Originally built in the 19th century, the house is located in the old town of Rethymno. […]
The idea of the enclosed or ‘secret’ garden as part of the domestic space can be found in traditional architecture in Cyprus, and especially in Nicosia, where the commissioned private house is located. […]
In the area of Apokoronas and more specifically at the village of Gavalochori, in an area outside the settlement with a slight slope, Zeropixel Architects built and designed a 511m2 two-level house with a basement and a swimming pool. […]
This rear extension and refurbishment to a Victorian terraced house in South London, applies a questioning approach to produce an unconventional arrangement of interlocking geometric glass volumes which reveal a sequence of compelling interior spaces. […]
Fika is not just a word in the cultural vocabulary of Swedes; it is actually part of their mentality. It literally means to find some time during your day to enjoy a cup of coffee with friends, but it’s so much more than that. It is this time of the day where you slow down, indulge yourself with coffee and a sweet, preferably homemade and well-presented and socialize. Ideally this should be taking place in a design, comfortable and well lit area. […]
Built in a privileged location in the southern part of Pelion, close to an old olive grove with an unparalleled view of the Pagasitic Gulf, Peliva Nature & Suites offers a high quality place to escape, relax and stay. […]
Stellar evolution is the process by which a star changes over the course of time.With a look towards the future and strongly influenced by art, the designer Ioanna Kourbela creates a new universe. Colorful planets with the deep blue space as their background, each outlining its own course of evolution. […]
In a former workshop space, which occupies the top floor of an office building, located in City Hall Square, in the heart of the Historic and Commercial Center of Athens, the architectural team FLUX – office designed a residence to serve the needs of its new occupants. […]
Located in the centre of the medieval old town of Rhodes, this historic town house interior was restored to uncover the original historic features of the property and celebrate its authentic character. […]
An apartment in a 1930s building of the Interwar period in central Athens was selected to host the Bonarchi agency. The unique sense of the Athenian sunlight coming through the overheight off-white windows of the facade inspired Vangelis Bonios to create a bright everyday space that functions both as a meeting place and a welcoming lounge area for the studio. […]
Designed to follow the needs and unique aesthetic of a design lover, this 37 sqm studio in Islington, is the synonym of refinement and luxury. […]
Over the past 12 months at The Greek Foundation, we’ve been trying to showcase some of the best projects related to Greek design, architecture, photography, the arts and cultural production in general. Our aim has been to bring our readers articles that will interest and inspire them, but also to connect artists to the world and bring the world closer to them, too. In this context, we have compiled a list of the most popular articles of 2020, which essentially offers an opportunity to go through some of the most impressive projects of the year, step by step. […]
Fokylidou is a renovation project of a two-floor apartment, located in the center of Athens. The project takes full advantage of the liberties typical Athenian polykatoikias provide: the freeing up of previously subdivided rooms into an open-plan layout. The newly created openness is enhanced with focused views towards key elements of the city’s skyline. Landmarks such as Lycabettus Hill and the Akropolis thereby become elements that are framed like canvases as part of the interior spaces. […]
Athens-based graphic design practice Nowhere Studio has designed the first two issues of DOMa magazine, a new international publication that is dedicated to the architectural process. […]
This is a renovation of a house in Mani where the veranda and the openings offer stunning views to the surrounding landscape. […]
On a hillside overlooking the sea nearby, the land is stepped with ancient stone walls, partly ruined and covered with indigenous grasses, and includes seven oak trees. The aim was to intrude mildly on the hillside, building a single storey, low volume and adapting the terracing to the land closely over the terrain. […]
At the core of the historic and commercial center of Athens, in a modern building of the 60s, architect Constantine Bouras designed the atelier of artist Marina Karella, creating a bright open plan space which allows for unobstructed spatial and programmatic flows. […]
“My background is rooted in art & design. I studied graphic design in Athens and worked in creative labs and animation studios. […]
This residential project is a detached family house located in Filothei, a low density leafy suburb of Athens. The clients wanted an intimate family house that could accommodate guests and become a space for entertainment at the same time. […]
The project concerns the renovation of Keresbino, a 90 sqm hostel in Hydra, housed in an old warehouse building of 1780 that was refurbished and reused. […]
The listed house sits on the corner of a sloppy road in the area of Koukaki, Athens. Originally built as a one-storey house with basement in the mid 1920s, another storey was added three years later. […]
Inside ENA campus, a unique office complex in Athens that stands out for its conceptual approach by KN Group, different cultures are interpreted to architecture and design, aiming to create the first multicultural workplace in Greece that celebrates while brings together people and cultures from the six continents. […]
The apartment is located in a former craft building in downtown Thessaloniki. […]
The project is about redoing an empty and unused flat, a leftover basement of an Athenian block of apartments. Located at the north slope of Lycabettus Hill in Athens, the flat had a single opening into an enclosed atrium, and a pair of ceiling skylights. […]
“Horses are a huge part of Irish culture, it is a history that stretches across centuries, a tale of friendships and working partners. […]
Efcharis and Nikos Paltoglou lucky enough to grow up in the ceramics workshop, which their father had established in Athens, were enchanted from a young age with this magical substance of soil and water, bringing them closer to both the past and present of humanity. […]
“As citizens of the world, we live and experience the whole world as our home. We carry our identities and value our inheritance. At the same time the connection with new cultures is something we are longing to explore and experience. Collectors of experiences, the citizens with a multicultural identity desire to creatively experiment with their interim habitat, to create an environment that visually reflects their eclectic personality and lifestyle. After meeting the owners of this SoHo loft in Manhattan New York, we got inspired by their diverse background and vibrant personalities and the concept for the interior started quickly forming into a solid idea. […]
The site sits in a flat plot neighboring the coastline of the Northern Peloponnese and overlooking the mountain of Parnassos to the north. Apart from the view, there are no apparent topological features or relatable surrounding buildings that formulate a strong local context. The building itself becomes the context. It is a house to make memories in. […]
The characters that populate the canvases in this exhibition are based on mythological references of ancient Greece, Egypt and Mesopotamia. […]
Architects Bureau de Change create a concrete waffle roof for a period residence. The focal point of the project is a concrete waffle shaped roof, which sits aloft the new living area. […]