Costas Kondylis

He designed over 85 buildings in New York City, many of them for real-estate developer and later U.S. president Donald Trump, through his eponymous architectural firm.

[2][4] 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.

[7] 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.

[2] Kondylis was known for his conventional designs of skyscrapers in Manhattan, at a time when developers were either building low-rises or unconventional high-rises.

[11][10] From 2000 to 2007, it was estimated that he designed one residential building in Manhattan every six weeks on average.