Rosedale House – Wins Award for Steel Architecture

We are thrilled to win the 2024 New South Wales Architecture Awards – Colorbond Award for Steel Architecture! It’s fantastic to see this low-budget bushfire rebuild being recognised.

Parramatta Bike Hub shortlisted for AU Social Impact Award

We are really excited to be shortlisted for theArchitectrue AU/Melbourne Design School Social Impact Awards amongst such brilliant company. Thank you to our wonderful clients SOPA and Addventageous.

White Bay Powerstation / Biennale of Sydney Opening

It was fantastic to see our little amenities structure come alive at the opening of White Bay Powerstation and the Biennale of Sydney. A huge congratulations to Turf Design Studio and Design 5 for their amazing contributions.

Awards

  • 2024

    NSW Architecture Awards – Residential Architecture – Houses (new)

    Shortlisted – Rosedale House

  • 2024

    NSW Architecture Awards – Colorbond Award for Steel Architecture
    Winner - Rosedale House
  • 2024

    Architecture AU Social Impact Award

    Shortlisted – Parramatta Bike Hub, Wilson Park

  • 2023

    ALIA NSW Landscape Architecture Awards for Community Contribution

    Winner – Parramatta Bike Hub, Wilson Park

  • 2019

    Houses Awards – Alterations & Additions under 200m²

    Shortlisted – Riverview House

  • 2019

    Powerhouse Precinct at Parramatta International Design Competition

    Shortlisted - 1 of 6
  • 2018

    Houses Awards – New House over 200m2

    Shortlisted – House at Ben Buckler

  • 2017

    MBA Excellence in Construction Awards - Houses Additions/Alterations/Renovations
    Winner - Gipps Street Terrace
  • 2017

    MBA Excellence in Construction Awards - Houses Additions/Alterations/Renovations
    Winner - Cut-away Roof House
  • 2016

    Houses Awards - Alterations & Additions under 200m²
    Shortlisted - Cut-away Roof House
  • 2016

    Intergrain Timber Vision Awards - Residential Exterior
    Commendation - Cut-away Roof House
  • 2014

    MBA Excellence in Construction Awards - Public Schools up to $1,000,000
    Winner - Seaforth Kitchen Garden
  • 2014

    Houses Awards - Alterations & Additions under 200m²
    Shortlisted - Long Courtyard House
  • 2014

    NSW Architecture Awards - Small Project Category
    Shortlisted - Seaforth Kitchen Garden
  • 2013

    Barangaroo Design Competition - R1 Building
    High Commendation
  • 2011

    Byera Hadley Travelling Scholarship - 60th Anniversary Emerging Architects Exchange program
    Winner - Matt Chan
  • 2011

    Australian Institute of Architects - NSW Emerging Architects Prize
    Winner - Matt Chan
  • 2010

    NSW Architecture Award - Small Project Category
    Commendation - Australia St. Infants School COLA
  • 2009

    Laneways By George! Temporary Art Installation - City of Sydney
    Winning submission - Infinity Forest
  • 2004

    Australian Timber Design Awards
    Highly Commended - Milis Salem House
  • 2002

    Competition for Beijing CBD Masterplan
    Equal 2nd Prize
  • 2001

    Byera Hadley Travelling Scholarship - Recent Graduate Award
    Winner - Matt Chan
  • 2001

    Huygens Programme Scholarship - Nuffic, the Netherlands Organization for International cooperation in Higher Education
    Winner - Matt Chan

Awards by Association

Talks

  • 2021

    The Sydney University Designers’ Association

    SUDA Annual Raffle

  • 2021

    Timber Innovation – Meyer Timber

  • 2020

    Guest Lecture at University of Sydney

    Powerhouse

  • 2019

    Sydney Sculpture Conference

    monolitus domum – Succah by the Sea

  • 2019

    Guest Lecture at University of Sydney
    Recent Projects
  • 2019

    Guest Presenter at the Glenn Murcutt International Architecture Masterclass
    Ockens House
  • 2019

