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KIRK Mon Repos Turtle Centre - Bundaberg Queensland - Public Architectural Building - Dusk External View

Mon Repos Turtle Centre

World-Class Precincts

KIRK Mon Repos Turtle Centre - Bundaberg Queensland - Public Architectural Building - Sustainable Architecture

Mon Repos Turtle Centre

Engineered Timber

KIRK NTU Nanyang Technological University The Arc - Singapore - Educational Architectural Building - External Perspective

The Arc | Nanyang Technological University

Buildings That Breathe

KIRK UQ AEB University of Queensland Advanced Engineering Building - Educational Architecture Building - Brisbane Queensland - External Terracotta Facade Details

Advanced Engineering Building- UQ University of Queensland

Cutting Edge Buildings

KIRK QUT CIP2  Queensland University of Technology Creative Industries Precinct 2 - Brisbane Queensland - Educational Architectural Building - External Perspective

Creative Industries Precinct 2 | QUT

Innovative Heritage Responses

KIRK ABC Headquarters - South Brisbane Queensland - Commercial Architecture Building - External Facade Details

ABC Headquarters

Award Winning Design

KIRK Bramston Residence - Tarragindi Queensland - Residential Architectural Building - Residential Architecture

Bramston Residence

Site Responsive Design

KIRK Fitzgibbon Community Centre - Public Architectural Building - Brisbane Queensland - External View

Fitzgibbon Community Centre

Community Gathering Spaces

KIRK acknowledge the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as Traditional Owners of this land and recognise their continuing connection to land, waters, and culture. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present, and future.

Technically crafted & process driven

Multiple studios using small, project focused teams.

KIRK is a collaborative practice that supports, creates and explores. Committed to making authentic buildings and places, while advocating, advancing & delivering sustainable design solutions.

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.

View our residential architecture work.

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.

View our work in performance spaces.

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 aluminum.  Local Queensland timber is central to the sustainability initiatives employed by KIRK.

KIRK been advancing the use of Timber in Architecture.

First timber diagrid structure for the Mon Repos Turtle Centre in Australia.




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Sod Turning Ceremony for new USC Moreton Bay Campus Expansion

The USC Moreton Bay Campus Expansion is an exciting and transformative opportunity, not just for the university but for the Moreton Bay community. KIRK took this opportunity to develop the design for USC as a young university - not constrained by tradition or old ways.

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KIRK designs new life into CBD’s historic People's Palace

The People’s Palace is a striking and highly significant historic building in the heart of Brisbane. The People’s Palace is a special part of Brisbane’s built heritage and a rare and distinctive example of the city’s historic architecture. The building will be sensitively revived to recapture its special significance so that new generations can appreciate and celebrate this unique piece of architectural history.

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Cutting Edge Flood Mitigation

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USC Moreton Bay Campus Expansion feature in ArchitectureAU

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JCU TIC Complex hits Construction Milestone

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USC Moreton Bay Campus Expansion

The University of the Sunshine Coast is expanding its Moreton Bay campus to include teaching and research spaces, administration offices, a carpark and sports facilities.

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