BKK Architects is an Australian

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based in

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. The firm was established in 2000 by architects Tim Black and Simon Knott, whom are graduates of the

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (abbreviated as RMIT University) is a public research university located in the city of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia., section 4(b) Established in 1887 by Francis Ormond, it is the seventh-o ...

. 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 and the Central Dandenong Urban Masterplan. The

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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

Notable projects

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

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. 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

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Award for Architecture in the Media. In 2013

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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

Award for Architecture in the Media. Segments featured The Arts Prescient, Dockland and Fed Square.

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Architecture firms of Australia Australian companies established in 2000

Notable projects

Research

Media

See also

References

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