Houses Magazine Practice Profile
Scale Architecture featured in Houses Magazine #120.
Words By Leanne Amodeo, Images by Brett Boardman.
Better Placed - Case Study, Australia St Infants School Cola
Scale Architecture’s Australia St Infants School Covered Outdoor Learning Area is featured in the Government Architect’s Publication, “Better Placed”, as an exemplar project for achieving design excellence.
Codigo Magazine, Mexico, ‘Vanguard at the Edge of the World: The Australian Scene’, No. 73, February – March 2013
Scale Architecture have been featured in the Mexican art, architecture and design magazine Código. Titled ‘Vanguard at the Edge of the World: The Australian Scene’, the article discusses Australia’s innovative creative culture. We appear alongside Chris Bosse of LAVA, and a range of local artists and designers.
Awards
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
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
2019
Scale Architecture, Canopy House & Cricket Pitch House, Text by Acale, 22 August 2019
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
1 of 7 Case Studies for the Better Placed Design Policy by Government Architect NSW, 'Australia Street Infants School COLA'
2016
‘Venice Architecture Biennale: Reporting from the Front', by Matt Chan, Winter-Spring 2016
2015
Brick and Block
'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
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
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
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’