PHX Architecture announced Wednesday it hired Michael Nielson as a senior project architect and Gina Mathey as an associate architect.
Nielson brings nearly 25 years of expe­ri­ence in a vari­ety of project types includ­ing upscale golf and resort projects, cus­tom res­i­den­tial, edu­ca­tional facil­i­ties and reli­gious archi­tec­ture. A native of North­ern Cal­i­for­nia, he received his Bach­e­lor of Archi­tec­ture degree from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, and holds licenses to prac­tice archi­tec­ture in Cal­i­for­nia and Ari­zona. Post-​graduate stud­ies include courses in golf course design, golf club­house design, and golf/​residential site plan­ning at Har­vard University’s Grad­u­ate School of Design. He is also a LEED-​Accredited Professional.

Nielson first came to Ari­zona 16 years ago to fol­low his pas­sion for golf club­house design and an appre­ci­a­tion for con­tem­po­rary desert archi­tec­ture. In that time, he’s played a major role in the design of a num­ber of acclaimed golf projects, includ­ing the Sil­ver­leaf Club­house, The Crosby at Ran­cho Santa Fe (Cal­i­for­nia), The Vil­las at Seven Canyons, Rio Verde Coun­try Club, DC Ranch and Quintero.

In recent years, Nielson has also devel­oped con­sid­er­able exper­tise in Char­ter Schools, design­ing more than a dozen new schools across the State, includ­ing the recently-​completed Villa Montes­sori School in Cen­tral Phoenix. What­ever the build­ing type or design style, Nielson brings an open mind and heart­felt enthu­si­asm to each new project. His col­lab­o­ra­tive style, tech­ni­cal exper­tise, and con­fi­dent pro­fes­sion­al­ism make him an effec­tive leader for both Com­mer­cial and Res­i­den­tial projects, espe­cially those with unique challenges.

Mathey is a licensed archi­tect in Mex­ico. She was born and raised in Mex­ico City, where she received her Bachelor’s in Archi­tec­ture from Uni­ver­si­dad Iberoamericana..

Gina has more than 12 years of expe­ri­ence in a range of build­ing typolo­gies which include res­i­den­tial, retail, stu­dent hous­ing, higher edu­ca­tion, med­ical clin­ics, reli­gious and mil­i­tary, Navy & Marine facilities.

Gina is an Inter­na­tional Asso­ciate Mem­ber of the Amer­i­can Insti­tute of Architects.