diff --git a/include/alp/reference/vector.hpp b/include/alp/reference/vector.hpp
index 979b30049..28c414728 100644
--- a/include/alp/reference/vector.hpp
+++ b/include/alp/reference/vector.hpp
@@ -414,6 +414,11 @@ namespace alp {
 				typedef Vector< T, structures::General, Density::Dense, view::Gather< self_type >, imf::Strided, imf::Id, reference > type;
 			};
 
+			template < bool d >
+			struct view_type< view::matrix, d > {
+				typedef Matrix< T, structures::General, Density::Dense, view::Matrix< self_type >, imf::Id, imf::Id, reference > type;
+			};
+
 			/**
 			 * Constructor for a storage-based vector that allocates storage.
 			 */
@@ -598,6 +603,33 @@ namespace alp {
 		return target_t( source );
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Create a matrix view over a vector.
+	 * The resulting matrix is a column matrix of size M x 1, where M is vector length.
+	 * The function guarantees the created view is non-overlapping with other
+	 * existing views only when the check can be performed in constant time.
+	 *
+	 * @tparam target_view   The type of the view to apply to the vector.
+	 *                       Only supports value view::matrix.
+	 * @tparam SourceVector  The type of the source ALP vector
+	 *
+	 * @param[in] source     The ALP Vector object over which the view is created.
+	 *
+	 */
+	template<
+		enum view::Views target_view,
+		typename SourceVector,
+		std::enable_if_t<
+			is_vector< SourceVector >::value &&
+			target_view == view::matrix
+		> * = nullptr
+	>
+	typename SourceVector::template view_type< target_view >::type
+	get_view( SourceVector &source ) {
+		using target_t = typename SourceVector::template view_type< target_view >::type;
+		return target_t( source );
+	}
+
 	namespace internal {
 
 		/**
diff --git a/include/alp/storage.hpp b/include/alp/storage.hpp
index 9acea1715..a3b6b5109 100644
--- a/include/alp/storage.hpp
+++ b/include/alp/storage.hpp
@@ -638,9 +638,7 @@ namespace alp {
 
 					typedef AMF< final_imf_r_type, final_imf_c_type, final_polynomial_type > amf_type;
 
-					static
-					amf_type
-					Create( ViewImfR imf_r, ViewImfC imf_c, const AMF< SourceImfR, SourceImfC, SourcePoly > &amf ) {
+					static amf_type Create( ViewImfR imf_r, ViewImfC imf_c, const AMF< SourceImfR, SourceImfC, SourcePoly > &amf ) {
 						composed_imf_r_type composed_imf_r { imf::ComposedFactory::create( amf.imf_r, imf_r ) };
 						composed_imf_c_type composed_imf_c { imf::ComposedFactory::create( amf.imf_c, imf_c ) };
 						return amf_type(
@@ -746,9 +744,7 @@ namespace alp {
 
 				typedef SourceAMF amf_type;
 
-				static
-				amf_type
-				Create( const SourceAMF &amf ) {
+				static amf_type Create( const SourceAMF &amf ) {
 					throw std::invalid_argument( "Not implemented for the provided view type." );
 					return amf;
 				}
@@ -762,9 +758,7 @@ namespace alp {
 
 				typedef SourceAMF amf_type;
 
-				static
-				amf_type
-				Create( const SourceAMF &amf ) {
+				static amf_type Create( const SourceAMF &amf ) {
 					return amf_type( amf.imf_r, amf.imf_c, amf.map_poly, amf.storage_dimensions );
 				}
 
@@ -784,9 +778,7 @@ namespace alp {
 					>::type
 				> amf_type;
 
-				static
-				amf_type
-				Create( const SourceAMF &amf ) {
+				static amf_type Create( const SourceAMF &amf ) {
 					typedef typename polynomials::apply_view< view::transpose, typename SourceAMF::mapping_polynomial_type >::type new_mapping_polynomial_type;
 					return AMF<
 						typename SourceAMF::imf_c_type,
@@ -839,9 +831,7 @@ namespace alp {
 
 					typedef AMF< imf::Id, imf::Zero, new_poly_type > amf_type;
 
-					static
-					amf_type
-					Create( const SourceAMF &amf ) {
+					static amf_type Create( const SourceAMF &amf ) {
 						assert( amf.getLogicalDimensions().first == amf.getLogicalDimensions().second );
 						return amf_type(
 							imf::Id( amf.getLogicalDimensions().first ),
@@ -859,6 +849,30 @@ namespace alp {
 
 			}; // class Reshape< diagonal, ... >
 
+			/**
+			 * Specialization for matrix views over vectors
+			 *
+			 * \note \internal The resulting AMF is equivalent to applying
+			 *                 a composition with two ID IMFs.
+			 *
+			 */
+			template< typename SourceAMF >
+			struct Reshape< view::matrix, SourceAMF > {
+
+				typedef typename AMFFactory::Compose< imf::Id, imf::Id, SourceAMF >::amf_type amf_type;
+
+				static amf_type Create( const SourceAMF &amf ) {
+					return storage::AMFFactory::Compose< imf::Id, imf::Id, SourceAMF >::Create(
+						imf::Id( amf.getLogicalDimensions().first ),
+						imf::Id( amf.getLogicalDimensions().second ),
+						amf
+					);
+				}
+
+				Reshape() = delete;
+
+			}; // class Reshape< diagonal, ... >
+
 		}; // class AMFFactory
 
 	}; // namespace storage
diff --git a/include/alp/views.hpp b/include/alp/views.hpp
index dad5ba99e..e5a3c954c 100644
--- a/include/alp/views.hpp
+++ b/include/alp/views.hpp
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ namespace alp {
 			gather,
 			transpose,
 			diagonal,
+			matrix,
 			_internal
 		};
 
@@ -91,6 +92,15 @@ namespace alp {
 
 		};
 
+		template< typename OriginalType >
+		struct Matrix {
+
+			using applied_to = OriginalType;
+
+			static constexpr Views type_id = Views::matrix;
+
+		};
+
 		template< typename LambdaFunctionType >
 		struct Functor {
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/alp_views.cpp b/tests/unit/alp_views.cpp
index d7ddce61b..453fbd110 100644
--- a/tests/unit/alp_views.cpp
+++ b/tests/unit/alp_views.cpp
@@ -189,6 +189,14 @@ void alpProgram( const size_t &n, alp::RC &rc ) {
 	auto v_view = alp::get_view( v, alp::utils::range( 1, 3 ) );
 	print_vector( "v_view", v_view );
 
+	// matrix view over an original vector
+	auto v_mat_view = alp::get_view< alp::view::matrix >( v );
+	print_matrix( "v_mat_view", v_mat_view );
+
+	// matrix view over a vector, which is a vector view over a matrix
+	auto Mrow_mat_view = alp::get_view< alp::view::matrix >( Mrow );
+	print_matrix( "Mrow_mat_view", Mrow_mat_view );
+
 	rc = alp::SUCCESS;
 
 }