CanvasRebel Interview with Architect Lauri Matisse

Architect Lauri Matisse stands in front of the Modern Mediterranean house designed in 2020 in Fayetteville, AR.

September 3rd, 2025, Fayetteville, AR - Our principal architect, Lauri Matisse, recently had an interview with Canvas Rebel. Below is an excerpt.

CanvasRebel Question: Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.

Lauri Matisse Answer:

I fell into Architecture school in college and ended up really loving it! I realized when I was a kid, I would design houses all day long, making them out of old display items, crates, boxes, pieces of plastic or glass. My best design was a rotating three story plexiglass house for my cat. Now, I have been a licensed Architect for 30+ years and for a living I design spaces for clients all day long! I am convinced that if you can watch a kid play long enough, they will tell you what their vocation will be by what they like to play with on a consistent basis.

I was mentored and trained by Internationally acclaimed Architects and Designers. I am passionate about great design. Great Design helps clients customize their dream into reality. Matisse Studios, my Boutique Architecture & Design firm offers personalized Architecture, Interior and Landscape design services for clients. We do high end estates, small commercial spaces and also small tight spaces. I personally enjoy master planning a project and the complexity of a hillside design, but I also enjoy the challenge of a tight space and have been called ‘the small space genius.’

What sets us apart from other Architecture firms, is that we provide over the top customer service. Our passion for bringing a project from conception to completion within budge drives our service. We also are known to really LISTEN to what the client wants and delivery more than they were expecting. Efficient Flow and Space Design is so vital to a person’s daily life. We usually can get more space for less total amount because of this efficient Space Flow.

I am also a visionary so I am always looking into innovative design and I have been published for my innovative structural use of bamboo. Architects are usually multifaceted, like one of my architect friends is also a musician and a writer like me. As a writer and artist, I also continue to sell my books and art in my gallery and online and am building my children’s book brand.

Read the whole interview on CanvasRebel here.