Matthew Bialecki, AIA, Architect: Resume
 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Registered Architect: New York State #30070501 – 1986
Member American Institute of Architects – 1986 -
Bialecki Architects (BA) – Gardiner, New York – 1992 - Principal Architect – Architecture, Interior Design and Community Planning practice
Office for Rural Architecture (ORA) – New Paltz, New York – 1986 - 1992 - Principal Architect – Founded this practice to interpret the landscape and design traditions of the Hudson Valley.
Outlook Partnership – New Paltz, New York 1985 - 199 - Principal Planner – Founded this planning/development firm specializing in conservation based rural development.
Board of Directors – American Institute of Architects – Westchester/Mid-Hudson Chapter 2001-03
Visiting Architectural Design Critic, 1997-1998 – California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Architectural Design Awards Judge, 1997 – AIA Westchester/Mid-Hudson Chapter
Visiting Architectural Design Critic, 1993 – City College of New York – School of Architecture
Architectural Design Awards Judge, 1989 – Young Architects’ Forum – New York Architectural League
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AWARDS / EXHIBITS / PUBLICATIONS
AIA Architectural Design Awards - Westchester/Mid-Hudson Chapter
Honor (Sustainability) – Sam’s Point Conservation Center, Cragsmoor, NY, 2005
Honor (Design) – Sam’s Point Conservation Center, Cragsmoor, NY, 2005
Citation – Shawangunk Ridge House, Ulster County, NY, 2004
First Honor – Studley Residence, New Paltz, NY, 1996
Citation – 108 Fifth Avenue Apartment, New York, NY, 1996
Citation – Rock and Snow, New Paltz, NY, 1996
President’s Award – 2001, New York State American Institute of Architects (NYSAIA)
New York State Council on the Arts – 1993 Grant Award, “Planning Downtown New Paltz”, New York, NY
Progressive Architecture Young Architects Award – 1987, National Competition, Cross House
Gerald Watland Architectural Award – 1979, Full scholarship to L’Ecole d’Art Américaine
Design USA – 1989, Exhibit in the USSR sponsored by the US Information Agency
Architectural League of New York – 1988, Young Architects Forum, international design competition – Silo House
“The New Bungalow” – (Gibbs-Smith, Publisher , Utah, 2001) Contributing Author / Editor
“Period Homes” – Autumn 2000, “Forward Thinking”, firm profile/current projects.
“Architectural Digest” – July 2000, AD at Large “Craftsman Reinterpreted”
“Architectural Digest” – August 1999, “Craftsman in New York”, Studley Residence, New Paltz, NY
“Architectural Digest” – July 1996, “Interior Landscape for New York City”, 108 5th Avenue Apartment
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Councilman, Town Board – Town of Gardiner, NY 2003 –
Chairman, Town of Gardiner Zoning Advisory Committee, Gardiner, NY, 2004 -
Board of Directors, 1997-1999 – Springside Landscape Restoration, Inc.
President, 1991-92 – New Paltz Downtown Business Association
Chair, 1989-90 – Village of New Paltz Downtown Development Committee
Life Member – Mohonk Preserve
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EDUCATION
Bachelor of Architecture: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo – 1982
California State Universities International Program: Florence, Italy – 1981
L’Ecole d’Art Américaine: Palais de Fontainebleau, France – 1979
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PARTIAL LIST OF PROJECTS
Public Buildings
 Sam’s Point Conservation Center – Cragsmoor, NY – 2005
AIA Design Awards 2005 – Honor (Design), Honor (Sustainability) Westchester/MH Chapter
Architectural design and construction of 3,000 s.f. visitor center and interpretive facility.
300 Park Avenue, Julien J. Studley, Inc. Corporate Headquarters – New York, NY – 1997-98
Architectural and interior design for a 10,000 s.f. corporate office.
Blue Jay Dental Building – Lake Arrowhead, CA – 1996
Architectural design and construction of a 6,000 s.f. dental facility.
Rock and Snow – New Paltz, NY – 1993
AIA Design Award 1996 – Citation, Westchester/MH Chapter. Design of 2,200 s.f. rock climbing retail store.
Lake Business Center – Munster, Indiana – 1993
Architectural design of a 30,000 s.f. adaptive re-use office building.
William Randolph Hearst Boy Scout Camp – Boy Scouts of America – Narrowsburgh, NY – 1992
Master Plan, architectural design and construction of a Boy Scout Camp facility.
Wallkill Valley Inn – New Paltz, NY – 1991
Master Plan and architectural design for a 33,000 s.f. hotel, conference center and restaurant.
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Historic Restorations / Adaptive Reuse
309 North Broadway – Upper Nyack, NY – 2005
Historic Restoration of 1887 Victorian mansion.
LoBArdozzi Residence, Stamford, CT – 2005
Historic restoration/addition to 1904 Arts and Crafts cottage on community historic register.
