LIST OF 100 MOST IMPORTANT WORKS OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE IN GREECE 1930 – 1970
edited by Panos Exarchopoulos_ architect, assistant professor D.U.Th., member of do.co.mo.mo. Greece, July 2014
Not including demolished buildings or buildings with irreversible alterations
| No | Νame of work
|
Author/s (datesof birth, death) | City-Place / Adress | Year | |
| Design | Constr. | ||||
| RES | RESIDENTIAL (original owner) | ||||
| 1 | “Blue”apartment building (Antonopoulos, Gregos) | arch. K. Panayotakos(1902-1982)
painter S. Papaloukas (1892-1957) |
Athens / 80 Themistocleous & 61 Arachovis streets | 1931 | 1933 |
| 2 | Apartment building (Kontoleon, Antonopoulos) | arch. G. Kontoleon (1896-1952) | Athens / 88 Vassilissis Sofias avenue | 1932 | 1934 |
| 3 | Apartment building (Michaelides Bros.) | arch. Th. Valentis (1908-1982)
arch. P. Michaelides (1907-1960) |
Athens / 1 Ζaimi & 20 Stournari streets | 1933 | 1934 |
| 4 | Apartment building (Georgiades) | arch. R. Koutsouris (1901-1997) | Athens / 26 Loukianou street | 1933 | 1934 |
| 5 | Refugee Settlement/ 8 apartment buildings | Ministry of Welfare-Technical Service /
arch. K. Laskaris(1905-1978), civil eng. D. Kyriakos (1881-1971) |
Athens / 169 Alexandras avenue& Kouzi street | 1933 | 1935 |
| 6 | Apartment building (Gratsos) | arch. N. Nikolaides (1891-1967) | Athens / 54 Patission & Metsovou streets | 1934 | 1935 |
| 7 | Apartment building (Savidis) | arch. N. Nikolaides (1891-1967) | Athens / 1 Aigyptou square | mid ’30s | mid ’30s |
| 8 | Apartment building(Βadravou) | arch. V. Douras (1904-1981) | Athens / 30 Stavropoulou street | 1935 | 1936 |
| 9 | Apartment building | arch. K. Kapsampelis (1909-1984) | Athens / 207 Alexandras avenue | ? | 1936 |
| 10 | Apartment building (Nikas) | arch. K. Biris (1907-1990) | Athens / 142 Solonos street | 1936 | 1937 |
| 11 | Apartment building (Tsiboukis) | arch. V. Douras (1904-1981) | Athens / 21 Mavromichali & Navarinou streets | 1936 | 1937 |
| 12 | Apartment building (Georgopoulos) | arch. T. Marthas (1905-1965) | Athens / 25 Metsovou & Bouboulinas streets | 1936 | 1937 |
| 13 | Apartment building (Karapanos) | arch. Georges Goldberg (1908-1973)
arch. P. Vassiliadis (1917-1977) |
Athens / 7 Patr. Ioakeim & Herodotou streets | 1937 | 1938 |
| 14 | Apartment building | arch. N. Valsamakis (1924) | Athens / 5 Semitelou street | 1951 | 1953 |
| 15 | Apartment building | arch. N. Valsamakis (1924) | Athens / 129 Vassilissis Sofias avenue | 1955 | 1957 |
| 16 | Apartment building | arch. N. Valsamakis (1924) | Athens / 272 Kifissias avenue | 1957 | 1958 |
| 17 | Apartment building | arch. T. Zenetos (1926-1977)
arch. M. Apostolidis (1921-2005) |
Athens / 34 Amalias avenue & Daidalou street | 1959 | 1960 |
| 18 | “Hara” apartment complex | arch. I. Papailiopoulos (1924-1982)
arch. A. Spanos (1909-1975) |
Athens / 337 Patission, Skra, Anninou & Ziller streets | 1959 | 1961 |
| 19 | Apartment building | arch. C. Decavalla (1925)
arch. Th. Argyropoulos (1923) |
Athens / Dinokratous, Loukianou & Kleomenous streets | 1960 | 1962 |
