About
BKK Architects was founded in 2000 by Tim Black, Julian Kosloff and Simon Knott. The focus of our practice is ideas, design thinking and delivering complete solutions for our clients. This is achieved from within a vibrant, studio based environment that also encompasses a highly professional and efficient structure of management and project delivery.
BKK specialise in design and problem solving rather than specific building typologies. This means we can offer creative solutions to a range of project types. Our client base includes institutional bodies; government entities; small and large developers; the corporate sector; retail; and both private and public housing.
The practice culture is energetic, multi-faceted and one that cultivates a desire for intellectual challenge and problem solving. A philosophy of collaboration permeates the practice where expanding possibilities is the aim, often with unexpectedly enriched outcomes. We actively promote engagement of all stakeholders throughout every stage of the process, ensuring an architecture that embodies our client’s values, aspirations and personalities. Further interests lie in social and environmental outcomes that strengthen and benefit the communities in which we work and live.
BKK are actively involved in public discourse within the wider community, ensuring the design approach remains socially and culturally relevant. BKK Architects has won numerous design awards and our work has been widely published both locally and internationally.
Awards
2012 AILA Awards, Excellence Award for Design in Landscape Architecture, Lonsdale Street Redesign
2012 AILA Awards, Urban Design Award, Central Dandenong Masterplan
2012 Premier’s Design 2012 Awards, Finalist, Hi-pod component of Tower Turnaround
2012 AIA Victorian Architecture Awards, Winner Small Project Architecture, Hi-pod component of Tower Turnaround
2012 AIA Victorian Architecture Awards, Winner Bates Smart Award for Architecture in the Media, Good, Bad or Ugly – Simon Knott and Stuart Harrison
2011 AIA Victorian Architecture Awards, Winner Residential Architecture New, Beached House
2011 Houses Awards, Finalist New House Over 200m2, Beached House
2010 ASI Steel Awards, Winner Steel Design Award Small Project, Calder Woodburn Rest Area
2010 Interior Design Awards, Winner Colour in Commercial Design, Calder Woodburn Rest Area
2010 Interior Design Awards, Commendation Public Award, Calder Woodburn Rest Area
2009 Bayside Built Environment Awards, Commendation, Twofold House
2009 CCAA Public Domain Awards, Winner Public Artwork Award, Calder Woodburn Rest Area
2009 AIA Victorian Architecture Awards, Winner Colourbond Steel Award, Calder Woodburn Rest Area
2009 Interior Design Awards, Commendation, Great Wall of Warburton
2005 AIA Victorian Architecture Awards, Winner Bates Smart Award for Architecture in the Media, Simon Knott and Rory Hyde
2005 Interior Design Awards Australia, Commendation Retail Interiors, Endless Spirit Chadstone
2004 Australian Timber Design Awards, Winner Best Victorian Entry, 2-Parts House
2004 Australian Timber Design Awards, High Commendation Residential Class 1, Renovation, 2-Parts House
2004 AIA Victorian Architecture Awards, Winner Residential Architecture New, Wrap House
2004 City of Stonnington Urban Design Award, Winner Judges Award for all categories, Wrap House
2004 City of Stonnington Urban Design Award, Winner Best New Residential Development, Wrap House
2004 Australian Design Awards, Winner Interior Design, Wrap House
2004 Interior Design Awards Australia, High Commendation, Wrap House
2004 Dulux Colour Awards, Commendation, Wrap House
2003 Australian Timber Design Awards, Winner Best Victorian Residential Project, Frame House
2003 City of Stonnington Urban Design Award, Winner Best Alteration & Addition, Frame House
Media
Pure Luxury World’s Best Houses, Enclave House, The Images Publishing Group, 2012
Beached House, Architecture & Culture Magazine Korea, Issue 368 / January 2012
A juggling act falls into place, Enclave House, The Age (Domain), November 12 2011
Forty-six Square Metres of Land Doesn’t Normally Become a House, Twofold House, Thames & Hudson, 2011
Beached House, Financial Review, Life & Leisure Magazine, Issue 31 / Summer 2011
Beached House, Specifier Magazine, Issue 99, 2011
Contour House, Architecture Durable Magazine France, No.07, September/October 2011
Beached House, Z Mag China, July 2011
