In 2012 the biggest Greek Maritime Group held an invited competition for its 30000sqm new Headquarters; a decision carrying deeper significance amidst the country’s economic crisis. Agemar expresses the opening of Athens to the
On the Cycladic island of Paros, within an area under natural protection, the conversion of two degraded 8-room rental studio complexes into two quality holiday residences required careful renegotiations on several scales and architectural
Greece, due to the economic crisis has stopped spending money on educational facilities. This year 35.000 kids left out of the nurseries. KLab developed the idea of the prefabricated nursery, which could be constructed
The summerhouse was designed by VOIS architects in 2012. The name, “H_orizon”, derives from the two basic elements of the design. “H” constitutes the configuration of the building that resembles the shape of the
Located at Lycabettus Hill in the centre of Athens, this project represents a contemporary renovation of a typical 1960s multifamily building - commonly known as Polykatoikia. The 5-story building underwent a complete transformation in
The Ring House is located on the southern coast of Crete only 165 nautical miles from the Sahara desert. Two concrete beams follow the topography of the hill to define the outline of the
In Mykonos, where a new Cycladic culture is gradually being molded, two old houses in Chora are unified to form a contemporary and luxurious villa. The owner, despite his fondness for Mykonos and the
The Mediterranean landscape is the synthesis of physical and cultural-historic forms and processes in an emergent system of self-organization. After thousands of years of existence, these beautiful landscapes now face extensive transformations due to
Villa Ypsilon is a summer residence nestled in a hillside olive grove in the southern Peloponnese designed by Theo Sarantoglou Lalis and Dora Sweijd of LASSA Architects. The villa is characterised by its green
OLEA ALL SUITE HOTEL is situated on the island of Zakynthos. Perched organically on an evergreen hill in Tsilivi, sheltered from the winds and merging with the emerald colors of the lush natural landscape,
The square of Chrysafitissa is a large open space of neoclassical proportions sitting in a medieval settlement. It was opened up in the 19th century and it remained undefined until now. Underlining the poetic
After having travelled to Greece for many years to windsurf, a Paris-based French-Swedish couple finally found their dream spot on the windy island of Karpathos. The search for the perfect site was long, but
In this case of redesigning the interior of a chalet, we were asked to intervene in an existing awarded building and revisit the idea of mountainside design, in order to counterbalance the dynamic design
Hotel extension, Tristinika Beach, Greece. The camouflaged hotel. On-site construction time amounted to 4 months for 900 m2 for 2 floors. The rooms of the suites flow into one another, and the huge glass
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Product designer based in Thessaloniki Greece. Educated in Industrial & Furniture Design at the London Metropolitan University and the Royal College of Art in London. His professional career started in London in 1994 and continued
Sotiris Lazou was born in Athens in 1965. He studied at the University of Western Attica in the Department of Interior Design and Industrial Design (MA) in Milan in 1991, in the famous DOMUS ACADEMY
GEM-ARCHITECTS is an Athens based firm, founded in 2006, by a group of architects. Gounaropoulou Despoina, Emmanouilidou Vicky, Bazos Petros have finished their studies at NTUA and then their postgraduate studies in the US at
Inspiration: Space phenomena and traditional Japanese clothing. I used photos and videos of NASA illustrating the activity of the sun. By composing them I created images from which took out the color palette, the
Windmill Villas is a complex of three unique private villas that operate as a touristic accommodation. Each villa consist of 2 bedroom with en-suite bathrooms, fully equipped kitchen an living room, private pool, parking,
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Inspiration: To protest and to be the fashion voice among other voices around the world, for the return of the stolen Parthenon marbles to its original place. The name of the protest campaign is
Designing our lamp for Creaid's designers lights project, we started with a bulb, symbol of the genius idea and inspiration and we added a grip. A grip with a pattern, like the ones we find
Carina is the new outdoor decorative lamp, created by Okapi. The luminaire consists of travertine marble and metal black elements, which conceal the glare-free light source: an efficient LED tape with a 2700 K color
The Museum of Chios Mastic presents the cultivation, industrialisation and commercial exploitation of the mastic gum. It develops a symbiotic relationship with the sensitive gumtree landscape in which it sits. Two large parallel timber sheds
The project is the answer to the question: How to define an architectural language based on a dialectic between two key elements? These two elements in the apartment are the mat black steel structures,
The main idea was to change the notion of the supermarket as it exists today in Greece -indifferent big boxes with long alleys of products. For us, the supermarket had to be resolved as
POLYTOPO-TOPOS-POLYTROPO POLYTOPO is a low-cost intervention proposal to the interior of “polykatoikia” apartments in Greece, based on a new construction system aiming at upgrading devalued properties. The polykatoikia (apartment building) constitutes the residential building
The project is the transformation of a 1980’s apartment to an optimum living space for a family of four. A public family area and three private rooms had to be accommodated in 80m2. The
The reconstructed, existing building, on the road 36 Patriarchou Ioakim in Kolonaki, formerly known as “block of flats Z. Lorentzatos”, designed by the Architect M. Lazaridis was built in the year 1935. The midwar
