BVN is one of Australia’s largest architecture practices, with studios in Sydney, Brisbane, London and New York, and a folio of major projects that spans the globe.
The company was formed in the late 1990s as Bligh Voller Nield, following the merging of Bligh Voller Architects, Lawrence Nield and Partners Australia, Grose Bradley and Pels Innes Nielson and Kosloff. It later became BVN Architecture in 2009 before merging with Brisbane practice Donovan Hill in 2012 to become BVN Donovan Hill and subsequently simplifying its trading name to BVN.
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