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One of the most sought-after residential
architects in New York City, Costas Kondylis has done more to shape the
cityscape of New York than any other designer of his generation. With more
than 60 current and completed high-rise residential towers, mid-rise
apartment buildings, hotels, dormitories and urban mixed-use residential
projects to his credit, Mr. Kondylis has gained unparalleled experience in
the design and technical development of residential projects and related
building types during his thirty-year career as an architect. That career
was capped with the founding of his own firm in 1989. In 2001, Costas
Kondylis & Associates, PC became Costas Kondylis & Partners LLP.
Mr. Kondylis started the firm to provide
residential building developers with the comprehensive urban planning,
architecture and interior design services needed to create projects that
are both budget sensitive and of high architectural merit. He later added
Kondylis Interiors as a division of Costas Kondylis & Partners LLP, to
offer clients comprehensive interior design services for residential
development projects as well as for exclusive, private residences.
Prior to forming the firm, Mr. Kondylis was
a senior partner of Philip Birnbaum & Associates for nine years. From
1967 to 1979, Mr. Kondylis worked for Davis Brody & Associates as an
architect in New York and as a Director of Housing and Urban Design in the
firm’s joint venture office.
Mr. Kondylis’s contributions to New
York’s architecture and real estate industries have been recognized with
numerous awards. His recent honors include: Lifetime Achievement Award for
Design Excellence, New York Society of Architects (1997); Leader of
Industry Award, the Concrete Industry Board (1997); and the Service Award,
ORT (1995). Mr. Kondylis has lectured and participated as a panelist and
visiting critic at the Columbia University School of Architecture and New
York University Masters Degree in Real Estate Program.
Mr. Kondylis received a Masters in
Architecture from the University of Geneva School of Architecture in
Switzerland and a Masters in Architecture/Urban Design from Columbia
University in New York. He was recently honored with a Doctorate degree
from the University of Ioannina’s Department of Science and Building
Technology in Greece.
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