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Davis + Davis Architects is a partnership between husband and wife team Matt and Sally Davis. Based in Adelaide, South Australia, the practice was established in 2007 after many years of travelling, living, and working together in Australia, United Kingdom, Europe and North America. The practice brings together our distinct skills and is centred on a shared passion for beautiful, well-considered architecture, and an ongoing optimism in architectureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ability to enrich the lives of its users and society. The potential of the practice was realised in the first project undertaken, the Ningaloo Reef Eco-Resort, which received second place and the peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choice award in the Architectural Review Propositions design competition in 2007. We recognise that architecture is inevitably with us for a long time and if its going to be built, it should be worthy of the long ride. After honing our skills in a number of high calibre design practices, Davis + Davis provides the opportunity for us to produce architecture with clients that are willing to be surprised and delighted. Matt Davis + Sally Davis November 2009

Davis & Davis Architects Pty Ltd Architects Board of SA, Registration #2831 ABN. 58 283 032 078 PO BOX 814, Unley BC South Australia 5061 email@davisanddavis.com.au www.davisanddavis.com.au mobile: 0428 691 151

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MATT DAVIS Director

SALLY DAVIS Director

Graduating with a Bachelor of Architecture degree with first class honours from the University of Adelaide in 1998, Matt received several student awards including the Kenneth and Hazel Milne Travelling Scholarship in Architecture, which facilitated graduate study at Columbia University, New York, in 2000.

Sally received a Bachelor of Architecture with first-class honours from the University of South Australia in 1994. Working with a number of practices in Adelaide, she developed expertise and a portfolio of completed projects in areas of residential, educational, urban design, and heritage architecture.

Working with Flightpath Architects in Adelaide, Matt developed expertise in residential, education, and heritage projects, before moving to the highly respected practice Allies and Morrison in London. This shift brought a new focus of finely crafted commercial architecture, an area subsequently developed with Bates Smart in Sydney where Matt was Associate Director up to 2006. Matt played a key role in the conceptual design and strategic direction of commercial, institutional, high-density residential and master-planning projects undertaken by the practice and was design leader on a range of competition and award winning projects.

Following an extensive study tour of contemporary European architecture, Sally moved to London and completed a range of high-density housing and boutique commercial projects with Harper Mackay and Johnson Naylor. Returning to Sydney, Sally developed strong design leadership and project management skills working on major commercial, public, and multi-residential developments with Woods Bagot before finding her niche with Alexander Tzannes Associates, focussing on exquisitely conceived and executed houses.

In 2006 Matt returned to Adelaide to establish Davis + Davis and commence as Lecturer in Architectural Design at UniSA.

Sally was a member of the Salisbury Urban Design Advisory Panel from 1997-2000 and maintains a strong interest of the role of architecture in the development of our cities.

Registered Architect, SA, 2805

Registered Architect, SA, 2832

2007 - 2006 - 2002-06 2001 2000-01 1999-00

2007 - 2004-06 2003 2002-03 2001 2001 2000-01 1997-00 1995-97 1995

Director, Davis + Davis Architects Lecturer in Architectural Design, UniSA Bates Smart Architects, Sydney (Associate Director) Allies + Morrison Architects , London UK Landmark Architects, London UK Flightpath Architects, Adelaide

Director, Davis + Davis Architects Alexander Tzannes Associates, Sydney SJB Architects, Sydney Woods Bagot, Sydney Johnson Naylor, London, UK Harper Mackay, London, UK Hurley Robertson, London, UK Greenway International, Adelaide Danvers Architects, Adelaide Tridente Architects, Adelaide

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Selected Experience

value ($ million)

Residential Hyde Park Addition, SA $0.3 Colonel Light Gardens Addition, SA $0.3 Victor Harbor Residence, SA $1.0 Bushfire Regeneration Housing, VIC $0.5 Castlecrag Residence, NSW $3.0 (BS) Double Bay Residence, NSW $3.0 (BS) Balmoral Residence, NSW $2.0 (ATA) Manly Residences (x3), NSW $5.0 (ATA) Newcastle Apartment, NSW $0.35 (ATA) Lane Cove Additions, NSW $0.7 (ATA) Woollahra Additions, NSW $1.5 (ATA) Spanish Ambassadorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Residence, ACT $4.0 (WB) Whale Beach House, NSW $2.0 (WB) Lenswood Residence, SA $0.5 (DA) Croydon Alterations, SA $0.25 (FP) Multi-Residential Surry Hills Terraces, NSW Rhodes Waterside Apartments, NSW Church Street Apartments, Parramatta NSW Marquet Street Apartments, Rhodes NSW 161 Clarence Street Sydney, NSW Liverpool Street, Sydney, NSW Centrepoint Tower, Sydney, NSW Sacred Heart College Boarding House, SA

$6.0 (ATA) $35 (BS) $30 (BS) $10 (BS) $60 (BS) $100 (BS) $400 (WB) $1.25 (GI)

Social Housing Pyrmont Community Housing, NSW Halifax Street Community Housing, Adelaide SA Sturt Street Community Housing, Adelaide SA MACHA Frail Aged Housing, Adelaide SA

