Malcolm Nathan joined the Architectural Association as a 4th Year student in 1954 and chose to take the Department of Tropical Architecture course as part of his 5th Year studies the following year. After graduating with AA Diploma Honours, Nathan returned to Johannesburg, South Africa, his home country, where he is recorded as working for Anthony O. Endres, from 1956, and then for Marshall and McLaren Streets from 1959 until at least 1969.

Sources

• Architectural Association Student Register 1945-1972, AA Archives
• Architectural Association Diploma Roll Book, 1924-1963, AA Archives
• Department of Tropical Architecture, student listing, Otto Koenigsberger Collection, Box OK27, AA Archives
• Architectural Association Members List 1961, 1979
• ISAA. 1959. The Yearbook of the Institute of South African Architects and Chapter of SA Quantity Surveyors 1958-1959 : Die Jaarboek van die Instituut van Suid-Afrikaanse Argitekte en Tak van Suid-Afrikaanse Bourekenaars 1958-1959. Johannesburg: ISAA. pp 94, 189
• ISAA. 1969. The Yearbook of the Institute of South African Architects and Chapter of SA Quantity Surveyors 1968-1969 : Die Jaarboek van die Instituut van Suid-Afrikaanse Argitekte en Tak van Suid-Afrikaanse Bourekenaars 1968-1969. Johannesburg: ISAA. pp 98, 126