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“My vision for my practice of heritage and conservation architecture is to go beyond just preserving our built and environmental legacy, but to nurture and burnish it for future generations.”
— Scott MacArthur, Principal, Built Environment

Scott MacArthur

PRINCIPAL, BUILT ENVIRONMENT

A middle-aged man with glasses and a bald head, smiling slightly, wearing a checkered shirt and a rust-colored sweater.

Scott is an Architect with over 25 years’ professional experience in heritage conservation and adaptive reuse of historic places. This includes the preparation of conservation management plans, conservation documentation and site superintendence.

He has been privileged to work in and around great buildings, and with fascinating people, for more than 30 years.  Working with building professionals, tradespeople, craftspeople clients and enthusiasts has shown him how valuable our heritage environment is to our cultural well-being.

    • Design Practitioner Registration (Building Commission NSW, No. 4270) (2025)

    • Registration QLD Board of Architects (Reg No. 4356) (2010)

    • Registration NSW Board of Architects (Reg No. 6108) (1996)

    • Bachelor of Architecture UNSW (Hons) (1993)

    • Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery UNSW (1985)

    • NSW Government House - Eastern Terrace Repaving and Governor’s Master Bedroom Suite Refurbishment of State Heritage Register listed building - Heritage Advice, Preparation of Statements of Heritage Impacts  (2025-2026)

    • Former Qantas Building (Chifley Square) – Ground Floor Restaurant Refurbishment of State Heritage Register listed building – heritage advice and reporting (2024-2025)

    • Dawn Fraser Baths – Conservation and Adaptation for Climate Change Sea Level Rise of State Heritage Register listed building (with TKD Architects) (AIA NSW Architecture Awards. The Award in the Heritage - Conservation Category; NSW National Trust Heritage Awards- Adaptive Reuse Commendation; NSW National Trust Heritage Awards- President's Award; NSW Master Builders Association Award for Restoration / Adaptive Re-Use of a Historical Building) (2022).

    • Brisbane City Hall - refurbishment and conservation – heritage and site architect (with TannerGHD) (2010-2013).

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  • www.linkedin.com/in/scott-macarthur-95080a35

Scott’s artefact

Close-up of a person holding a large, irregularly shaped piece of mother-of-pearl shell with both hands, wearing a gold ring on their finger, dressed in a reddish-brown shirt.

“I was a conservation architect working on the restoration of The Commonwealth Solar Observatory Building at Mount Stromlo that was largely destroyed in the 2003 Canberra Bushfires. The heat of the fire was so intense that the window glass melted and slumped in a continuous sheet.”