Villa Vuoto, located in the north hills of Pittsburgh, is home to Matthew Schlueb and his architectural studio, dedicated to the design of private residences. His belief that a home is the most intimate of all space is the foundation for his practice, which he defends in this autobiographical collection of writings. Originally intended to provide insight into the factors that shaped his own family's house, this book ended up a search for the essence of a home, an exploration of his own creative process, and ultimately locating the source of creativity itself ...hidden in the imagination of a...

Graduate Thesis by Matthew Schlueb submitted for a Master in Architecture from Pratt Institute (1994), under the direction of Richard Scherr (M. Arch. Chair & Major Advisor), Deborah Gans (B. Arch. Chair & Major Advisor), Martin Skalski (Industrial Design Advisor), Architecture faculty John Johansen, Raimund Abraham, Giuliano Fiorenzoli, Livio Dimitriu, William Katavolos, Vito Acconci, James Rossant, Haresh Lalvani, John Lobel, Theoharis David, and Design faculty William Fogler and William Fasolino. An investigative research study into the visual perception of architectural space, exploring...

Published in North Hills Monthly Magazine, this collection of editorial features is from the second year in an ongoing series addressing architectural issues of the home. List of essays included: Who Speaks for the Trees?, Holzwege, Roots of a Home, Cherry Blossoms, Treehouses, A Cabinet of Curiosities, Fairy Gardens, Not All Decks Are Created Equal, Waldbaume, The Spiraling Housing Market, What is the Nature of a Home?, Reporting From The Front."

Mousetrap is a scientific autobiography written in the Spring of 1993 for an Architecture History and Theory course taught by Deborah Gans at Pratt Institute. This revised edition revisits the dialectic rhetoric of Kant and Hegel in the original paper, while expanding a metaphysical and phenomenological study of interior/exterior space.