Housing Futures
A forum about new trajectories in residential architecture
Koos de Keijzer, founding partner and principal of DKO Architecture, has built a highly regarded role as an urban designer and architect, with a particular expertise in residential developments. As principal of DKO, Koos is actively involved in all projects throughout Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia. An unambiguous passion in typology research has given rise to a number of innovative apartment and housing typologies which embrace and enrich the Australian residential lifestyle. This passion, coupled with a firm commitment to architectural integrity, delivers a strong emphasis on contemporary sustainable communities and is being adopted as benchmarks for contemporary residential development. Koos is currently leading a Masters Design Studio at the University of Melbourne and is on the Victorian Design Review Panel assisting the Victorian Government Architect. He is also an active member of the Australian Institute of Architects.