BKK Architects | |
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Practice information | |
Founded | 2000 |
Location | 6/114 Flinders Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
Website | |
b-k-k.com.au |
BKK Architects is an Australian architectural practice based in Melbourne, Victoria. The firm was established in 2000 by architects Tim Black and Simon Knott, whom are graduates of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. Realized commissions include a broad spectrum of residential, commercial, public and institutional buildings, as well as infrastructure and urban design projects.
Current undertakings include Melbourne's landmark Clark Street Tower [1] and the Central Dandenong Urban Masterplan. The philosophy of BKK is design-based problem solving and is not limited to specific building typologies, although an emerging focus in their work is place making. The firm has strong research interests and established affiliations with several Melbourne educational institutions.
Completed | Project name | Location | Award | Notes |
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2003 | Wrap House | Toorak, Melbourne |
| [2] |
2003 | 2-Parts House | Elwood, Melbourne | [3] | |
2006 | Vic roads soundwalls, Monash Freeway | Burwood, Melbourne | [4] | |
2008 | Calder Woodburn Rest Area, Goulburn Valley Highway |
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2008 | Great wall of Warburton | Warburton | [6] | |
2009 | Beached House | Western Port, Victoria |
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2011 | Central Dandenong urban masterplan | Dandenong, Victoria |
| [8] |
2012 | Holiday House | Mornington, Victoria | [9] | |
2012 | Australian Garden Shelters | Royal Botanic Gardens in Cranbourne | [10] | |
2013 | Ring Road Rest Areas | Geelong, Victoria | [11] | |
in progress | Clarke Street Apartment Tower | Southbank | [1] | |
Tower turnaround | Fitzroy | [12] |
BKK Architects is involved with several high-profile architectural research projects in affiliation with various partners. These include the Bi-Directional Evolutionary Structural Optimization (BESO) project in collaboration with RMIT University and Soundwall technologies working in concert with Australian acoustic engineering firms and plastic manufacturers.
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In 2013 ABC Radio National featured an eight-week segment on Art Nation called The Good, the Bad and the Ugly hosted by Knott and Harrison. In 2012 the show won the Bates Smart Award for Architecture in the Media. Segments featured The Arts Prescient, Dockland and Fed Square.
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