ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide https://www.archdaily.com/ Fri, 8 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://assets.adsttc.com/doodles/archdaily-logo-feedly.svg 026CB6 https://www.archdaily.com/982357/salamis-summer-house-area-architecture-research-athens Tue, 24 May 2022 06:00:00 +0000 Bianca Valentina Roșescu https://www.archdaily.com/982357/salamis-summer-house-area-architecture-research-athens Fundamental questions about site, context, and landscape were the driving forces behind the design of this modest summer home on the island of Salamis, in the Saronic Gulf near Athens. While the history of the island is dominated by its geography -- in antiquity, the narrow straights separating the island from the mainland were famously instrumental in the Battle of Salamis -- the recent demise of the area's long and powerful role in the Greek shipbuilding industry emits a palpable sense of ambiguity about the island's future.

]]> https://www.archdaily.com/253932/cascading-u-two-family-residence-area Tue, 17 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0000 Nico Saieh https://www.archdaily.com/253932/cascading-u-two-family-residence-area On a narrow lot with a mildly sloping incline in the northern Athenian suburb of Krioneri, the Cascading U House positions two independent dwellings one on top of the other, for the owners and their daughter.

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