    Succah by the Sea
    Podcast interview 'monolitus domum' in collaboration with Succah by the Sea, Studio Audio and Post Publication
  • 2018

    Guest Lecture at University of Sydney
    Residential Projects
  • 2018

    Australian Institute of Architects
    Small Practice Forum #8 - Construction
  • 2018

    Brickworks 'Double Talk' Series
    Guest speaker
  • 2017

    Student Conference 2017 'Agency'
    Scale Architecture - workshop/walking tour of the 'micro' apartments of Potts Point
  • 2012

    Filling in the Gaps Talk
    Surry Hills Library - City of Sydney
  • 2012

    DARCH Q&A(rchitect) Forum
    Tusculum - Australian Institute of Architects
  • 2011

    DARCH Q&A(rchitect) Talk
    Winner of the 2011 NSW Emerging Architect Prize Matt Chan of Scale Architecture, hosted by Janne Ryan - Surry Hills Library
  • 2011

    Climate Change Adaptation Seminar
    Lecture at AILA (Australian Institute of Landscape Architects) - Customs House
  • 2011

    Guest Lecture at UNSW - Transformable House Project (Studio with Dijana Alic)
    Guest Lecture at UNSW - studio with Dijana Alic
  • 2010

    Tuesday Night Talk at Tusculum - Small Projects: Institutional + Commercial
    Lecture at Australian Institute of Architects
  • 2010

    Bright Young Things 01 talk
    Tribe Studios - Sydney
  • 2009

    Tuesday Night Talk at Tusculum - Food for Thought
    Richard Goodwin, Tom Rivard and Matthew Chan discuss possible urban insertions - Lecture at Australian Institute of Architects
  • 2009

    Presenter at Live Green House - Sustainability Exhibition
    Taylor Square - City of Sydney
  • 2009

    Speaker at National Student Conference - Rehab
    Canberra
  • 2008

    CV08
    RAIA National Architecture Conference
  • 2007

    Tuesday Night Talk at Tusculum - Architecture on the Edge
    With Marc Stringa, Brett Boardman, Dale Jones Evans, and Annie Tennant - Lecture at Australian Institute of Architects
  • 2006

    Tuesday Night Talk at Tusculum - Education talk - 3 Unis, 3 studios
    Lecture at Royal Australian Institute of Architects
  • 2005

    Tuesday Night Talk at Tusculum - Working overseas.
    Lecture at Royal Australian Institute of Architects

Press

  • 2023

    Architecture Bulletin

    ‘RESILIENCE In the face of climate, fire, and flood’ ‘A red tin shack: Scale Architecture’, by Matt Chan and Georgia Forbes-Smith, Vol 80. No 1. September 2023

  • 2022

    Scale Architecture: Assisting in Disaster Recover, Text by Scale Architecture, Facilitated by Gemma Savio, 6 May 2022

  • 2021

  • 2021

    Online Exhibition Link, Byera Hadley Scholarship, June 17 2021

  • 2021

    Brickworks
    'Materiality - Brick and Block' by Ron Ringer, Bexley Oval Amenities
  • 2020

    Revealed: the other visions for the Powerhouse Museum, Text by Linda Morris, 7 June 2020

  • 2020

    Succah by the Sea Temporary Outdoor Exhibition, Text by Office Feuerman, 3 March 2020

  • 2020

    Powerhouse Parramatta, Finalists, Text by MAAS, 2020

  • 2019

    Scale Architecture, Canopy House & Cricket Pitch House, Text by Scale, 22 August 2019

  • 2019

    Succah by the Sea, Text by Sophie Deutsh, 1 September 2019

  • 2019

    House at Ben Buckler, Text By Architect, 2017

  • 2019

    Cricket Pitch House, Text By Architect, 2017
  • 2019

    Powerhouse Precinct at Parramatta, Text by MRC or as noted, 8 May 2019

  • 2019

    Shortlist revealed for Powerhouse Parramatta Precinct, Text by Indesignlive, May 10 2019
  • 2019

