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KIRK ABC Headquarters - South Brisbane Queensland - Commercial Architecture Building - External Elevation View

ABC Southbank Headquarters

Commercial, Interior Architecture

KIRK ABC Headquarters - South Brisbane Queensland - Commercial Architecture Building - External Street View

ABC Southbank Headquarters

Commercial, Interior Architecture

KIRK ABC Headquarters - South Brisbane Queensland - Commercial Architecture Building - External Street View

ABC Southbank Headquarters

Commercial, Interior Architecture

KIRK ABC Headquarters - South Brisbane Queensland - Commercial Architecture Building - External Street View

ABC Southbank Headquarters

Commercial, Interior Architecture

KIRK ABC Headquarters - South Brisbane Queensland - Commercial Architecture Building - Street Perspective

ABC Southbank Headquarters

Commercial, Interior Architecture

KIRK ABC Headquarters - South Brisbane Queensland - Commercial Architecture Building - External Street View

ABC Southbank Headquarters

Commercial, Interior Architecture

KIRK ABC Headquarters - South Brisbane Queensland - Commercial Architecture Building - Street Perspective

ABC Southbank Headquarters

Commercial, Interior Architecture

KIRK ABC Headquarters - South Brisbane Queensland - Commercial Architecture Building - Street Perspective

ABC Southbank Headquarters

Commercial, Interior Architecture

KIRK ABC Headquarters - South Brisbane Queensland - Commercial Architecture Building - Street Perspective

ABC Southbank Headquarters

Commercial, Interior Architecture

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

ABC Southbank Headquarters

Commercial, Interior Architecture

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

ABC Southbank Headquarters

Commercial, Interior Architecture

KIRK ABC Headquarters - South Brisbane Queensland - Commercial Architecture Building - Internal Stair Feature

ABC Southbank Headquarters

Commercial, Interior Architecture

KIRK ABC Headquarters - South Brisbane Queensland - Commercial Architecture Building - Internal Stairs

ABC Southbank Headquarters

Commercial, Interior Architecture

KIRK ABC Headquarters - South Brisbane Queensland - Commercial Architecture Building - Innovative Work Office Stations

ABC Southbank Headquarters

Commercial, Interior Architecture

KIRK ABC Headquarters - South Brisbane Queensland - Commercial Architecture Building - Front Entrance Reception

ABC Southbank Headquarters

Commercial, Interior Architecture

KIRK ABC Headquarters - South Brisbane Queensland - Commercial Architecture Building - Internal Stairs Feature

ABC Southbank Headquarters

Commercial, Interior Architecture

KIRK ABC Headquarters - South Brisbane Queensland - Commercial Architecture Building - Symphony Orchestra Performance Space - Auditorium View

ABC Southbank Headquarters

Commercial, Interior Architecture

KIRK ABC Headquarters - South Brisbane Queensland - Commercial Architecture Building - TV & Radio production studio

ABC Southbank Headquarters

Commercial, Interior Architecture

KIRK ABC Headquarters - South Brisbane Queensland - Commercial Architecture Building - Media Production Studio

ABC Southbank Headquarters

Commercial, Interior Architecture

KIRK ABC Headquarters - South Brisbane Queensland - Commercial Architecture Building - External Features

ABC Southbank Headquarters

Commercial, Interior Architecture

KIRK ABC Headquarters - South Brisbane Queensland - Commercial Architecture Building - External Features

ABC Southbank Headquarters

Commercial, Interior Architecture

Context Concept Queensland Symphony Orchestra State of the Art Facilities Sustainability Drawings
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ABC Southbank Headquarters

ABC Soutbank, Brisbane The Cross-platform media production Centre consists of ABC radio Brisbane and TV studios. The post-production facilities further include online services, orchestra rehearsal hall, music practice studios, open-plan office space, communal staff hubs, staff training rooms, boardroom, retail tenancies, loading bay, basement car park, end of trip facilities, and associated plant and equipment rooms.

