About BKK Architects
Let’s shape better places together.
We’re a Melbourne-based practice established in 2000.
At our core, we deeply respect and value diverse perspectives. We will strive to define a broad vision for your project, listening attentively and respectfully to the needs and aspirations of all your stakeholders, fostering authentic connections and enduring relationships.
Our work includes:
- Precinct masterplans and urban design
- Infrastructure including railway stations, bridges and roads
- Interior fitouts of existing buildings
- Exhibition and performance spaces
- Highly technological fitouts
- Social and affordable housing
- Residential and multi-residential projects
- Teaching and learning spaces
Work with us because we bring:
Mooroolbark Station carpark, Mooroolbark, VIC
Big picture thinking.
We work across a range of project scales, from large infrastructure projects to individual homes for private clients. We are as interested in the spaces between buildings as those within. Through this holistic macro-to-micro lens, our commercial acumen, and an analytical and strategic approach, we navigate complex and challenging environments, finding pathways to success.
Our Sustainability Action Plan is a roadmap to fulfilling our Australian Architects Declare pledges.
Sustainability is urgent.
The built environment is a major contributor to carbon emissions and we, as designers, have urgent responsibilities to make buildings and communities sustainable. Better still, regenerative.
The BKK Architects Environment Management System is now certified to the standard of ISO 14001.
We are certified carbon neutral under the NoCo2 program and we are signatories to Australian Architects Declare. Our office runs on 100% green energy and we purchase carbon credits to offset our business’s carbon footprint. Passive design is a given in all our new projects.
Our Sustainability Action Plan is a roadmap to fulfilling our Australian Architects Declare pledges, and we’re well on our way. In developing it, we’ve researched certified suppliers, consultants and materials and grown our knowledge substantially.
Our research continues.
Agility and collaboration.
We are flexible and nimble. Collaborating with other practices and specialist practitioners is an intentional strategy that adds complementary experience and capacity to our core team. This approach enables us to tackle a broad range of project typologies and scales. Co-design is integral to our design process, facilitating the inclusion of different voices and insights to be heard. By navigating distinct views and re-calibrating each in response to the other, we unlock more value and understanding.
Mt Waverley Secondary College STEAM, Mt Waverley, VIC
“As a result of the highly collaborative approach these spaces offer a completely different student experience in comparison to our existing rooms. The student was always front and centre in the design process so as to ensure we built the best learning spaces.”
– Ian MacLeod, Campus Principal, Middle School
Mt Waverley Secondary College STEAM, Mt Waverley, VIC
Humility.
We are the most interested practice. We listen attentively and respectfully to the needs and aspirations of all stakeholders. By prioritising empathy and understanding, we cultivate spaces that reflect the true essence of those who inhabit them, fostering authentic connections and enduring relationships.
ACMI, Melbourne, VIC
Playfulness and innovation.
With a curious spirit, we embrace new construction technologies, delve into research, and pioneer innovative procurement approaches. Our design process, which constructively challenges assumptions, celebrates creativity and experimentation, sparking joy in the every day and reflecting the genuine positivity that underpins our work.
Doing our bit for Reconciliation
We are very proud to have launched our Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), joining thousands of corporate, government and not-for-profit organisations now formally endorsed by Reconciliation Australia.
Our RAP work continues, and we’re proud to have come together with Reconciliation Australia to start the Architecture and Design Reconciliation Industry Network Group. In it, we’re working with other practices towards implementing our RAP’s, and we’re pooling knowledge, insights and relationships that will inform Reconciliation.
What we’re learning on our RAP journey relates to working with Indigenous consultants and advisors on projects anywhere in the world.
– Joel Krieger, former Chief Creative Officer, Second Story (Publicis Sapient)
“The jury was impressed by 17 Union Street for…supporting the idea of community and precinct as a form of social sustainability. It champions longevity and the importance of thinking about sustainability in regards to long-term building use rather than short-term compliance…an excellent example to which developers can realistically aspire.”
– Jury citation, 2022 Sustainability Advancement Award, Australian Interior Design Awards
Leadership and advocacy.
We are more than architects and more than architecture. We embed cultural considerations into every facet of our work. We genuinely care about the outcome, our media presence and government partnerships reflect our interest in the social impact of design. We strive to elevate standards and advocate for progressive, high-quality outcomes for all.
“All openness and no ego. Words and actions purely in service to making the work better. This was my experience with the BKK team…There is an elevated cohesion in work that is born of a relationship like this and you feel it in a visceral way when you experience the ACMI Renewal.”
– Joel Krieger, former Chief Creative Officer, Second Story (Publicis Sapient)
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Monash University
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RMIT University
Department of Social Housing
The University of Melbourne
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Victorian School Building Authority
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City of Port Phillip
City of Greater Dandenong
VicTrack
Level Crossing Removal Authority
FourSq
Whitehorse City Council
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SMEC
Brimbank City Council
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
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