| 20 | Apartment building | arch. A. S. Kalligas (1932-2006) | Athens / 10 Neofytou Douka street | 1960 | 1962 |
| 21 | “Asyrmatos” apartmentcomplex | Ministry of Public Works-Housing Service / arch. E. Vassilikioti (1923) | Athens / Arakynthou street– Apolloniou street | ? | 1967 |
| 22 | Villa by the sea (Fakidis) | arch. S. Papadakis (1906-1992) | Glyfada-Attica / 2 P. Bakoyanni & Diadochou Pavlou streets | 1932 | 1933 |
| 23 | House (Koronaios) | arch. E. Vourekas (1902-1992) | Athens / 11 Fokylidou street | 1932 | ? |
| 24 | House (Argyropoulos) | arch. D. Photiades (1894-1974)
arch. I. Chalepas (1891-1961) |
Athens / 4 Fokylidou street | 1933 | 1934 |
| 25 | House (Koutsinas) | arch. N. Mitsakis (1899-1941) | Volos-Magnesia / 281 Dimitriados avenue, 1 Statha & Polimeri streets | 1933 | 1934 |
| 26 | “Sifnos” house (Garis) | civil eng. D. Pikionis (1887-1968) | Psychiko-Attica / Elikonos street | 1934 | 1935 |
| 27 | House (Goulandris) | civil eng. I. Zafiropoulos (…) | Island of Andros / Chora | ? | 1937 |
| 28 | Villa | arch. K. Laskaris (1905-1978) | Psychiko-Attica / 62 Papanastasiou & Paparigopoulou streets | ’30s | ’30s |
| 29 | Two-family house | civil eng. S. Benas (…) | Athens / 4 Nikiforou Lytra & Paraschou streets | ’30s | ’30s |
| 30 | House with studio for a sculptress (Spiteris) | arch. A. Provelengios (1914-1999) | Athens / 8 Kykladon street | 1955 | 1958 |
| 31 | House (Ksydes) | arch. A. Konstandinidis (1913-1993) | Athens /18 Archimidous& 22 Kleitomachou streets | ? | 1961 |
| 32 | Vacation house (Papapanagiotou) | arch. A. Konstandinidis (1913-1993) | Anavyssos-Attica / 48th km on the Athens-Sounion avenue | 1961 | 1962 |
| 33 | House (Valsamakis) | arch. N. Valsamakis (1924) | Filothei-Attica / 22 Niovis street | 1961 | 1963 |
| 34 | Vacation house (Lanaras) | arch. N. Valsamakis (1924) | Anavyssos-Attica / 47th km on the Athens-Sounion avenue | 1961 | 1963 |
| 35 | Housewith architectural studio (Krantonellis) | arch. K. Krantonellis (1912-1978) | Athens / 7 Aphroditis street | 1962 | 1963 |
| 36 | House | “Atelier 66” / architects D. Antonakakis (1933), S. Antonakaki (1935) | Glyfada-Attica / … | 1962 | 1969 |
| 37 | House with architectural studio (Karakosta) | arch. S. Karakosta (1938) | Psychiko-Attica / 74 Diamantidou street | 1966 | 1967 |
| 38 | Vacation house (Svolos) | arch. A. Tombazis (1939)
arch. D. Diamantopoulos (1944) |
Kineta-Attica / Athens-Korinthos Old National Road | 1968 | 1970 |
| 39 | “Hilton” Athens Hotel | architects P. Vassiliadis (1917-1977), E. Vou-rekas (1907-1992), S. Staikos(1913-2012); project arch. A. Georgiadis (1921); collabor. architects Warner, Burns, Joane, Winde / NY | Athens / 46 VassilissisSofiasavenue | 1957 | 1963 |
| 40 | “Xenia” Hotel [today “Mykonos Theoxenia”] | arch. A. Konstandinidis (1913-1993) | Island of Mykonos / Kato Mili | 1958 | 1959 |
| 41 | “Xenia” Hotel [decay] | arch. A. Konstandinidis (1913-1993) | Kalambaka-Thessaly | ? | 1960 |
| 42 | Actor’s changing rooms&
“Xenia” guest houses of National Tourist Organisation |
arch. A. Konstandinidis(1913-1993) | Epidaurus-Argolida / area of Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus | ?
