Millennium Magazine_6th Ed

16 Millennium - A Marquis Who’s Who Magazine I nspired by his father who was a skilled architect, Edward C. Mathes aspired to join the same field as he believed architecture would allow him to make a change in the world. In 1968, he earned a BArch from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He is now a certified architect in Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, Texas, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia and Connecticut. Since 2001, Mr. Mathes has been chairman of Mathes Brierre Architects, focusing on institutional work and interior design, in his home of New Orleans. He is former president of the Mathes Group and Mathes, Bergman & Associates, Inc., from 1982 to 2000 and 1969 to 1982, respectively. Earlier, he was assistant to the managing architect at RTKL in Baltimore, one of the oldest architecture firms in the country. In 1968, he also was an American Institute of Architects Institute Scholar in Washington, D.C. Mr. Mathes has been involved in numerous high- profile projects, including the National WorldWar II Museum Capital Expansion Projects, J. Edgar and Louise S. Monroe University Library, Loyola University New Orleans, Performance Halls at 15 universities across the country, Place St Charles, the Headquarters Building for Pelican Homestead and the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts. In 2018, Mr. Mathes was the recipient of the SPARK Lifetime Achievement Award from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. In 1991, he was among a team of architects who received an Honor Award of Excellence for the Aquarium of the Americas in New Orleans. He received Honor Awards for Place St Charles, Pelican Homestead, the Palaestra at Newman School and the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts. In 2002, he was recognized by the National Organization of Minority Architects, and won a 2000 People’s Choice Award for the University Library and the Communications, Music, Theater Complex in 1989. Mr. Mathes is a member of the American Institute of Architects, Construction Industry Association, City Energy Club, Metairie Country Club, Pickwick Club and Rotary Club. EDWARD C. MATHES CHAIRMAN Mathes Brierre Architects New Orleans, LA ARCHITECTURE, CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE