Costas Kondylis

Biography Kondylis was born in Burundi, where his parents were European Emigrants who came from Greece, Vassiliki and Andreas Kondylis, who opened a chain of general stores in East Africa. Kondylis attended a boarding school in Greece and attained master's degrees in Europe and the United States, respectively at the University of Geneva and at Columbia University. After receiving his master's degrees in 1967, Kondylis worked at Davis, Brody & Associates, and then at Philip Birnbaum & Associates. In 1989, Kondylis created Costas Kondylis Architects; the firm's work was featured in several magazines and was the subject of a television documentary. The company was renamed Costas Kondylis and Partners LLP in 2000, when several of the firm's architects became partners in the organization including Alan Goldstein, L. Stephen Hill, Marta Rudzka, and David West. The company, which was headquartered in New York City, dissolved in 2009. Afterward, he created another firm called Kondylis Design.

Some of Kondylis' projects were controversial. The 90-story Trump World Tower in Turtle Bay, Manhattan, New York City, was opposed by nearby residents and the United Nations, whose headquarters were located nearby.

New York metropolitan area projects

Kondylis' projects in the New York metropolitan area include: Manhattan Place (1984) Trump Plaza (1984) 279 Central Park West (1988) 1049 Fifth Avenue (1992) The Strathmore (1997) Trump International Hotel and Tower (1998) Riverside South (1999–2004) Trump World Tower (2001) The Caroline (2002) The Beekman Regent (2002) The Anthem (2003) The Grand Tier (Glenwood Management, 2004) Trump Park Avenue (2004) Trump Tower at City Center (2005) Barclay Tower (2007) Columbus Square (2008) Trump Parc Stamford (2008) The Continental (2008) Silver Towers (2009) One Riverview (2019)