BKK Architects

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.

BKK Architects
Practice information
Founded2000 (2000)
Location180 Russell Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Website
b-k-k.com.au

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.

Contour House, Bellarine Peninsula

Notable projects
Calder Woodburn rest area
Beached House
Central Dandenong Lonsdale street redesign and upgrade, Dandenong
Clarke street apartment tower, Southbank
CompletedProject nameLocationAwardNotes
2003Wrap HouseToorak, Melbourne
  • City of Stonnington Urban Design Award (2004)
[2]
20032-Parts HouseElwood, Melbourne[3]
2006Vic roads soundwalls, Monash FreewayBurwood, Melbourne[4]
2008Calder Woodburn Rest Area, Goulburn Valley Highway
  • Interior Design Awards, Winner Colour in Commercial Design (2010)
  • CCAA Public Domain Awards, Winner Public Artwork Award (2009)
[5]
2008Great wall of WarburtonWarburton[6]
2009Beached HouseWestern Port, Victoria
  • AIA Victorian Architecture Awards, Winner Residential Architecture New (2011)
[7]
2011Central Dandenong urban masterplanDandenong, Victoria
[8]
2012Holiday HouseMornington, Victoria[9]
2012Australian Garden SheltersRoyal Botanic Gardens in Cranbourne[10]
2013Ring Road Rest AreasGeelong, Victoria[11]
in progressClarke Street Apartment TowerSouthbank[1]
Tower turnaroundFitzroy[12]

Research

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.

Media

In 2003 Simon Knott and Stuart Harrison established a weekly Tuesday night architecture radio show on 3RRR. Called The Architects, the duo was later joined with Rory Hyde and Christine Phillip and focused on boarding the understanding of architecture in the wider community. In 2005 Knott and Hyde won the AIA Victoria Bates Smart Award for Architecture in the Media.

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.

See also

References
  1. "Clarke Street Apartment Tower". Black Kosloff Knott Pty Ltd. Archived from the original on 18 May 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  2. "The Wrap House". The Contempoist. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  3. "2-Parts house". Timber Development Association. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  4. "VicRoads Soundwalls". Architecture Australia. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  5. "Calder Woodburn Rest Area". BlueScope Steel Limited. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  6. "Great Wall of Warburton". Dream Build. Australia: ABC TV. Archived from the original on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  7. "Beached House". ArchDaily. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  8. "Lonsdale Street Dandenong". ArchDaily. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  9. "Black Kosloff Knott Pty Ltd". Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  10. "Australian Garden Shelters". Niche Media Pty Ltd. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  11. "Geelong Ring Road". Cirrus Media. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  12. "Tower Turnaround". BKK Architects. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
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