    Shortlist announced: Parramatta Powerhouse Museum design competition, Text by Architecture AU, 9 May 2019

  • 2019

    The MAAS Project - New Powerhouse Museum at Parramatta, Text by others, 8 May 2019
  • 2019

    Succah by the Sea, Sculpture by the Sea Bondi 2019, Text by Office Feuerman, 2019

  • 2019

    Succah by the Sea – time to reimagine ritual!, Authored by Rabbi Alon Meltzer and William Feuerman, 2019

  • 2018

    Matt Chan of Scale Architecture, Text By Leanne Amodeo, 19 April 2018
  • 2018

    Houses Magazine
    Issue 120. p75-83 ‘Matt Chan of Scale Architecture’
  • 2018

    Architecture Bulletin
    ‘Venice Architecture Biennale: Free spaces,repair’, by Matt Chan, Vol 75. No 2. September 2018
  • 2017

    Cricket Pitch House, Text By Architect, 9 December 2017
  • 2017

    North Bondi House, Text By Architect, 11 December 2017
  • 2017

    1 of 7 Case Studies for the Better Placed Design Policy by Government Architect NSW, 'Australia Street Infants School COLA'
  • 2017

    Feature - House at Ben Buckler
  • 2017

    Feature - Cut-Away Roof House
  • 2016

    ‘Venice Architecture Biennale: Reporting from the Front', by Matt Chan, Winter-Spring 2016
  • 2016

    Feature - Scale Architecture: Cut-away Roof House
  • 2015

    Brickworks

    ‘Materiality – Brick and Block’ by Ron Ringer, Long Courtyard House

  • 2015

    'Glenn Murcutt's restored Ockens House part of UNSW architecture exhibition, Kim Arlington, 20 October 2015
  • 2015

    The Terrace House
    Edited by Cameron Bruhn & Katelin butler p164-175 'Breath in'
  • 2014

    Houses Magazine
    Issue 100. p7 and p29-33 'Milis Salem House by Scale Architecture'
  • 2014

    Houses Magazine
    Issue 99. p66 'Houses Awards 2014 Shortlist'
  • 2014

    Green Magazine
    'What's Cooking' cover page
  • 2013

    Codigo Magazine
    "Vanguard at the Edge of the World: The Australian Scene', Issue No. 73, , National Museum of Afghanistan, February - March 2013.
  • 2013

    Houses Magazine
    Issue 95. p96-101 'Long Courtyard House by Scale Architecture'
  • 2012

    Architecture Bulletin Magazine
    Editorial Committee 2012-13
  • 2012

    No 123. by Simon Sellars, Editor AR, Design Wall One to Watch "Matt Chan Scale, Architecture", 2011/12 Summer.
  • 2012

    Architecture Bulletin
    After Images Exhibition Review, by Anne Watson, Jan - Feb 2012
  • 2012

    Architecture Bulletin
    ‘Best Practice: Forward-Thinking Models’, by Matt Chan, Summer 2013
  • 2012

    Architecture Bulletin
    ‘Experience’ – 2012 National Architecture Conference Review, by Matt Chan, Nov / Dec 2012
  • 2011

    Matt Chan, winner of this year’s Emerging Architect prize at the AIA’s NSW Architecture Awards, speaks to Ola Bednarczuk about staying fresh and moving forward
  • 2011

    Architecture & Design News
    www.architectureanddesign.com.au
  • 2011

    Indesignlive
    AIA Awards NSW’s Best, 08 July 2011
  • 2011

    Berlage alumnus awarded Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architects prize, 04 July 2011
  • 2011

    'Accolade for the building blocks of health care', 02 July 2011
  • 2011

    Architecture Bulletin special edition
    NSW Architecture Awards 2010
  • 2011

    Architecture Australia
    Volume 100. Cola, Review by Olivia Hyde, Mar / Apr 2011
  • 2011

