HIGHLIGHT
23-05-2013 - Architectural competition for the landscaping monumental set of Eptepyrgiou Thessalonikis - (COMPETITIONS) The area is dominated by fragments: wall segments that continue throughout the city centre, parts of a continuous but often invisible spatial and historical network; dynamic elements that emerge now and then and converge towards Eptapyrgio.
ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW
20-05-2013 - The philosophy of Green In-Flows - (ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW) Ιn the presentation of Greek participation in 24th World Congress of Architecture, as part of Region II with vice president Lisa Siola_Tokyo, September 2011. ( By Melani - Maria Siouti )
23-04-2013 - George Simaioforides 2002-2012 - (ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW) 10 Years since the death of George Simaioforides. ( By Anastasia Pepe )
ARCHITECTURAL PROJECTS
17-05-2013 - Edgeland House - (RESIDENTS) This particular project is called the Edgeland House and was constructed in 2011.
09-05-2013 - Tetris, Social housing and artist studios - (RESIDENTS) The project was shaped by two principal considerations: to stay in harmony with the neighbourhoodʼs scale and density while maximizing space and daylight available to future residents.
COLUMNS
04-04-2013 - Packets of ideas and containers of life - (Twelve and after) A legal and moral ...trafficking. ( By Giorgos Koutoupis )
02-03-2013 - Designers-without-Borders - (Twelve and after) Without borders and without hesitations (intra et extra muros). ( By Giorgos Koutoupis )
News
22-05-2013 -
Motion Matters - UNStudio's Exhibition at the Aedes Gallery in Berlin. (until July 4th, 2013)
16-05-2013 - Architectural Competition for the Park Redevelopment of the Pallourokampos area in Latsia, Cyprus (Commendation) - The park of Pallourokampos extends as an elongated buffer between the residential zone and the commercial traffic of Archiepiskopou Makariou III Street. (Commendation. Architectural design : Daskalaki Katerina-Olympia, Zapantiotis Fotis)
07-05-2013 -
Heritage, Architecture, LanDesign - The XI edition of the International Forum Le Vie dei Mercanti entitled Heritage, Architecture, LanDesign aims to promote an international debate on local experiences relating to the issues of conservation, regeneration and innovation in heritage, architecture, landscape and design. (13-15 June 2012)
30-04-2013 -
The urban history of Athens - Public talk under circle : Re - think Athens. (15th May, 2013)
16-04-2013 - Heraklion x 4 - The concept of this competition is the manipulation of an urban cross of streets surrounded by four city blocks as part of an urban regeneration pilot project, hence the "X4" (by four) title.
General
16-12-2012 - Presentation of the exhibition “Foster and Partners”, Shanghai - The exhibition took place in Shanghai from 25/07 to 25/08/2012. Stylianos Roussakis had the opportunity to visit it and he presents it.
11-12-2012 - Rent Faye's villa at the Syros Cyclades island in Greece - The marvelous view of the sea and the southwest rocky coastline of the island and also of the sunset is something really unique.
13-09-2012 -
The architects radio show! - The world's smallest radio station, broadcasts at the Venice biennale. (Correspondence)
04-09-2012 - Fallen Star - Architectural Association (AA) DLAB Visiting School: "Fallen Star" is an installation set between biomimetics, interaction, and perception.
28-08-2012 - 2012 lively architecture festival in montpellier - Montpellier, france was home to the seventh lively architecture festival (FAV).
Events
22-05-2013 -
Motion Matters - UNStudio's Exhibition at the Aedes Gallery in Berlin. (until July 4th, 2013)
07-05-2013 -
Heritage, Architecture, LanDesign - The XI edition of the International Forum Le Vie dei Mercanti entitled Heritage, Architecture, LanDesign aims to promote an international debate on local experiences relating to the issues of conservation, regeneration and innovation in heritage, architecture, landscape and design. (13-15 June 2012)
30-04-2013 -
The urban history of Athens - Public talk under circle : Re - think Athens. (15th May, 2013)
02-04-2013 - Moment - Le Corbusier's Secret Laboratory - Le Corbusier's Secret Laboratory presents a unique opportunity to discover the many dimensions of his oeuvre - including rarely shown sculptures and paintings - and provides new perspectives from which to appreciate his work. (until 28 April 2013)
01-04-2013 - Vertical Interventions - Interactive workshop in design prototypes of verticality. (4 April - 12 April 2013)
Book's review
25-07-2011 -
D. Areopagitou 2008: reformation competition of the rear views of historic buildings towards the new Acropolis Museum - The greekarchitects present (free) the publication who contains the complete list of participations of the International Architectural Competition, the aim and the object of research, (172 projects) as well as texts written by critics of the competition and members of the Steering Committee as a final assessment.