Sam’s Point Preserve Gatehouse Cottage – Cragsmoor, NY – 2003-04
Restoration of a 19th Century Farmstead Cottage.
Maple Grove – Poughkeepsie, NY – 2004
Façade restoration of a State and National Historic registered 19th Century Estate for a private foundation.
Rock-Talenfeld Residence – Nyack, NY – 2000-01
3,200 s.f. 1920s Crafstman style home – interior and exterior restoration and addition.
Fort Defiance – Garrison, NY – 1999
Feasibility study and preliminary design for a 5,200 s.f. arts & crafts residence.
Robinson Residence – Greenwich, CT – 1995
Historic restoration and addition to a 4,500 s.f. Arts & Crafts house in the Millbrook Historic District.
Walsh Farm – New Paltz, NY – 1990
Feasibility study and architectural design for a 15,000 s.f. ecumenical education facility.
New Paltz Railroad Station – New Paltz, NY – 1988
Adaptive reuse and restoration of a historic 1906 railroad station in the Village of New Paltz.
New Paltz Opera House / Barnaby’s Restaurant – New Paltz, NY – 1986
Historic restoration and addition to the former New Paltz Opera House.
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Community / Land Use Planning / Development
New Paltz Downtown Revitalization Plan – New Paltz, NY – 1992-93
Developed comprehensive Downtown Revitalization Plan recommending formation of a Business Improvement District.
NYSCA Grant – 1993 – funding New Paltz downtown revitalization plan utilizing computerized GIS mapping techniques.
Riverpark Cooperative – Ulster County, NY – 1988
Design/Development – 116 acre, clustered rural residential development with open-space conservation easements.
Outlook Farm – Ulster County, NY – 1987
Design/Development for 110 acre, clustered rural residential development with open-space conservation easements.
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Residences
Pennock Jacobs Residence – Piermont, NY – 2005
3,800 s.f. village townhouse in historic Hudson riverfront district.
Rossetter Residence – Ulster County, NY – 2005
3,000 s.f. Shawangunk Ridge home featuring green building technologies.
Frazier Residence – Upper Nyack, NY – 2004
5,100 s.f. Hudson riverfront home and gardens.
Shawangunk Ridge House – Ulster County, NY – 2002 - 2003
AIA Design Award 2004 - Citation, Westchester/MH Chapter.
2,300 s.f. Shawangunk Ridge home on 64 acres featuring green building technologies.
Brody-Carter Residence – Ulster County, NY - 2003
2,700 s.f. sustainable, green design home featuring recycled metal siding and exposed stick framing.
Baryshnikov-Rinehart Residence – Upper Nyack, NY
4,500 s.f. Hudson Riverfront heavy timber and stone craftsman home and garden.
Stone Craftsman – Columbia County, NY – 2000-01
4,800 s.f. heavy timber and stone craftsman house on a 50 acre site.
Vidich-Stein Residence – Columbia County, NY – 2000-01
4,300 s.f. heavy timber and shingle craftsman style home on 8 acres with pool and garden.
Cook Residence – Garrison, NY – 1998-2001
7,500 s.f. “Hudson River Stick” style estate on 25 acres.
118 E. 60th Street Apartment – New York, NY – 1998-99
4,500 s.f. Interior Design. Completed custom furniture and fine art installations.
Flaherty Residence – Ulster County, NY – 1997-99
10,000 s.f. shingle style home on 84 acre estate including landscape master plan and architectural interiors.
Studley Residence – New Paltz, NY – 1995-96
AIA Design Award 1996 - First Honor, Westchester/MH Chapter.
4,500 s.f. interior in the style of C & H Greene including custom furniture, lighting and architectural metals and ceramics.
108 Fifth Avenue Apartment – New York, NY – 1995-96
AIA Design Award 1996 – Citation, Westchester/MH Chapter. 1,800 s.f. interior design.
Completed architectural interiors with custom-designed furniture and furnishings.
Courtyard House – Ulster County, NY – 1994
2,800 s.f. residence with garden courtyard and outbuildings on a 3 acre riverfront site.
Wallkill River House – Ulster County, NY – 1993
2,600 s.f. “Carpenter Gothic” style residence on 4 acre riverside site.
Barn House – Ulster County, NY – 1993
4,300 farmhouse on a 5 acre meadow site.
Tower House – Ulster County, NY – 1992
1,600 s.f. tower house design for an 8 acre hillside site.
Silo House – Ulster County, NY – 1989
2,600 s.f. artist’s residence and studio with garden on 3 acre site. Winner of Architectural League Design Award.
Cross House – Ulster County, NY – 1987
1,900 s.f. “Carpenter” Palladian home on a 3 acre site. Winner of Progressive Architecture Design Award.
Smith House – Shawangunk, NY – 1985
3,600 s.f. farmhouse residence on a 5 acre site.
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