Andrew Bock Architecture

Andrew Bock

• Bachelor of Architecture, QUT

• Fellow of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects

• Registered Architect Qld, 1991, (No 2519)

• Bronze Medallion 2011, Patrol Captain, Noosa Heads Surf Lifesaving Club

• Obsessive Longboarder

The Company was founded in September 2005. Operating from Sunshine Beach on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, ABA will undertake any scale of project- from carport to airport and everything in between, new building and renovations, residential and hospitality. All projects have one thing in common- they require problem solving and we apply the same process to all circumstances.

Andrew’s experience ranges over a 30+ year period commencing with a UQ Science degree in 1981 and then continuing to study a Bachelor of Architecture at the then QIT in 1982,  from 1985 to 1986 at the University of North London and completing at QUT in 1989. He became a registered Architect in Queensland in 1991 and a Fellow of the RAIA in 2009.  

Over his career Andrew has worked in all the Eastern State Capitals, in North Queensland, London, Finland and the Philippines through eight Practices ranging from small to large scale. He has also travelled in Western Europe, Scandinavia, SE Asia, Fiji, NZ, Canada and the United States. Consequently his experience has been very broadly based combining practical experience with sound Design principles and Quality and Management systems. The most formative years were with Bligh Voller Nield as an Associate from 1994 to 2004, where he was Project Architect for many RAIA award winning projects such as the Brisbane City YHA (Beatrice Hutton Award for Commercial Architecture), Brisbane's Queen St Mall planning and performance spaces, QUT Gardens Point Yard and cafe, QUT School of the Built Environment,  the Port of Brisbane Visitors Centre (Harry Marks Award for sustainable Architecture), USC Faculty of Arts Building (FDG Stanley Award of merit and Sir Zelman Cowan Award commendation), the Lavarack Barracks Combined Messes and Bars for the Australian Army and the Hyatt Spa. Other significant roles were as a key Design team member for the Sydney Olympics Athletes Village and post Olympics bid, Athens Olympics venues, Melbourne Docklands masterplanning, 100 Collins St Concept Design, Australian War Memorial renovations and Display design , Russell Defence Headquarters concept design team member. As one of the Practices' key conceptual Designers he was mobile and always busy working on the many bids and concept designs to pass through all of BVN's practices. Many of the skills developed during his time with BVN working on big things now inform his work on the smaller things.