06-05-2011 - On the Edge. New architectures in Cyprys - This book introduces us to contemporary architecture in Cyprus, presenting a variety of Vacation Houses, Apartment and Office Buildings
28-03-2011 - Oscar Niemeyer: Curves of Irreverence - Gold medal winner of the 2009 Independent Publisher Book Award in the category of Architecture.
03-08-2010 -
Book Piraeus Tower 2010 - The publication contains the complete list of participations of the International Architectural Competition, the aim and the object of research, (380 projects) as well as texts written by critics of the competition and members of the Steering Committee as a final assessment.
07-06-2010 - Bioclimatic architecture in Greece - The new book of the architect Lena Matziou has just been published.
Competitions
16-05-2013 - Architectural Competition for the Park Redevelopment of the Pallourokampos area in Latsia, Cyprus (Commendation) - The park of Pallourokampos extends as an elongated buffer between the residential zone and the commercial traffic of Archiepiskopou Makariou III Street. (Commendation. Architectural design : Daskalaki Katerina-Olympia, Zapantiotis Fotis)
16-04-2013 - Heraklion x 4 - The concept of this competition is the manipulation of an urban cross of streets surrounded by four city blocks as part of an urban regeneration pilot project, hence the "X4" (by four) title.
06-04-2013 - HOME International Open Design Competition - Eleni Papaioannou, Amalia Skamagkouli participate with the project presented below, for which we were granted the 3rd place and an honorable mention.
02-04-2013 -
MEA2013 - The MEA2013 Awards is a new International Design Awards’ competition, organized by Building Green Magazine.(Applications until 25/04)
29-03-2013 - Architectural competition. Ioannina Town Hall - The building is conceived as a stair that bridges the height -literally and metaphorically- between the lower zone of the lake and the downtown.
Actions GRA
16-12-2010 - An architectural television channel broadcasts lively throughout the world - An important technical development in online television GRATV.gr constitutes the creation of a completed web tv control room, an important technical operation of control of the station that is transmitted all the 24 hour live streaming and on demand.
01-01-2010 - GRATV.gr - The web television of greekarchitects.gr
01-01-2010 - ARTSignal.net (Architectural Radio Television Signal) - The live web radio of greekarchitects.gr
09-10-2009 -
D. Areopagitou 2008: reformation competition of the rear views of historic buildings towards the new Acropolis Museum - The publication contains the complete list of participations of the International Architectural Competition, the aim and the object of research, (172 projects) as well as texts written by critics of the competition and members of the Steering Committee as a final assessment.
13-03-2009 -
Αrchitectural competition - The architectural web site in Greece www.greekarchitects.gr invites architects, designers, artists and students all over the world to re-consider the aspect and re-design the back side of the listed buildings on the Dionyssiou Areopagitou str. No 17 & 19.
STUDENTS PROJECTS
22-05-2013 - Interactive Center for the tradition of Epirus in Ioannina - In Epirus a significant proportion of citizens are engaged with culture and tradition.
20-05-2013 - Noesis. Interactive Museum - Where architecture meets shipbuilding.
INTERNATIONAL POSTS
2013-05-23 - UCSD: A Built History of Modernism
At just a little over 50 years old, the University of California San Diego is one of the younger college campuses in the United States, but despite this it is one of the most architecturally fascinating universities around. In the official UCSD campus guide, Dirk Sutro emphasizes that “UCSD does not have a single example of the historical-revival styles prevalent at other University of California campuses… and at San Diego’s two other major universities”.
Gowanus by Design: WATER_WORKS Competition Exhibit Opens Tomorrow
Back in February, we had published the winners of Gowanus by Design's second design and planning competition, WATER_WORKS. The intent of the competition, according to David Briggs, co-founder of Gowanus by Design, was to design a new community resource in Douglass/Greene Park that shares the site with a Combined Sewer Overflow [CSO] retention facility.
2013-05-20 -Square de l’Accueil in Brussels, Belgium by ARJM
The project includes a public square of 10,000 m2, 53 flats, a school, commercial spaces and an underground parking. The project itself includes all the components of the city at a smaller scale. The site is a neighborhood at a strategic entry point towards one of Brussels communes, Evere.
















