Interiors
Interiors
Point Supreme uses raw concrete to enhance "magical cave-like" feel of Athens apartment
Greek architecture firm Point Supreme has transformed a semi-basement storage space in Athens into a small one-bedroom home. More
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Point Supreme Architects uses colour to define different functions in Athens apartment
A previously hidden central lightwell funnels light into this formerly dark and enclosed apartment in Athens designed by local architects Point Supreme Architects. More
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Office architecture
Office architecture
Georges Batzios Architects restores "original brutalist identity" of abandoned office in Greece
Greek studio Georges Batzios Architects has revived a brutalist office in the suburbs of Athens, Greece by restoring its damaged concrete shell and reconfiguring its interiors. More
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Esperinos is a design-focused guesthouse in Athens
Greek designer Stamos Michael mixed his own creations with local artworks and modern furniture classics to form the striking interior of Esperinos, a guesthouse in Athens. More
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Athens is "the new Berlin" says Carwan Gallery founder as it relocates to the Greek capital
Contemporary design gallery Carwan Gallery has moved from Beirut to Athens, where it has opened with an exhibition of work by Omer Arbel. More
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PILA unveils plan to rejuvenate Greece's long-abandoned Piraeus Tower
Architecture studio PILA has designed new facades for Greece's second tallest building, which has never been occupied in the 45 years since it was completed. More
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Savvas Laz transforms Styrofoam packaging into Trashformers chair
Greek designer Savvas Laz used pieces of Styrofoam packaging discarded in skips to create this sculptural chair that aims to raise awareness of packaging waste. More
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AK-A creates two-tone interiors for Lollo's Atene restaurant in Athens
Glossy green paint coats the bottom half of this bright white restaurant in Athens, which design studio AK-A has finished with deep red accents. More
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K-studio's Perianth Hotel infuses neo-modernism into Athens
Architecture firm K-Studio has designed a neo-modernist interior for this boutique hotel in its hometown of Athens, using local artworks and furnishings. More
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Fluo creates rooftop bar and breakfast room at Evripidis hotel in Athens
Athens-based design studio Fluo has redesigned the top floor of a 1970s hotel building to create a light-filled bar and breakfast room with warm tones and blush pink colours. More
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Objects of Common Interest installs tubular Formation seats on Athens Conservatoire patio
Design studio Objects of Common Interest used chunky tubes of steel to form a collection of seating for the patio of the Athens Conservatoire. More
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Renzo Piano completes Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center on a huge artificial hill
Italian architect Renzo Piano has finished a major new park, library and theatre complex in Athens, following one of the largest donations for a cultural building project in history (+ slideshow). More
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Parthenon could be moved to London, says RCA graduate Kit Stiby Harris
Graduate shows 2016: architecture graduate Kit Stiby Harris has proposed relocating the "fake" Parthenon from Athens to the British Museum in London. More
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Point Supreme adds Postmodern touches to Nadja apartment in Athens
Pomo summer: patterned tiles, geometric screens and a bright yellow staircase were added to this apartment in Athens by local studio Point Supreme (+ slideshow). More
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Hiboux Architects elevates slatted timber garage above the pool of an Athens house
This slatted timber garage is propped above the swimming pool of a house on a hillside overlooking Athens (+ slideshow). More
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Kois Associated Architects furnishes Athens jewellery shop with metal "forest" and smoke
A veil of smoke clouds the window of this jewellery shop in Athens, behind which Kois Associated Architects has installed display cases modelled on trees (+ slideshow). More
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City rooftop cabin offers an alternative to the primitive forest hut
Architects Panos Dragonas and Varvara Christopoulou believe there is no longer anywhere remote enough to build a wilderness hideaway, so have instead proposed a cabin raised above the Athens rooftops. More
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Residence in Kato Kifissia by Tense Architecture Network
This family house in Athens by Greek office Tense Architecture Network comprises a boxy concrete upper floor perched atop a glazed living room and kitchen (+ photographs by Filippo Poli). More
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V'ammos Restaurant by LM Architects
Spectators at the stadium of Greek football team Olympiacos can dine overlooking the pitch at a restaurant with an undulating ceiling and a bar made from cooking pots (+ slideshow). More
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Embassy of Belgium by Buerger Katsota Architects
Folding steel shutters and bullet-proof glass protect the new reception of the Belgian Embassy in Athens by Buerger Katsota Architects. More
