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Matt Chan, Founding Principal

Nominated Architect NSW 6421

Matt Chan is a multiple award winning architect with 20 years of project experience in Australia, the Netherlands and the Middle East.

Matt has been recognised for excellence in practice, research, education, and professional leadership. He has received awards for residential and public projects, such as the Australia Street Infants School COLA. In 2011 Matt was presented the NSW Emerging Architect Prize by the Australian Institute of Architects.

Matt’s project experience includes design, management and coordination across all scales of projects, from bespoke houses and small scale public projects to large-scale master planning. He has extensive experience with multi-disciplined design teams, working collaboratively to deliver design excellence.

Matt’s contribution to the public discourse includes exhibitions, talks and academia. His work has been exhibited both locally and internationally including the 2008 Venice International Architecture Biennale.

Matt Chan is an Honorary Adjunct Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney.

Georgia Forbes-Smith, Architect

Georgia joined Scale in 2015. She holds a Bachelor of Design in Architecture 2013 and a Master of Architecture 2016 from the University of Sydney. Prior to joining Scale, Georgia was an Architectural Assistant for Tanner Kibble Denton Architects where she worked on a series of residential projects and the mixed-use development of Goonoo Goonoo Station in Tamworth.

In 2017, Georgia was awarded the Architects Medallion by the NSW Architects Registration board for her graduating project ‘Architecture of Measure : A Museum of Space and Time’, recognising her as the top graduate from the four schools of architecture in NSW. She was also awarded the Innovation in Architectural Design Prize for her final project and was recognised on the Dean’s List of Academic Excellence at the University of Sydney.

Justin Cawley, Architect

Justin is currently on study leave, as a recipient of the Frank Knox Memorial Scholarship, he is attending the Gradate School of Design at Harvard.

Justin studied architecture at the University of Sydney, where he graduated with first class honours in 2010 and a Masters of Architecture in 2013. He previously worked for Bates Smart Sydney where he was involved in the realisation of a number of large residential and student housing projects, including the award winning Gantry apartments, Iglu Regent Street and the UNSW Kensington Colleges. He has also taught urban and architectural design at the University of Sydney.

In 2014, Justin’s graduating project ‘An Ark for Endangered Atmospheres’ was awarded a High Commendation in the prestigious Royal Institute of British Architects President’s Medals, recognising it as one of the best student architectural projects worldwide. He was also awarded the Australian Institute of Architects (NSW Chapter) History and Theory Prize in 2014 following several academic accolades, including the University of Sydney Academic Merit Prize and the University of Sydney Honours Scholarship.