$2.0 (WB) $1.2 (FP) $0.8 (FP) $1.5 (GI)

Civic + Institutional Queanbeyan Government Service Centre, ACT City Literary Institute, London, UK Parramatta Justice Building, NSW Jindabyne Civic Centre + Offices, NSW Netley Police Complex, SA Singleton Army Barracks, NSW Multi-User Army Depot, Werrington NSW

$30 (BS) $50 (AM) $120 (BS) $1.5 (WB) $10 (GI) $1.5 (GI) $5.0 (BS)

Education University of Western Sydney Medical School ANU School of Medical Research, ACT Thebarton Senior College Science Facility, SA TAFE, Kadina, SA Woodville High School, SA National Art School Studios + Gallery, NSW

$30 (BS) $40 (BS) $1.0 (FP) $5.3 (GI) $5.0 (GI) $10 (ATA)

Toursim Ningaloo Reef Eco-Resort, Western Australia Northern Lights Observatory, Norway Public Shelter, Guggenheim Museum NYC

$12 $30 $0.2

BS: Bates Smart. WB: Woods Bagot. JN: Johnson Naylor. AM: Allies + Morrison. GI: Greenway International. ATA: Alexander Tzannes Associates. FP: Flightpath Architects. LM: Landmark Architects. HM: Harper Mackay. DA: Danvers.

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Commercial 420 George Street Sydney, NSW Pyrmont Strata Offices, NSW Global Switch Offices, Ultimo, NSW Norwest Business Park, NSW Stannary Street London, UK Holden House, London, UK Addition to MLC North Sydney, NSW Ivan Butler Funerals, Klemzig, SA 538 Bourke Street, Melbourne, VIC

value ($ million) $140 (BS) $30 (BS) $60 (BS) $70 (WB) $5.0 (JN) $30 (AM) $30 (BS) $0.4 (GI) $120 (BS)

Interior Sydney Penthouse Apartment Interior, NSW Newcastle Apartment, NSW 101 Hindley Street Studio + Gallery, SA Commonwealth House Studio, London, UK Graduate School of Management, UniSA McCann Erickson Office Fitout, London UK Liverpool Street Residential Foyer, NSW Pyrmont Commercial Foyer, NSW

$7.0 (ATA) $0.35 (ATA) $0.25 (FP) $0.3 (LM) $0.3 (GI) $10 (HM) (BS) (BS)

Retail MidCity Centre Retail Mall Redevelopment, NSW $10 (BS) Glenelg Police Shopfront Fitout, SA $0.4 (GI) Wollongong Central Redevelopment Concepts $50 (BS) 538 Bourke Street Retail Laneway Concepts, VIC (BS) Sydney Airport Bar + Lounge Concepts, NSW $1.0 (ATA) Central Market Precinct Dev. Strategy, SA (DA)

Urban Design / Master-planning Subway Station + Urban Park, New York, USA Carlton United Breweries Site Master-plan, NSW Design Guidelines, Sydney Olympic Park, NSW Residential Master-plan, Concord, NSW Sydneygate Residential Master-plan, NSW Gouger Street Upgrade, Adelaide, SA Central Market Precinct Dev. Strategy, SA Darling Walk Redevelopment, Sydney NSW Street Party Infrastructure, Fringe Festival, SA Tall Emblem for Dubai, UAE Hurstville Residential Master-plan, NSW Sydney Entertainment Centre Redevelopment

$500 (BS) (BS) (BS) $100 (BS) (DA) (DA) $200 (BS) $200 $200 (BS) $50 (BS)

Heritage / Conservation Beehive Corner Facade Restoration, SA $0.75 (DA) North Adelaide Fire Station Conservation Plan, SA (DA) 101 Hindley Street Alterations, Adelaide, SA $0.25 (FP) Heritage Survey, Mid-north Region, SA (FP) Pilgrim Church Dilapidation Survey, Adelaide, SA (FP) MLC North Sydney, Addition to listed item. NSW $30 (BS) Exhibitions Contemplating Architecture, Adelaide Strangely Familiar, SASA Gallery, Adelaide Blueprint Laneways, Fringe Festival, Adelaide TRACES, UniSA Kerry Packer Civic Gallery

1998 2007 2009 2009

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Professional Awards

Student / Graduate Awards

2009 AIA (ACT) John Andrews Award for Commercial Architecture, Queanbeyan Government Service Centre. (BS)

1999 Kenneth & Hazel Milne Travelling Scholarship (Awarded by University of Adelaide for study at Columbia University)

2008 Special Jury Citation, Northern Lights Observatory, Norway (D+D) AIA (NSW) Commercial Buildings Architecture Award, Parramatta Justice Building (BS)

1998 James Hardie Travelling Prize in Architecture Boral Building & Construction Award Dean W Berry Prize for Architecture Practice and Management RAIA, SA Chapter prize – (University of Adelaide final year B.Arch.)