Client
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Status
Completed in 2012

Traditional Custodians of the land
The Turrbal and Jagera people

Gross Floor Area
15,000 m²

Context

ABC Southbank

The new headquarters has become a new landmark destination within South East Queensland, ideally located within the South Bank cultural precinct and adjacent to Brisbane’s significant cultural institutions. The site's prominent and public nature is reflected in the buildings' internal shared spaces, that are open and transparent. The ABC facility fully realises the site's potential, by reinforcing and contributing to the Queensland Government’s vision for the South Bank precinct. This vision was realized through direct activation and engagement with the public via the building's design.

The ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) and the QSO are public institutions. The building's design responds to this fact by creating defined open public spaces around its perimeter. The ABC building's design further amplifies transparency, both to and from the building, out to the surrounding public streets and state government parklands.

The architecture of the new headquarters responds strongly to the constraints and possibilities of the site.

Michael Keniger
AA May/June 2013

Concept

The Brisbane ABC Accommodation building achieves a stimulating and healthy work environment. The ABC headquartes, located in Southbank, is able to change in-line with the future demands of the national broadcaster. The importance of ensuring a degree of flexibility and future-proofing for the ABC, reflects the unique requirements and needs of the deadline-driven media industry.

Queensland Symphony Orchestra

The purpose-built 600m² Media Production Studio (MPS) functions uniquely as a rehearsal space for the Queensland Symphony Orchestra (QSO) and a TV & Radio production studio for the ABC.

Virtual acoustic modelling aided in the design of operable acoustic paneling. Fine-tuned by KIRK and acoustic engineer ARUP, the design process for the Studio's operable acoustic paneling (absorbers, reflective and diffusing elements) was and initiative and interactive process. Numerous design modes manipulate operable elements within the studio and allow the Media Production Studio to cater to a diverse range of orchestral music, radio and television production.

State of the Art Facilities

The headquarter building for the ABC’s operations in Brisbane is mixed-use facility. The building contains offices, specialist radio and television spaces (with associated support spaces), a 600m² rehearsal studio for the Queensland Symphony Orchestra (QSO), hospitality and retail facilities.

Reflecting their status and potential to be highly visible to the public, the ABC's 612 Radio Studio located in a prominent position on the corner of Russell Street and the Parklands Arbour, in South Brisbane. The ABC radio, Brisbane studios, are configured to be highly transparent and visible from both street and government parkland.

Sustainability

The project was awarded a 5 Star rating by GreenStar and is targeting a 4.5 Star NABERS as-built rating.

KIRK ABC Headquarters - South Brisbane Queensland - Commercial Architecture Building - Ground Floor Plan Drawing
KIRK ABC Headquarters - South Brisbane Queensland - Commercial Architecture Building - Level 1 Plan Drawing
KIRK ABC Headquarters - South Brisbane Queensland - Commercial Architecture Building - Level 2 Plan Drawing
KIRK ABC Headquarters - South Brisbane Queensland - Commercial Architecture Building - Level 3 Plan Drawing
Richard Kirk has concentrated a pronounced expression of the ABC's function and purpose in an emblematic crescendo of form and space...

Michael Keniger
Architecture Australia May/June 2013

Awards Team Publications
ASI QLD and NT Steel Excellence Awards 2014 Steel Excellence in Steel Clad Structures
RAIA Regional Commendation 2013
Landscape Architect Gamble McKinnon Green
Structural & Civil Engineers Cardno
Electrical Engineer Aurecon
Fire Engineer AECOM
Hydraulic & Mechanical Engineers WSP Group
ESD Consultants Cundall
Acoustic Consultants ARUP
Access Consultant Access All Ways
Building Certifier Certis
Contractor Leighton
Photographer Christopher Frederick Jones & Scott Burrows
URO Media 2015 'From the Ground Up: 20 Stories of a Life in Architecture'
University of Queensland 2014, p.1 'UQ Architecture Course Brochure'
BlueScope Steel (website) Nov, 2013 'ABC Brisbane Accommodation Project'
Steel Profile Nov, 2013, pp. 34-41 'Good Vibrations', Fraser, M.
Architecture Australia Vol. 102, No. 3, pp. 78-86 'ABC Brisbane', Keniger, M.
Courier Mail May 2012, p.63 'Architects raise the roof'
Brisbane News February-March 2012, p12 'Aunty's Home'

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