User:Mattliggins

Matt Liggins, (Born in 19th January, 1977) is an New Zealand Architect and Artist.

Born in Palmerston North with Ngati Ruanui iwi affiliations, Matt grew up in Tokomaru.

He attended Tokomaru School and Palmerston North Boys High School, and then studied at Architecture School in Auckland, graduating in 2000 with a BAS and in 2002 with a Barch hons.

He has won the National Bank School Scholarship for the top grade in New Zealand for technical drawing in 1995 and the Senior Prize for Architecture at Auckland University for excellence in Design in 2000.

He has worked in London and Sydney and has had numerous successful art exhibitions in New Zealand and Sydney.

His great grandfathers grandfather was Charles Bonython Borlase (1820 – 15 May 1875) who was the Mayor of Wellington in 1874.