Fender Katsalidis (FK) is an

architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and construction, constructi ...

firm which originated in

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, 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, producing many landmark buildings in Melbourne and other Australian cities. The firm has previously been known as Nation Fender, then Nation Fender Katsalidis (from 1996) and later 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. The NewActon Precinct in Canberra has been a long term project, winning the company the Walter Burley Griffin Award from the

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in 2015.

Notable projects

Ian Potter Art Gallery Architecture Medal 1999

* Argus Centre (1991),

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

Ian Potter Museum of Art The Potter Museum of Art at the University of Melbourne in Melbourne, Australia was established in 1972. The Potter, as it is known locally, presents a curated exhibition program of historical and contemporary art. Through its activities the Pot ...

(1998), Carlton *Republic Tower (1999), Melbourne *Sidney Myer Asia Centre Parkville *HM@S Lonsdale (2003),

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World Tower The World Tower is a residential skyscraper in Sydney, Australia. Designed by Fender Katsalidis, it stands at a height of , making it the fourth tallest residential-only building in the city. Construction began in 2001 and was completed in ...

, World Square, Sydney (2004) *

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Luxury Apartments (2005), Melbourne *

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

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*NewActon Precinct (2013), Canberra *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 Estate, Moorilla winery on the Berriedale, Tasmania, Berriedale peninsula in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. It is the largest privately funded museum in the South ...

(2011),

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Australia 108 Australia 108 (previously 70 Southbank Boulevard) is a residential supertall skyscraper in the Southbank precinct of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Having officially topped out in June 2020, it became the tallest building in Australia by roo ...

(2020), Melbourne *

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(2024),

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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 residential and commercial building in sydney.jpg, World Square, Sydney File:Merdeka 118 20230317.jpg, Merdeka 118, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Awards

* 1998

Victorian Architecture Medal The Victorian Architecture Medal is the highest honour awarded annually by the Victoria Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) and has been awarded 38 consecutive times since 1987. The Medal was originally known as the ‘Street ...

for

* 1998

Melbourne Prize The Dimity Reed Melbourne Prize is an Australian architectural award. It is awarded annually at the Victorian Architecture Awards by a jury appointed by the Victoria (state), Victoria Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects to archite ...

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* 2002 National Commendation for Public Architecture — Sidney Myer Asia Centre, University of Melbourne * 2007

RAIA The Australian Institute of Architects, officially the Royal Australian Institute of Architects (abbreviated as RAIA), is Australia's professional body for architects. Its members use the post-nominals FRAIA (Fellow), ARAIA (Associate Member) an ...

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 — Eureka Tower, Melbourne * 2008

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Award for Commercial Architecture — NewActon East, CanberraAIA Award for NewActon East
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Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Architecture The Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Architecture is a national architecture award presented annually by the Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) since 1981. The named award is given to the work adjudicated to be the most significant for the ...

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(MONA)

References

External links

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