Awards

• 2025

  NSW Regional Architecture Awards – Residential Architecture (New Houses)

  Winner – Rosedale House

• 2025

  NSW Architecture Awards – Public Architecture

  Shortlisted – Perry Park Pavilion

• 2025

  NSW Architecture Awards – EmAGN Project Award

  Shortlisted – Perry Park Pavilion

• 2025

  Houses Awards – New House Under 200m²

  Shortlisted – Spring Beach House

• 2025

  Architecture AU Social Impact Award

  Shortlisted – Parramatta Bike Hub, Wilson Park

• 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

• 2024

  The Architectural Review AR House Awards

  Shortlisted – Rosedale House

• 2024

  National Architecture Awards – Colorbond Award for Steel Architecture

  Shortlisted – Rosedale House

• 2024

  NSW Regional Architecture Awards – Residential Architecture (New Houses)

  Shortlisted – Rosedale House

• 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

• 2025

  EmAGN x SONA Sustainability Snacks

  Parramatta Bike Hub

• 2025

  Guest Lecture at University of Sydney

  Parramatta Bike Hub

• 2025

  The Sydney University Designers’ Association

  SUDA Industry Raffle

• 2021

  The Sydney University Designers’ Association

  SUDA Annual Raffle

• 2021

  Timber Innovation – Meyer Timber

  Seven Mile Beach House

• 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

• 2024

  Divisare

  Rosedale House, Text by Scale Architecture, 25 November 2024

• 2024

  View

  A simple Rosedale beach shack built after devastating fires wins a major design award, Text by Jen Melocco, 20 November 2024

• 2024

  Sydney Morning Herald

  Meet the young people determined to revolutionise Sydney’s approach to housing, Text by Julie Power, 22 September 2024

• 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

  Australian Institute of Architects

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

• 2021

  Threefivenine

  Rosedale House

• 2021

  Emergence Exhibition

  Online Exhibition Link, Byera Hadley Scholarship, June 17 2021

• 2021

  Brickworks

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

• 2020

  Sydney Morning Herald

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

• 2020

  Archdaily

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

• 2020

  MAAS

  Powerhouse Parramatta, Finalists, Text by MAAS, 2020

• 2019

  The Local Project

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

• 2019

  The Australian Jewish News

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

• 2019

  Archello

  House at Ben Buckler, Text By Architect, 2017

• 2019

  Archello

  Cricket Pitch House, Text By Architect, 2017

• 2019

  Malcolm Reading Consultants

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

• 2019

  Indesignlive

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

• 2019

  Architecture AU

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

• 2019

  MAAS

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

• 2019

  Archello

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

• 2019

  Shalom

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

• 2018

  Architecture AU

  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

  Archdaily

  Cricket Pitch House, Text By Architect, 9 December 2017

• 2017

  Archdaily

  North Bondi House, Text By Architect, 11 December 2017

• 2017

  Better Placed - An integrated design policy for the built environment of New South Whales

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

• 2017

  Austral Bricks TV Campaign

  Feature - House at Ben Buckler

• 2017

  Bookmarc

  Feature - Cut-Away Roof House

• 2016

  Architecture Bulletin

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

• 2016

  Muuuz Architecture & Design Magazine

  Feature - Scale Architecture: Cut-away Roof House

• 2015

  Brickworks

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

• 2015

  Sydney Morning Herald Online

  '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

  Australian Design Review

  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

  Indesign Live In Profile

  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 Institute News

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

• 2011

  Sydney Morning Herald

  '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

  Archdaily

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

• 2010

  Archdaily

  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

  Architecture Australia

  ‘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’