Fender Katsalidis (FK) is an

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firm which originated in

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, and now has additional studios in Sydney and Brisbane. Founded by Karl Fender and

Nonda Katsalidis Nonda Katsalidis (born 1951) is a Greek-Australian architect. He is currently a practising director of architecture firm Fender Katsalidis Architects in partnership with Karl Fender. Biography Early life Nonda Katsalidis was born in 1951 ...

, the firm has been notable since the early 1990s, producing many landmark buildings in Melbourne and other Australian cities. The firm was first established as Nation Fender and, since 1996, as Nation Fender Katsalidis. FK buildings are distinctive, often very sculptural, they also feature a variety of materials and textures such as exposed steel, left to the weather, or rough hewn timber. Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medallist Peter Wilson has described this material palette as reminiscent of "ageing boat hulls or rough woodsheds and agricultural structures built by first settlers in the Australian landscape." An early FK project involved the conversion of former grain silos in

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, a Melbourne suburb, into distinctive apartments featuring balconies resembling a ship's bow. FK also designed

Eureka Tower Eureka Tower is a skyscraper located in the Southbank precinct of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Construction began in August 2002 and the exterior was completed on 1 June 2006. The plaza was finished in June 2006 and the building was offici ...

completed in June 2006 in Southbank, which has become Melbourne's tallest building and one of the tallest residential buildings in the world.

Notable projects

* Argus Centre (1991),

* Melbourne Terrace Apartments (1994), Melbourne *The Malthouse (Richmond Silos) (1997),

Ian Potter Museum of Art The Ian Potter Museum of Art at the University of Melbourne in Melbourne, Australia was established in 1972. It houses the art collection of the University of Melbourne. Current director, Kelly Gellatly, was appointed in 2013. It is not to be con ...

(1998),

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*Republic Tower (1999), Melbourne *Sidney Myer Asia Centre Parkville *HM@S Lonsdale (2003),

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* Royal Parade Luxury Apartments (2005), Melbourne *

(2007), Melbourne *NewActon East (2008),

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*Sienna Apartments (2010), Melbourne *

Museum of Old and New Art The Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) is an art museum located within the Moorilla winery on the Berriedale peninsula in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. It is the largest privately funded museum in the Southern Hemisphere. MONA houses ancient, mode ...

(2011),

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(2020), Melbourne *

Merdeka 118 Merdeka 118, formerly known as Warisan Merdeka Tower and KL 118, is a 118-storey, 678.9-metre-tall megatall skyscraper in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is the world's second-tallest structure, surpassing the Tokyo Skytree at and the world's sec ...

Kuala Lumpur , anthem = '' Maju dan Sejahtera'' , image_map = , map_caption = , pushpin_map = Malaysia#Southeast Asia#Asia , pushpin_map_caption = , coordinates = , su ...

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File:Melbourne terrace.jpg, Melbourne Terrace (1994) File:Malthouse richmond.jpg, The Malthouse. Silos converted into apartments. (1997) File:Ian Potter Museum of Art 2010.jpg, Ian Potter Museum of Art (1998) File:Republic tower melbourne.jpg, Republic Tower (1999) File:Astorial apartments Melbourne 2011.jpg, Astorial Apartments, Carlton. (2000) File:HM@S Lonsdale, Port Melbourne.JPG, HM@S Lonsdale dominates the Port Melbourne skyline (2003) File:World square redidential and commercial building in sydney.jpg, World Square, Sydney File:Merdeka 118 on March 13 2022.jpg, Merdeka 118, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Awards

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Harry Seidler Harry Seidler (25 June 19239 March 2006) was an Austrian-born Australian architect who is considered to be one of the leading exponents of Modernism's methodology in Australia and the first architect to fully express the principles of the Bauh ...

Award for Commercial Architecture (2007) for the Eureka Tower, Melbourne *

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Award for Commercial Architecture (2008), for the NewActon East, CanberraAIA Award for NewActon East
/ref> * 2012 Australian Institute of Architects Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Architecture

References

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* {{Authority control Architecture firms of Australia Architecture firms based in Victoria (Australia) Design companies established in 1996