awards Jury and Chair of the 2020 AIA SAR Awards Committee. In 2021, he won the AIANC Kamphoefner Prize. Griffith lives with his wife, Ashley, and their three children in a house originally designed by Lewis Polier. He serves as Associate Professor in Practice at the NCSU School of Architecture and is a member of the City of Raleigh Appearance Commission.
Sources include: Matt Griffith; Zach Hoffman; Erin Sterling Lewis.