Martyn Chapman (1933–) graduated from Sydney Technical College in 1957. While a student, he worked at Brewster & Murray, then joined Harold Smith and became a partner with George Rae on graduation. After completing various houses, the Western Stores, Tweed Heads (1960) and winning a commission for the Myer department store in Tamworth, he went on a shopping centre study tour to the United States and Britain during the early 1960s – and began an M.Arch at UNSW, writing his thesis on department store lighting. After 1965, he practised as Martyn D. Chapman. After a short period teaching, he joined the Institute of Arbitrators Australia and became an arbitrator for the NSW Board of Architects. He was president NSW RAIA from 1980 to 1982. His main achievement during that phase was setting up Archicentre.
Projects include the Wearne house, Seaforth (completed 1954); the Kenyon house, Seaforth (1955); the Chapman apartment added to the Ritz private hotel, Cremorne (1955); the Chapman residence, Seaforth (1956-1980); the Dunwoodie house, Seaforth (1957); additions to a factory for BA Butcher, Peakhurst (1957); a clubhouse for the Seaforth Bowling Club, Seaforth (1957); the Holz house, Seaforth (1958); the Nowra Bowling Club clubhouse, Nowra (1959); the Chapman house, Palm Beach (1960); the Purches house, Seaforth (1960); the Lane house, Palm Beach (1960); the Edwards hair salon and house, Fairfield (1960); the Evans house, Church P:oint (1960); the Denne house, Ryde (1961); the Cullinan house, Forestville (1961); the Holz residence, Castle Rock (1961); the Western Stores department store at Tweed Heads (1962); the Ellis house, Forestville (1962); factory additions for Keith Bray at Balmain (1963); the Edwards house, Killarney Heights (1963); the Bollen house, West Pennant Hills (1964); the Myer department store, Tamworth (1964); the Fones house, Seaforth (1965); factories and offices for Keith Bray and Benkert and Bray, Waterloo (1966); the Lucena house additions, Frenchs Forest (1966); the Stone house, Seaforth (1966); the McMahon home units, Ashfield (1966); the Miles house additions, Seaforth (1967); the Kerswell house, Seaforth (1967); the Caws house, Collaroy (1968); the Keady house, Coogee (1968); the Simmonds house additions, Seaforth (1968); the Heafey house, St Ives (1969); the Matthews house, Balgowlah (1969); the McRae house additions, Mosman (1969); the Bray house, Terrigal (1970); the Laboratory Services factory at Arncliffe (1971); the McNeall factory, Lane Cove (1971); the Battlements townhouses, Seaforth (19th Georg Straesser, 1973); Fessl alterations to the Heafey house, Mona Vale (1979); the Farley house alterations, Clontarf (1980); the Chapman house alterations, Cremorne (1987); the Young house, Palm Beach (1988); the Anschau house, Seaforth (1988); the Fitzgerald house, Mona Vale (1989); the Baker house additions, Mackeral Beach (1993); the Chapman house additions, Wentworth Falls (1994); the Chapman house additions, Mackeral Beach (1994), and the Huie house additions, Mackeral Beach (1996).
Sources
—Chapman, Martyn. 2005. Projects list supplied to Davina Jackson, January.
—Chapman, Martyn. 2004. Interview with Davina Jackson, December.
—Johnson, Paul Alan and Susan Lorne Johnson. 1996 onwards. Martyn Chapman interview for Architects of the Middle Third program. Sydney: University of NSW.
- Writers:
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Davina Jackson
- Date written:
- 2015
- Last updated:
- 2015
