Block722 nestles O Lofos house into Crete mountainside
Earthy tones and natural textures feature in this nature-informed holiday home, which Athens studio Block722 has arranged down a mountainside in Crete. More
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Neiheiser Argyros strips back and refurbishes modernist home in Greece
London-based practice Neiheiser Argyros has completed Grid House, the renovation of a 1970s modernist home in Evoia, Greece, that involved stripping the building back to its concrete structure to create a series of minimalist living spaces. More
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Watch our Architecture Project Talk about NCaved by Mold Architects
The first instalment of Dezeen and Gaggenau's Architecture Project Talks focussed on NCaved by Mold Architects. The webinar has ended but you can watch it back by registering here. More
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Kapsimalis Architects designs monolithic holiday home in Santorini
Local studio Kapsimalis Architects has created Monolithus, a holiday home on the Greek island of Santorini that was designed as an arrangement of geometric forms clad in earth-coloured cement. More
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KRAK Architects imagines subterranean house on Cretan coast
Greek studio KRAK Architects has conceptualised an angular underground house on the south coast of Crete with semi-open living spaces and an infinity pool that looks out to the Libyan sea. More
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Studio Seilern Architects aligns white villa on Paros to follow the sun
London-based Studio Seilern Architects has completed a villa on the Greek island of Paros, designed as a cluster of white cube-shaped forms that are oriented to follow the setting sun over the Aegean Sea. More
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Neiheiser Argyros overhauls abandoned St Minas House in Greece
Architecture studio Neiheiser Argyros has overhauled a vacant 1970s villa on the Greek coast, which features a concrete roof with a pair of arches that frame views towards the sea. More
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Curving stone walls allow Xerolithi vacation house to merge with Greek island landscape
Greek studio Sinas Architects has built a house on the island of Serifos, taking cues from local dry stone walls to make the building as inconspicuous as possible. More
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Mold Architects embeds cave-like house in hillside overlooking the Mediterranean Sea
Greek studio Mold Architects has completed a house on the island of Serifos that is partially submerged into a rocky hillside and features glazed openings that look straight out to sea. More
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Seven Santorini island retreats by Kapsimalis Architects
From converted caves to underground pools, here are seven hotels and houses on the Greek island of Santorini designed by local studio Kapsimalis Architects. More
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Kapsimalis Architects builds imposing summer house in Santorini
House in Pyrgos is a fortress-style holiday home covered with earth-toned plaster built by Kapsimalis Architects on the Greek island of Santorini. More
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K-studio creates stone holiday home on Mykonos overlooking the Aegean Sea
Stone and whitewashed walls surround a holiday home on the Greek island of Mykonos designed by K-studio, which has a tree poking through its shady wooden pergolas. More
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Pack your bags and join us on tour with this week's travel-inspired Pinterest boards
To celebrate being shortlisted for the Pinterest UK Awards 2019 in its travel tips category, we're whisking you away to boards featuring places to stay around the world. Visit alluring hotels in the US, harmonious holiday homes and Greek houses that look like a little glimpse of heaven by following Dezeen on Pinterest › More
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Kapsimalis Architects converts caves for summer houses on Greek island
The vaulted forms and underground caves of an old house on the Greek island of Santorini have been converted into a holiday home complex by Kapsimalis Architects. More
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Voids and openings provide views and sea breezes at Patio House by OOAK
This concrete holiday home on Greek island Karpathos cantilevers over a rocky cliff and features an open-air dining area that looks out across the Aegean Sea. More
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En Route Architects perches linear concrete house on Greek island hillside
The rear of this holiday home on the Greek island of Kea is partially embedded in a steep hillside, while the front is entirely lined with full-height windows that look out towards the Aegean Sea. More
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10 idyllic Greek island retreats from Dezeen's Pinterest boards
Following the completion of an unusually domed holiday home in Greece, we've rounded up 10 summer houses on far-flung Greek islands, including a modernist home inspired by Yves Klein's paintings and a once earthquake-damaged property restored using historical photographs. More
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Domed summer house by LASSA offers an elevated view over a Greek olive grove
Fingers of earth branch over this mound-shaped holiday home by architecture studio LASSA, allowing its owners to climb up onto the roof to admire Greece's Peloponnese peninsula. More
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Greek island home by Lydia Xynogala fans out to maximise sea views
Staggering a series of parallel spaces, architect and Columbia University professor Lydia Xynogala has created a hillside home on Skiathos where rooms have secluded terraces facing the ocean. More
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Huge circular hole pierces concrete house in Crete by Tense Architecture Network
Athens-based Tense Architecture Network has completed a curvy concrete house on the Greek island of Crete, featuring a massive circular puncture that provides it occupants with a shaded roof terrace. More