? |
1958
1960/1962 |
| 43 | “Xenia” Hotel [today “Xenia Poros Image Hotel”] | arch. A. Konstandinidis (1913-1993) | Island of Poros / Neorio | ? | 1964 |
| 44 | “Amalia” Hotel | arch. N. Valsamakis (1924) | Delphi-Fokida / Apollonos street | 1963 | 1965 |
| 45 | Student Residence of the National Technical University of Athens | arch. C. Papaioannou (1934-2004)
arch. C. Fines (1933-2014) |
Zografou-Attica / Iroon Polytechneiou street (NTUA Zografou Campus) | 1968 | 1975 |
| URB | URBANISM | ||||
| 1 | New town of Porto Lago [today Lakki] | arch. Armando Bernabiti (1900-1970)
arch. Rodolfo Petracco (1889-1961) |
Island of Leros / Lakki | ’30s | ’30s |
| 2 | Reconstruction of Santorini. New settlements | Ministry of Public Works-Housing Service / Project design team (1st stage): architects C. Decavalla (1925) in charge, V. Bogakos (1932), S. Condaratos (1933), V. Grigoriadis (1932), N. Sapountzis (1931) | Island of Santorini / several villages (Kamari, Phera, Pherostefani, Pirgos, Karterados, Vothonas) | 1956 | 1960 |
| 3 | “Aspra Spitia” (White Houses) housing development | Doxiadis Associates / arch. G. Argyropoulos (1915-1981) | Antikyra-Viotia | 1961 | 1965 |
| 4 | Housing for the personel of a mining company | “Atelier 66” / architects D. Antonakakis (1933), S. Antonakaki (1935) | Distomo-Viotia | ? | 1969 |
| EDU | EDUCATION | ||||
| 1 | Primary school | arch. P. Karantinos (1903-1976) | Athens / 1 Kallisperi & Kariatidon streets | ? | 1932 |
| 2 | “Pefkakia” primary school | civil eng. D. Pikionis (1887-1968) | Athens / 70 Sina street | 1931 | 1932 |
| 3 | Primary school | arch. N. Mitsakis (1899-1941) | Athens / 67 Distomou street | 1931 | ? |
| 4 | High school | arch. N. Kakouris (1903-1991) | Aigion-Achaia / 1 Grigoriou E’ & 2 P. Mela streets | 1931 | ? |
| 5 | High school / “Palamaiki Scholi” | arch. P. Gheorgakopoulos (1904-1975) | Missolonghi-Aitoloakarnanía / Kyprou, C. Kapsali & A. Razi streets | 1931 | ? |
| 6 | Primary school | arch. P. Metaxas (1902-1967)
sculptor G. Zongolopoulos (1903-2004) |
Atalanti-Fthiotida / … | 1931 | ? |
| 7 | Two primary schools | arch. K. Panayotakos (1902-1982) | Athens / 42 Liossion street – 9 M. Voda street | 1932 | 1933 |
| 8 | School complex | arch. P. Karantinos (1903-1976) | Maroussi-Attica / 211 Kifissias avenue, G. Souri, N. Plastira & Aristotelous streets | 1932 | ? |
| 9 | High school with gym and stadium | arch. K. Panayotakos (1902-1982) | Sparta-Laconia / K. Paleologou avenue & Nikonos street | 1932 | ? |
| 10 | Primary school | arch. K. Panayotakos (1902-1982) | Athens / 163 Filolaou street | ? | 1934 |
| 11 | Primary school | arch. P. Karantinos (1903-1976) | Piraeus-Attica / Taburia… | 1932 | 1935 |
| 12 | Girls’ school for higher education[today high school] | arch. N. Mitsakis (1899-1941) | Thessaloniki / 24 C. Dil, G. Stavrou & Agias Theodoras streets | 1933 | 1936 |
| 13 | School complex | arch. I. Liapis (1922-1933) | Volos-Magnesia / on the Volos-Agria National Road | 1965 | 1970 |
| 14 | Secondary school | arch. T. Zenetos (1926-1977) | Agios Dimitrios-Attica / Papagou, Sofokli, Priamou & Kallitheas streets | 1969 | 1976 |
| 15 | National Hellenic Research Foundation | civil eng. D. Pikionis (1887-1968)
arch. C. Doxiadis (1913-1975) |
Athens / 48 Vasileos Konstantinoustreet | 1961 | 1968 |
| 16 | Athens Conservatory | arch. I. Despotopoulos (1903-1992) | Athens / 17-19 Vasileos Georgiou B’ avenue & Rigillis street | 1969 | 1976 |
