Tagged Greece

David Chipperfield Architects has won the competition for the National Archaeological Museum in Athens. The proposal was developed together with Wirtz International, Tombazis &Associate Architects, wh-p ing...

Athens-based creative agency Saint of Athens has worked together with Dive Architects to design this jewelry store for Italian brand Gavello in one of Greece’s most visited summer spots, Mykonos. "Cosmopolit...

In an almost mythical setting tucked into the picturesque coves of Crete, Minos Beach Art Hotel is an assembly of waterfront bungalows and gardens that spans 2.5 km of coastline with an open-air art museum at t...

Along a small secluded rocky cove seemingly hovering just above sea level on Greece’s Serifos Island, Mold Architects completes its underground NCaved house. The need to create a protected shelter, at a locat...

Architects Apostolos Mitropoulos and Thanos Zervos of Tenon Architecture have designed and built a sculptural wooden cave at the Hyades Mountain Resort in Trikala Korinthias, Greece. The Athens-based studio has...

Sitting on the ridge of the hill of Aleomandra in Mykonos yet almost entirely hidden from view, Villa Mandra by K Studio looks straight out to sea and the sunset over the neighboring island of Delos. Greek arch...

Nestled into a cliffside on the crescent-shaped island of Santorini, Nature Eco Residences Santorini is set to open in early May 2020. Here, near the ancient city of Akrotiri, guests can expect sights of midnig...

Greek studio Kapsimalis Architects has transformed a complex of former homes, barns, and cellars on the island of Santorini into the new Saint Hotel. Located among a strip of buildings that form the edge of the...

Far removed from the identikit beach hotels that dot Crete’s coastline, Cretan Malia Park is a flora-filled retreat that augments classic Aegean hospitality with a focus on refined luxury and slow-paced livin...

Synonymous with picturesque fishing villages, hidden swimming coves, and pristine beaches, it is little wonder that the Greek poet and Nobel laureate George Seferis once declared Paros the loveliest of all Gree...

Opening this June on Paros' northeastern coast, Greece, Parílio is a tangible celebration of island’s timeless simplicity surrounded by amber-hued fields, araucaria trees and, of course, the impossibly blue ...

On the outskirts of the suburban area of Kilkis, Greece, Thessaloniki-based firm Ark4 Lab Of Architecture has designed an art bistro bar, where the design of high aesthetics meets delicious cocktails. Lofos bar...

After having traveled to Greece for many years to windsurf, a Paris-based French-Swedish couple finally found their dream spot on the windy island of Karpathos. Designed by Stockholm-based architecture office O...

Greek practice K-studio has recently designed a small boutique hotel on a dramatic site on the edge of the volcano of Santorini. The steep inclination of the relatively small site called for innovative solution...

Nikos Karaflos, the visionary entrepreneur-turned-hotelier, originally contacted local K-studio several years ago with an idea to transform an abandoned wine factory on the west coast of mainland Greece, into a...

Athens-based studio En Route Architects designed the Parallel House for a secluded site surrounded by nature on the Greek island of Kea. The plot's sloping topography informed the design of a building that is ...

Kapsimalis Architects has converted an old residence built around the late 19th century into a luxury boutique hotel in the village of Oia in Santorini, just below the borders of its old medieval castle, overl...

The village of Tsilivi on the Greek island of Zakynthos sets a bucolic backdrop for the newest jewel in the Ionian crown: Olea All Suite Hotel. A veritable treasure, located on a hillside on the northeastern co...

The lush landscape of the Cycadean island of Santorini paints an idyllic backdrop for the island’s newest wonder: Istoria, a 12-suite retreat on Perivolos Beach. Displaying a unique blend of classic and conte...

Located on Athens’ Agia Eirini, a perfectly situated and charming Byzantine-era square that is off the tourist trail, Perianth Hotel is a modern refuge in this ancient city. Opening mid-July, the hotel is the...

Greek architecture firm Kapsimalis Architects has designed these two contemporary holiday houses in the traditional village of Firostefani on the island of Santorini. Two old pre-existing cave houses, set next ...