Nonda Katsalidis (born 1951) is a Greek-Australian architect. He is currently a practising director of

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firm

Fender Katsalidis Fender Katsalidis (FK) is an architecture firm which originated in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, and now has additional studios in Sydney and Brisbane. Founded by Karl Fender and Nonda Katsalidis, the firm has been notable since the early 1990s ...

Architects in partnership with Karl Fender.

Biography

Early life

Nonda Katsalidis was born in 1951 in

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. He migrated to

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when he was five years old, with his two-year-old brother and parents. He graduated from the

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with a degree in

in 1976.

Career

From 1979 until 1983, he practised architecture alone on small projects. Among his earliest works, in 1972, was the Cafe Byzantium at 312 Drummond Street in

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Melbourne. He went on to design the nearby Deutscher Gallery and residence at 68 Drummond Street in 1983. In 1984, he designed the award-winning Metro Brasserie, 41 Bourke Street. The same year, he formed a small practice and in 1990, it had become an established company. He designed a number of striking buildings on Latrobe Street which gained him attention as an upcoming designer and one of the youngest architects designing tall office buildings, culminating in the award-winning Argus Centre in 1991. In 1992, he gained a master's degree at

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. In 1996, he established Nation Fender Katsalidis, but due to Bob Nation's withdrawal from the partnership, it became Fender Katsalidis. His big break was with his award-winning Melbourne Mondo Terrace Apartments, implemented as one of the first buildings under the

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planning strategy for increasing the residential population of

city centre. In 2002, the

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's new planning blueprint ''ResCode'' was released, citing St Leonard's Apartments and Melbourne Terrace as two out of three examples of the model for

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in metropolitan Melbourne. He then became known for his cutting edge high-rise residential tower designs and became a developer of some of Australia's tallest residential buildings, such as the

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 ...

. He became a commercial architect and now participates in the financing and development of his designs which have evolved to be more subdued than his previous work.

Selected works

171 La Trobe Street 171 La Trobe Street is a building in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, by architect Nonda Katsalidis. 171 La Trobe Street is a 13-storey structure glazed with a green glass exterior and designs overhanging the building on each side. History ...

, Melbourne (1991) * The Argus Centre, Latrobe Street, Melbourne (1991) (Fender Katsalidis) * Melbourne Terrace Apartments, Franklin Street, Melbourne (1994) - a fanciful postmodern design featuring zig zag embellished exposed pre-fabricated concrete fins, use of architectural copper, and various classical sculptures at the entrance to each of the major pavilions. The building is listed as one of the Top 20 buildings in Australia of the 20th century by Architecture Australia in the December 1999 edition. *

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, Bendigo (1995) (redevelopment and extension) * The Malthouse, Richmond (1997) (Fender Katsalidis) * St Leonards Apartments, St Kilda (1997) (Nation Fender Katsalidis) *

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 ...

, University of Melbourne (1998) (Fender Katsalidis) * Republic Tower. Corner Queen and Latrobe Streets, Melbourne (1999) (Fender Katsalidis) * 51 Spring Street, Melbourne (1999) * Wills Tower, Melbourne (2002) * New Quay Apartments, Melbourne Docklands (2002) * HM@S Lonsdale, Port Melbourne (2003) (Fender Katsalidis) * Conder (New Quay), Melbourne Docklands (2004) *

, Melbourne (2006) (Fender Katsalidis) * 108 Flinders, 108 Flinders St Melbourne (2010) (Fender Katsalidis) *

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 ...

, Hobart, Tasmania (2011) * Phoenix Apartments, 82 Flinders St Melbourne, site of Phoenix Hotel (2011)

Awards

*1984 - RAIA (Vic) Merit Award ( Metro Brasserie) *1994 -

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(Vic) Architecture Award (Melbourne Terrace Apartments) *1995 -

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Building and Planning Award, City

Award (Melbourne Terrace Apartments) *1999 - Victorian Architecture Medal, Melbourne Prize and William Wardell Award (for the Ian Potter Museum of Art) *2002 - Victorian Architecture Regional Prize - Bendigo Art Gallery; Victorian Architecture Award - Sydney Myer Asia Center *2021 -

Member of the Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, on the advice of the Australian Gove ...

for "significant service to architecture, and to sustainable construction innovations"

Gallery of works

Image:Eureka Tower 0944a.jpg, Eureka Tower Image:HM@S Lonsdale, Port Melbourne.JPG, HM@S Lonsdale dominates the Port Melbourne skyline Image:Melbourne terrace.jpg, Melbourne Terrace Apartments Image:St_leonards_apartments_st_kilda_1.jpg, St Leonard's Apartments block 1, St Kilda Image:St_leonards_apartments_st_kilda_2.jpg, St Leonard's Apartments block 2, St Kilda Image:Malthouse richmond.jpg, The Malthouse. Silos converted into apartments. Image:Ian Potter Museum of Art 2010.jpg, Ian Potter Museum of Art Image:Republic tower melbourne.jpg, Republic Tower

References

External links

Practice website
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