Beached House, 2011 Architecture Awards, Architecture Australia Magazine, 2011
Beached House, 2001 Victorian Architecture Awards, Architect Victoria Magazine, July 2011
The way we’re living, Beached House, The Sunday Age (Domain), June 19 2011
Habitat21, Architecture Australia Magazine, Vol. 100, May/June 2011
Architects on air, The Architects – RRR Radio, Belle Magazine, June/July 2011
Time for a new start, Wrap House, The Weekly Review, March 16 2011
Great Wall of Warburton, C3 Magazine Korea, No. 319, 2011
Designing for all ages and life stages, Wrap House, The Age (Domain), February 12 2011
Enclave House, Houses Magazine, Issue 78, 2011
A Place in the Sun, Beached House, Thames & Hudson, 2010
Habitat21, The Sunday Age (Domain), November 7 2010
Beached House and Great Wall of Warburton, Casa International Magazine China, No. 87, October 2010
21st Century Houses Downunder, Beached House, The Images Publishing Group, 2010
Parkiteers, Bicycle Parking at Stations, Architecture Australia Magazine, Vol. 99, November/December 2010
21st Century Kitchens, Contour House, The Images Publishing Group, 2010
Now + When 2010 Venice Biennale, Architecture Australia Magazine, 2010
Now + When 2010 Venice Biennale, Ar Magazine, No. 116, August/September 2010
Beached House, Dwell Magazine America, Vol. 10, September 2010
Great Wall of Warburton, Object Magazine, No. 6, 2010
Beached House, Houses Magazine, Issue 74, 2010
Great Wall of Warburton, Monument Magazine, Issue 97, June/July 2010
Calder Woodburn Rest Area, Artichoke Magazine, Interior Design Awards Special Issue, 2010
The good wood, Twofold House, The Sunday Age (Living by Design Magazine), March 2010
Boundary House, Ar Magazine, No. 113, Summer 2009/2010
Calder Woodburn Rest Area, Steel Profile Magazine, No. 104, November 2009
Twofold House, Facing Design Magazine, Issue 3, September/October 2009
X Space, Bettina Liano and Endless Spirit Chadstone, Sandu Publishing China, 2009
100 Country Houses, Great Wall of Warburton, The Images Publishing Group, 2009
Great Wall of Warburton, Domus Aurea Magazine, Czech Republic, 2009
Calder Woodburn Rest Area, Ar Magazine, August/September 2009
Calder Woodburn Rest Area, Architecture Australia Magazine, Vol. 98, July/August 2009
Winning ways: designs outside the square, Boundary House, The Sunday Age (Domain), July 5 2009
Wall solutions break down the barriers, Twofold House, The Australian Financial Review, June 26-28 2009
Topological Revolution, BESO Bridge, Ar Magazine, 2009
Passages become corridors of power, Great Wall of Warburton, The Australian Financial Review, January 23-26 2009
Abundant, 2008 Venice Biennale, AIA, 2008
Strike a Pose – Eccentric Architecture and Spectacular Spaces, Great Wall of Warburton, Gestalten Germany, 2008
The Phaidon Atlas of 21st Century World Architecture, 2-Parts House, Phaidon Press United Kingdom, 2008
Contemporary Beach Houses Down Under, Shack House, The Images Publishing Group, 2008
The Australian House, Great Wall of Warburton, Pesaro Publishing, 2008
Great Wall of Warburton, Monument Magazine, Issue 86, August/September 2008
100 Dream Houses from Down Under, Contour House, The Images Publishing Group, 2008
Great Wall of Warburton, Sydney Morning Herald, June 26 2008
Contour House, Wallpaper Magazine UK, Issue 109, April 2008
A Place in the Country, Contour House, Craftsman House, 2008
Revitalising Central Dandenong Masterplan, Ar Magazine, 2008
Great Wall of Warburton, Case Da Abitare Magazine Italy, No. 117, 2008
Great Wall of Warburton, (Inside) Magazine, Issue 51, 2008
Two into one, Frame House, The Age (Melbourne Magazine) September 2008
Windows to the world, 2-Parts House, The Australian Financial Review, January 25-28 2008
BKK Profile, MINI International Magazine UK, No. 2, 2007
Contour House, Hinge Magazine Hong Kong, Vol. 149, December 2007
Contour House, Wallpaper Magazine Thai Edition, Issue 25, September 2007
Contour House, Ar Magazine, No. 103, 2007
Contour House, Sustain Magazine UK, Vol. 08, Issue 05, October 2007
Next Wave, Emerging Talents in Australian Architecture, BKK Architects Profile, Thames & Hudson UK, 2007
Stretching the boundaries, 2-Parts House, Australian Financial Review, June 15-17 2007
A modern monolith, Contour House, Sydney Morning Herald, June 7, 2007
Australia Architecture and Design Book, Wrap House, daab gmbh, 2007
Contour House, Mark Magazine Holland, No. 9, August/September 2007
BKK Architects Profile, Houses Magazine, Issue 55, 2007
