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Mon Repos Turtle Centre at Dusk

Mon Repos Turtle Centre

World-Class Precincts

Mon Repo Turtle Centre - Sustainable Architecture

Mon Repos Turtle Centre

Engineered Timber

The Arc (Nanyang Technological University)

Buildings That Breathe

Terracotta Facade

Advanced Engineering Building (The University of Queensland)

Cutting Edge Buildings

Creative Industries Precinct 2, QUT

Innovative Heritage Responses

ABC Headquarters

Award Winning Design

Bramston St Residence - Residential Architecture - Brisbane

Bramston Residence

Site Responsive Design

Fitzgibbon Community Centre

Community Gathering Spaces

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Technically crafted, process driven

Multiple studios using small, project focused teams.

A collaborative practice that supports, creates and explores.

Committed to making authentic buildings and places.

Advocating, advancing & delivering sustainable design solutions.

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KIRK successfully won 3 Queensland State Architecture Awards

Incredibly honoured to be awarded the inaugural Queensland Medallion for the Mon Repos Turtle Centre. Thank you to the institute for the recognition! KIRK was also awarded The F D G Stanley Award for Public Architecture and The Harry Marks Award for Sustainable Architecture.

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Mon Repos Turtle Centre Awarded the JW Wilson Award for Building of the Year

Mon Repos Turtle Centre has been awarded the JW Wilson Award for Building of the Year at the 2020 Queensland Regional Architecture Awards, Central Queensland. KIRK would like to thank the Queensland Chapter of the Australian Insitute of Architects for the recognition.

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The Arc (NTU) successful at the 2019 International Chapter Architecture Awards!

The Arc at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore was winner of the Educational Architecture Award at the 2019 International Chapter Awards held in Dubai.

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QUT Creative Industries Precinct 2 and Bramston Residence successful in the recent QLD State Architecture Awards!

QUT CIP2 and Bramston Residence were successful at the recent QLD AIA Awards. QUT CIP2 won 4 awards for heritage, education, interiors and received a commendation for sustainability. Bramston Residence received the award for residential (new) projects.

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Richard Kirk Architect & Kerry Hill Architects shortlisted for the New Performing Arts Venue, QPAC, Brisbane.

Richard Kirk Architect & Kerry Hill Architects are pleased to announce their shortlisting for the New Performing Arts Venue at QPAC, Brisbane.

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Mon Repos Featured on Hyne Timber "Timber a Must for New Turtle Centre"

Mon Repos featured in Hyne Timber article "Timber a Must for New Turtle Centre"

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KIRK win competition for the JCU Technology Innovation Complex in Townsville.

KIRK, in association with Charles Wright Architects and i4 Architecture, are excited to announce our recent success in the competition for the JCU Technology Innovation Complex in Townsville.

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Bramston Residence Published in Houses & ArchitectureAU

Bramston Residence published in ArchitectureAU "For the love of trees: Bramston Residence"

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KIRK's Alice Street Pedestrian Bridge Featured in Courier Mail

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KIRK launch their new website!

We've updated the website!

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Nanyang Technological University, Singapore - Learning Hub (The Arc) Opening

The Arc is a cutting-edge building that ‘breathes’. Its open curves, translucency and permeability create a civic gesture that forms a vibrant campus heart, promoting active social learning. The Arc embraces new performative design technologies that allowed us to fine-tune the design to work passively with the tropical climate of Singapore.

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UTS Blackfriars Design Competition

KIRK recently submitted their design for the invitation-only UTS Blackfriars Precinct Research Building (BPRB) design competition.

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QUT CIP2 Published on Architecture AU Website

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West End House published on ArchDaily

The West End House occupies a rare fragment of previously undeveloped land in the historically dense inner-city suburb of West End. Located on a tight site the residence maximises light and ventilation while nestling smartly into the existing streetscape.

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Expertise

Architecture
Richard Kirk has established the practice as a leader in designing buildings of cultural significance on sensitive and important sites, with the majority of its commissions awarded through design competitions.
Urban Design & Masterplanning
KIRK has been involved in master planning in Brisbane, Malaysia and Singapore.
Residential

KIRK's expertise in residential architecture ranges from house design to larger, more complex multi-dwelling apartment complexes, urban regeneration and masterplanning.

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Interior Architecture
KIRK are experienced in providing a range of services for interiors projects for commercial and institutional projects. The practice is in a unique position to deliver quality and cost-effective results that provide clients with unique, resilient, sustainable and well-crafted interiors.
Sustainability

KIRK is committed to developing and establishing new benchmarks for sustainability in the buildings the practice creates. An example of this is the Advanced Engineering Building that set entirely new benchmarks for sustainability in the sub-tropical and temperate climates. It is this dedication to buildings that respond to and embrace the opportunities the climate offers is what sets the work of the practice apart.

View our work in sustainable architecture.

Performance Spaces
Kirk specialises in providing world class performance spaces and interdisciplinary studios.
Computational Design & Analysis
KIRK is at the forefront of architectural design, embedding CFD and micro-climate analysis into our design process. We utilise high-performance building modelling to continually create successful and sustainable buildings for the future. We are particularly proud of The Arc, NTU, Singapore being awarded Green Mark Platinum status. 
Timber
KIRK have a deep interest in researching and developing cutting-edge construction methods and material knowledge. Kirk is committed to employing renewable resources and local industry on a large and meaningful scale upon selection of the construction materials. Specifying locally-grown timber species, manufactured in Queensland demonstrated the benefits of this technology as a sustainable alternative to steel and aluminium. Local Queensland timber is central to the sustainability initiatives employed by KIRK.

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