Matthew Letts studied architecture from 1983 until 1988, first at Edinburgh University and then at the Bartlett School of Architecture. He qualified as an architect in 1990. He worked for Edward Cullinan Architects & Pollard Thomas Edwards Architects in London until he set up his own practice with Andrew Wheeler in 1996. Since then, as a director of Letts Wheeler, Matthew has primarily worked on housing and public realm schemes for public and private organisations.