| 17 | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki – Schools of Law and Theology, Administration Building, Library | arch. C. Papaioannou (1934-2004)
arch. C. Fines (1933-2014) |
Thessaloniki / University Campus (Egnatia street) | 1966 | 1976 |
| ADM | ADMINISTRATION | ||||
| 1 | Tribunal of Rhodes | arch. Florestano di Fausto (1890-1965)
arch. Rodolpho Petracco (1889-1961) |
Island of Rhodes-Rhodes / 7th Martiou square | 1924 | 1939 |
| 2 | Town Hall of Rhodes (ex Casa Littoria) | arch. Armando Bernabiti (1900-1970) | Island of Rhodes-Rhodes / 1 Eleytherias Square | 1936 | 1939 |
| 3 | Ministry of Health and Social Solidarity | arch. Α. Ploumistos (1897-1962)
arch.P. Tsolakis(1912-1985) |
Athens / 17 Aristotelous and Stournari streets | 1938/1954 | 1940/’50s |
| 4 | Administrative and Cultural Centre of Argostoli:
– ex Τown Hall of Argostoli – Prefecture of Kefalonia & Ithaca |
arch. Κ. Κrantonellis (1912-1978) arch. J. Koutsis (1933-1986) |
Island of Kefalonia / Argostoli:
K. Vergoti street (Vallianou square) 7 P. Vallianou street |
? ? |
1953 ? |
| 5 | United States Embassy in Athens | arch. Walter Gropius (1883-1969) / TAC
arch. P. Sakellarios (1905-1985) |
Athens / 91 Vassilissis Sophias avenue | 1959 | 1961 |
| 6 | ex Town Hall of Vouliagmeni | arch. E. Papayiannopoulos (1939-1998) | Vouliagmeni-Attica / 2 Aphroditis street | 1964 | 1966 |
| 7 | Court House of Livadia | Collaborating offices of architects T. Biris (1942) – D. Biris (1944-2002) and E.Papayiannopoulos (1939-1998), consult. arch. I. Despotopoulos (1903-1992), collab. arch. G. Makris | Livadia-Viotia / Spiropoulou & Korinis streets | 1966 | 1978 |
| HLT | HEALTH | ||||
| 1 | “Sismanoglio” General Hospital of Attica | arch. P. Manouilidis (1894-…)
arch. G. Economidis (…) |
Amaroussion-Attica / 1 Sismanogliou street | ? | 1936 |
| 2 | Penteli General Hospital for Children
(ex Children’s Camp) |
arch. Panos N. Tzelepis (1894-1976) | Penteli-Attica / 8 Ippokratous stret | ? | 1937 |
| 3 | “Sotiria” Athens General Hospital for Chest Diseases – “Mega Laiko” Pavillion | arch.I. Despotopoulos (1903-1992) | Athens /152 Mesogeion Avenue | 1932 | 1937 |
| 4 | “Sotiria” Athens General Hospital for Chest Diseases – “300 Andron” (men) Pavillion | arch. K. Kitsikis (1892-1969) | Athens /152 Mesogeion Avenue | 1937 | 1940 |
| 5 | “Sotiria” Athens General Hospital for Chest Diseases – Central Building with Kitchens and Laundries | arch. P. Gheorgakopoulos (1904-1975) | Athens /152 Mesogeion Avenue | 1937 | 1940 |
| 6 | Tripoli State Psychiatric Hospital
(ex Tripoli Sanatorium) |
arch. I. Despotopoulos (1903-1992) | Tripoli-Arcadia / 5th km Tripoli-Kalamata Old National Road (E952) | 1934 | 1947 |
| COM | COMMERCIAL | ||||
| 1 | Air Forces Share Fund building | arch. Th. Valentis (1908-1982) | Athens / 27 Akadimias street | 1947 | 1949 |
| 2 | ex “Doxiadis Associates” office building
(the building has recently converted into “One Athens” residences complex) |
“Doxiadis Associates” / architects C. Doxiadis (1913-1975), T. Kouravelos (1921-…), A. Scheepers (1912-…) | Athens / 24 Stratiotikou Syndesmou street | 1955 | 1961 |
| 3 | Office building | arch. Th. Valentis (1908-1982) | Athens / 16 Omonia square & Panepistimiou street | 1956 | 1958 |
| 4 | YMCA building | arch.E. Vourekas (1902-1992)
arch. P. Sakellarios (1905-1985) |
Athens / 28 Omirou & Akadimias streets | 1958 | 1959 |
| 5 | Office building | arch. N. Valsamakis (1924) | Athens / Hermou street and Kapnikareas square | 1958 | 1959 |