Soaring expanses to lift the heart, Wrap House, Australian Financial Review, January 19-21 2007
Great Spaces, 2-Parts House, Carles Broto i Comerma Spain, 2006
Great Spaces Home Extensions, Frame House and 2-Parts House, Carles Broto i Comerma Spain, 2006
Past + Present + Future, BKK Architects Profile, RAIA Victorian Chapter, 2006
Wrap House and Retreat House, IW Magazine Taiwan, Issue 52, May 2006
Out of the box, profile on Simon Knott, The Sunday Age (Magazine), October 29 2006
By the book, 2-Parts House, The Sunday Age (Magazine), October 22 2006
Making room for more on the double, Frame House, Australian Financial Review, August 4-6 2006
Bettina Liano Chadstone, (Inside) Magazine, Issue 42, 2006
Out of the Square, Wrap House and 2-Parts House, The Images Publishing Group, 2006
Bettina Liano Chadstone, Interior Fitouts Magazine, May/June 2006
Profile of BKK Architects, Pol Oxygen Magazine, Issue 16, 2006
Hot Homes, Wrap House, Aurum Books UK, 2006
Pavilions for New Architecture Catalogue, Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA), 2005
Deakin Interconnect Footbridge, Ar Magazine, No. 94, 2005
New Domestic Interiors, Wrap House, Carles Broto i Comerma Spain, 2005
Frame House and 2-Parts House, IW Magazine Taiwan, Issue 43, May 2005
Compact Houses, 2-Parts House, Page One Publishing Private Limited Singapore, 2005
100 Top Houses from Downunder, Retreat House, The Images Publishing Group, 2005
Endless Spirit Chadstone, (Inside) Magazine, Issue 35, 2005
Wrap House, Driven Magazine, 2005
Minimalism rules, but there’s still a place for books, Wrap House, Australian Financial Review, February 11-13 2005
In harmony with the environment, Retreat House, Australian Financial Review, February 11-13 2005
2-Parts House, Australian House and Garden Magazine, February 2005
Frame House, Wallpaper Magazine UK, Issue 74, December 2004
Architects on the Air, The Architects – Triple RRR Radio Show, The Age (Domain), December 8 2004
2-Parts House, Ar Magazine, No. 089, 2004
Light and action, Lite III Exhibition, The Age (Domain) August 4 2004
Brave new buildings, Wrap House, Australian Financial Review, July 30 – August 1 2004
Best of the rest, Wrap House, The Age (Domain), June 23 2004
Wrap House, Artichoke Magazine, Vol. 2, Issue 11, 2004
Wrap House, The Architecture Review Magazine UK, Vol. 215, No. 1285, March 2004
Wrap House, (Inside) Magazine, Issue 31, 2004
Lite II Exhibition, Monument Magazine, 2003
Wrap House, Australian House and Garden Magazine, December 2003
Wrap House, The Age (Domain), October 29 2003
Wrap House, Monument Magazine, Issue 57, October/November 2003
A sense of journey, Wrap House, The Age (Domain), October 29 2003
Two for one, Frame House, The Age (Domain), June 11 2003
Frame House, Ar Magazine, 2003
Lite I Exhibition, (Inside) Magazine, 2002
Exhibitions
The Housing Project, Pin-up The Compound Interest, Melbourne 2011
LightCycle, Electrolight Donkey Wheel House, Melbourne 2011
Venice Biennale, Now and When
Object Gallery, Sydney 2011
Venice Biennale, Now and When
The Seoul Museum of Art, Korea 2011
Peculiar Places Exhibition Taylor Cullity Lethlean, Melbourne 2012
Abundant Highlights, Venice Biennale
AIA, Canberra 2010
Abundant Highlights, Venice Biennale
AIA, Kuala Lumpur 2010
Abundant Highlights, Venice Biennale
AIA, Singapore 2010
Advertisements for Architecture
Openhaus, Melbourne 2009
Venice Biennale, Abundant
Italy 2008
Homer Faber III
SIAL, RMIT, Melbourne Museum 2008
State of Design Festival, Totally Open
BKK Office, Melbourne 2008
Homer Faber II
SIAL, RMIT, Melbourne Museum 2007
Waterworks, Council House 2
National Design Centre, Melbourne 2007
Lightcycle
Electrolight, Melbourne 2007
Homer Faber I
SIAL, RMIT, Melbourne Museum 2007
Past and Present and Future
AIA, Melbourne 2007
Pavilions for New Architecture
Monash University Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne 2005
Australian Poster Annual
National Design Centre – Fed Square, Melbourne 2005
Lite III, Faites de la lumiere
Bus Gallery, Melbourne 2004
Lite II, Faites de la lumiere
Bus Gallery, Melbourne 2003
Lite, Faites de la lumiere
Penthouse and Pavement Gallery, Melbourne 2002
Small Span Galleries, Melbourne
AIA Exhibition, Melbourne 2001
Team
Tim Black
Director
Julian Kosloff
Director
Simon Knott
Director
Stephanie Bullock
Senior Associate
George Huon
Associate
David Harrap
Senior Architect
Adi Atic
Registered Architect
Madeleine Beech
Registered Architect
Shannon Mayen
Studio Administrator
Olivia Mathews
Accounts