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Karl Fender - Kuala Lumpur: Merdeka 118

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Karl Fender – Kuala Lumpur: Merdeka 118

March 2, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm EST

Free

Melbourne-based architect Karl Fender is the designer of the two tallest buildings in his skyscraper-friendly native city, the 297-meter Eureka Tower, completed in 2006, and Australia 108, completed in 2020 at the height of 317 meters. He is also the architect of the 118-story Merdeka 118, now under construction in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, which at 644 meters/2,113 ft. to the tip of its spire will become the world’s second tallest building after Burj Khalifa.

Karl is the co-founder with his partner Nonda Katsalidis of the firm Fender Katsalidis, based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, and now with additional studios in Sydney and Brisbane. He is also Co-Director of the London Studio and Group Chairman of Arney Fender Katsalidis, founded in 2013 as a sister studio of Fender Katsalidis. Karl began his career as a design assistant for Robin Boyd – an important Melbourne modernist, then worked as an architect in London and Rome, before returning to school to take a Master’s degree at Harvard’s GSD. Thereafter he worked extensively throughout Southeast Asia.

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Date:
March 2, 2021
Time:
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm EST
Cost:
Free
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Website:
https://skyscraper.org/programs/kuala-lumpur-merdeka-118/

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