José Esteves de Matos qualified as an architect in 1998 and has considerable experience of working with listed buildings and particular expertise in unlocking complex and difficult Planning and Listed Building permissions. He has been project director on museum, hotel, restaurants and school projects, coordinating design, procurement and execution often within environments where occupation of the site is required to continue with minimum level of disruption.
De Matos Ryan collaborated with Dorothée Meilichzon to reimagine Cowley Manor for The Experimental Group, with the hotel’s new bedroom extension recently completed as part of the reinstallation of a striking masonry pavilion. The new pavilion playfully borrows from the past in order to create something meaningful for the future. Housing five generous new guest rooms, the new pavilion has a clear modern identity distinct from the body of the main house, yet is suitably subservient.