| 6 | National Bank of Greece branch office | arch. A. Tzakou (1928) | Patras-Achaia / Trion Symmachon square | 1965 | 1966 |
| REC | RECREATION | ||||
| 1 | Αrchaelogical Museum | arch. P. Karantinos (1903-1976) | Iraklion-Crete / 1 Xanthoudidou street | 1933 | 1958 |
| 2 | Αrchaelogical Museum | arch. P. Karantinos (1903-1976) | Thessaloniki / 6 M. Andronikou street | 1960 | ? |
| 3 | Αrchaelogical Museum | arch. A. Konstandinidis (1913-1993) | Ioannina / 6 25th Martiou square | 1965 | 1966 |
| 4 | Αrchaelogical Museum | “Atelier 66” / architects D. Antonakakis (1933), S. Antonakaki (1935), E. Goussi-Dessylla (1938) | Island of Chios-Chios / 10 Michalon street | 1965 | 1972 |
| 5 | National Gallery and A. Soutzos Museum | architects P. Mylonas (1915-2002), D. A. Fatouros (1928), D. Antonakakis (1933) | Athens / 50 Vassileos Konstantinou street – Michalakopoulou street | 1966 | 1975 |
| 6 | REX Theatre / National Theatre of Greece
(ex Rex-Kotopouli-Cineac Sikiaridion Building) |
arch. V. Kassandras (1904-1973)
arch. L. Bonis (1896-1963) |
Athens / 48 Panepistimiou street | 1935 | 1937 |
| 7 | Lycabettus Theatre [open, prefabricated] | arch. T. Zenetos (1926-1977) | Athens / Lycabettus Hill | 1964 | 1966 |
| 8 | Gym of “Marasleion”elementary school | arch.N. Mitsakis (1899-1941) | Athens / 4 Marasli street | 1930 | 1935 |
| 9 | Swimming pool of the Naval Academy | arch. D. A. Fatouros (1928) | Piraeus-Attica/Chatzikyriakou, Papatesta & G. Theotoki streets | 1957 | 1959 |
| 10 | Palais des Sports (ex “Alexandreion” Sport Palace) | architects P. Gianettos (…),
T. Jeanblock, M. Guyon |
Thessaloniki / Helexpo grounds (International Fair ofThessaloniki) | 1960 | 1962 |
| IND | INDUSTRIAL | ||||
| 1 | “CHROPEI” Colours Factory | unknown | Neo Faliro-Attica / Piraeus street | 1922 | 1923 |
| 2 | “PAPASTRATOS” Cigarette Factory | civil eng. P. Paraskevopoulos (1885-…) | Piraeus-Attica/ Artemisiou, Gravias, Mavromichali & Papastratou streets | 1931 | ? |
| 3 | Grain Silo | Siemens Bauunion GFTH – Berlin
N. Gavalas and Hartmann A.G. Offenbach a.M |
Piraeus-Attica/Ietionia Pier (harbour) | 1934 | 1936 |
| 4 | “ELAIS” Greek Industrial Olive Processing Company | civil eng. G. Drakatos (…) | Neo Faliro-Attica / 74 Piraeus street | ? | 1936 |
| 5 | ex “FIX” Brewery
[future National Museum of Contemporary Art] |
arch. T. Zenetos (1926-1977)
arch. M. Apostolidis (1922-2005) |
Athens / Syngrou avenue, A. Frantzi & Kallirrois streets | 1957 | 1959 |
| PBS | PUBLIC SERVICES | ||||
| 1 | Office building and Power Distribution Station of the PPC | arch. K. Krantonellis (1912-1978) | Athens / 111 Tritis Septemvriou & Rizou streets | 1973 | 1977 |
| LND | LANDSCAPE | ||||
| 1 | Landscaping of the area around the Monument to Eleftherios Venizelos | arch. P. Vokotopoulos (1930)
arch. D. Vlassis (1946) |
Athens / Vassilissis Sophias avenue (Parko Eleftherias) | 1969 | 1969 |
| TRC | TRANSPORT, COMMUNICATIONS | ||||
| 1 | Hellenic Telecommunications Organization building and tower | arch. K. Kitsikis (1892-1969)
arch. A. Lambakis (1933) |
Athens / 98-108 Tritis Septemvriou street | 1961 | 1965 |
| 2 | ex Passenger Terminal of Piraeus Port Authority
[today exhibition centre] |
arch. I. Liapis (1922-1933)
arch. E. Skroumbelos (1921-2006) |
Piraeus-Attica / 10 Akti Miaouli, Aghios Nikolaos Pier | 1964 | 1969 |
| DEF | DEFENSE | ||||
| 1 | Aircraftsmen’s infirmary and restaurant | Air Ministry / arch. Th. Valentis(1908-1982) | Thermi-Thessaloniki / SEDES Airbase | 1936 | 1937 |
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