    Monument
    Issue 101 Feb/Mar 2011, Interior Exterior. Covered Outdoor Learning Area, Australia St. Infants School
  • 2010

    Architecture Bulletin
    Special Annual Edition. NSW Architecture Awards 2010. Small Project Architecture Commendation, Jury Citation p34
  • 2010

    FBi 94.5 Radio
    Building Blocks - review of Australia St. Infants School COLA, by Jen Mc Master
  • 2010

    Casa di Abitare (it)
    Parco giochi plisse, Mondovisione (folded play ground, World Vision), 14 September 2010
  • 2010

    COLA Australia St. Infants School, by Amber P., 17 May 2010
  • 2010

    Infinity Forest By Nico Saieh, 14 May 2010
  • 2010

    Architecture Bulletin
    Laneways by George Exhibition review by Toby Breakspear and Josh Zoeller, Mar / Apr 2010
  • 2009

    The Australian Financial Review
    p L14 ‘Now you’re cooking’, by Stephen Crafti, 16 Oct 2009.
  • 2009

    Prestige Design (Montreal Canada)
    Vol 6, No 3. ‘Sortir Du Cadre’ in International Architecture
  • 2009

    FBi 94.5 Radio
    Interview: Canvas with Matt Levinson, 11 Oct 2009.
  • 2009

    Sydney Morning Herald Online
    Multimedia presentation Sydney’s Laneways Art Festival, 03 Oct 2009.
  • 2009

    Sydney Morning Herald
    News p5. ‘Urban goes out on a limb’ by Elicia Murray, July 14 2009
  • 2009

    Daily Imprint
    Design inspiration Matthew Chan, by Natalie Walton, 15 Jul 2009.
  • 2009

    Sydney Central Magazine
    ‘Entries Flood in’, 22 Jul 2009.
  • 2009

    ABC 702 Radio
    Interview: Mornings with Deborah Cameron, 14 Jul 2009.
  • 2009

    Sydney Morning Herald
    Essential. ‘Green with Envy’, by Melissa Gaudron, 12 Feb 2009.
  • 2009

    Indesignlive
    ‘Eco luxury?’ events editorial
  • 2008

    AR Architectural Review Australia
    No 105. Sydney Future Visions, Review by David Neustein.
  • 2008

    ‘Future Visions’, Review by Laura Harding. Jul/Aug 2008.
  • 2008

    Architecture Australia
    p18. Radar Headlines, May / June 2008.
  • 2008

    Sydney Morning Herald
    Good living: ‘Short Black’, by Scott Bolles, 29 April 2008.
  • 2008

    InDesign Magazine
    Vol 33. ‘Development by Design’ by Stephen Crafti, May 2008.
  • 2008

    Australian Financial Review
    p L20- 21 Gods and Monsters’ by Robert Bevan, 4 April 2008.
  • 2007

    Sunshine Daily
    ‘Young Guns create living legacy’ Erle Levey, July 2007.
  • 2007

    Next Wave
    Emerging Talents in Australian Architecture, Davina Jackson.
  • 2007

    Home on Sunday Magazine
    Herald Sun, January 2007.
  • 2006

    InDesign Magazine
    Vol 27. ‘Urban Gesture’, November 2006.
  • 2005

    Inside Out Magazine
    Issue 41. ‘Remote Control’
  • 2005

    Sydney Morning Herald
    Domain pp6-7. ‘Under Friendly Fire’, May 2005.
  • 2004

    Houses Magazine
    Issue 41. p62 ‘In focus’ and p46-54 ‘Remote Control’, 2004.
  • 2004

    Sydney Morning Herald
    Sydney Magazine, Issue 20, p114-116 ‘Open House’, December 2004
  • 2002

    Smart Papers
    ‘Smart papers Architecture Special edition’, December 2002.
  • 2001

    Hunch. Berlage Institute Report.
    NL ‘Groningen texts’