2007 2nd Place, AR Propositions Competition, Ningaloo Eco-Resort (D+D) People’s Choice Award, Ningaloo Eco-Resort. (D+D) 2006 HIA Greensmart Award - Category Winner ‘Development of the Year’, Rhodes Waterside Residential. (BS) 2005 Winner, Design + Construct Tender ,Parramatta Justice Building (BS) Finalist, invited competition, UWS Medical School (BS) Finalist, design excellence competition, Stockland Residential (BS) 2004 Winner, design excellence competition, George Street Offices (BS) Winner, competition for Australand, CUB Masterplan Phase 1 (BS)

1997 The Architects’ Board of South Australia Travelling Prize Boral Building & Construction Award Woods Bagot Scholarship, Short-listed nominee. RAIA, SA Chapter Prize – (University of Adelaide 4th year B.Arch.) Golden Key Honour Society 1996 David A L Saunders Prize for History & Theories of Architecture RAIA, SA Chapter Prize – (University of Adelaide 3rd year B.Arch.St.) 1995 RAIA, SA Chapter Prize – (University of Adelaide 2nd year B.Arch.St)

2002 Winner, invited design competition, Rhodes Stage 3 Residential (BS) RAIA SA Award of Merit, Halifax St Community Housing (FP) 2001 RAIA SA Recycling Commendation, Hindley Street Studio (FP) Civic Trust SA Commendation, Hindley Street Studio (FP)

D+D: Davis + Davis Architects with UniSA School of Architecture. BS: Bates Smart. FP: Flightpath Architects, Matt Davis member of project team.

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Teaching + Research

Academic Positions

A fruitful reciprocity exists between the work of the practice and the teaching and research undertaken in Mattâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s position as Lecturer in Architecture at the School of Art, Architecture and Design, University of South Australia.

2006 -

Lecturer in Architectural Design Construction Stream Coordinator B.Arch.St / M.Arch University of South Australia (continuing position)

2008

Architectural Design Studio 06 University of South Australia (Tutor, Sally Davis)

2004

Architectural History + Theory 1 University of NSW (Tutor)

2002

Thinking Through Drawing University of NSW (Tutor + Guest Lecturer)

1999

Architecture Studio 1B - ESD Housing University of Adelaide (Tutor)

1998

20th Century Architecture & Landscape 2 University of Adelaide (Tutor + Guest Lecturer)

1997

Design of Houses II University of Adelaide (Tutor + Guest Lecturer)

Regardless of any formal intentions to collaborate, there is an inevitable cross polination of ideas between the two entities. This brings a strong research or enquiry based approach to the design work of the practice, allowing ongoing investigations of broad concerns in addition to the resolution of specific projects. The success of this relationship is evident in projects such as the Ningaloo Eco-Resort which received second place in the AR Propositions national design competition. This project built directly on Mattâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s studio teaching where students were asked to design tourism infrastructure for the thermal springs located in remote South Australia. Matt teaches primarily in areas of design and construction, with a strong emphasis on the emotional and experiental potential of architecture, materiality and detailing, and the role of architecture in the city.

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Writing

Press

Australian Institute of Architects Communications Committee and Editorial Advisory Panel for PLACE Magazine. 2009 - ongoing.

Review of UniSA Masters of Architecture Graduate Exhibition: Campbell, L., 2009, “Designs on the Future”, SA Life Magazine, p66-68.

Davis, M., (Nov 2009), “Studio 10, Bowden Village”, PLACE Magazine, p11.

Rees, T., “Duo Shares Designs on the Future”, The Independent Weekly, April 2008, p25.

Davis, M., (May 2009) “Getting to know TOD: a view from the edge”, PLACE, The Adelaide Review, p42-43.

Review of proposal for Ningaloo Eco-Resort, in ‘Architectural Review Australia, issue 102, 2007, pp40-41. and ‘Architectural Review Australia, issue 103, 2007, and online at http://www.proposition.com.au/

Davis, M., (2008) “Sacred Heart Performing Arts Centre, Tridente Architects,” in Architectural Review Australia, Vol 108, pp98-105. Davis, M., (2007) “Charting the Periphery; a review of the 2007 RAIA SA Chapter Awards”, PLACE Magazine, Vol 2, no5.

Jury Citation, competition entry for the Northern Lights Observatory, Norway, in Building Design Weekly, UK, Nov 2008. Public Lectures

Davis, M and Davis, S., (2002) “Review, Volvo S60”, Monument Commercial Special.

Ningaloo Reef Eco-tourism Competition Entry. “Perth Samplings 07”, The Bakery ArtRAGE Complex, Northbridge WA, August 24th 2007.

Davis, M. (1999) “Graphic Ground, Landscape and the imaging of an Australian Architecture” Honours Thesis, Published in: Terra #(zero) Student Architectures, RAIA/SONA.

Guest speaker, Adelaide Parklands Preservation Association Annual General Meeting, Adelaide, April 2007.

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TOURISM / ESD Ningaloo Reef Eco-Resort, WA. Second Place + People’s Choice Award, Architectural Review Design Competition, 2007.