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LofoS Residence / React Architects

Hadir Al Koshta — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000

Perched on a Cycladic hillside overlooking the island of Naxos, LofoS emerges as an inhabitable landscape where architecture and terrain merge into a continuous spatial experience.

Hotels That Belong to Their Landscape: Contextual Architecture and the Future of Hospitality

Agustina Iñiguez — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 06:45:00 +0000

Amid countless questions, reflections, and debates about rethinking what a hotel can be, current hotel architecture faces growing complexities that span user experience, environmental responsibility, and the relationship with local context. Contemporary hotel design shows a clear—and increasingly prominent—intention to blend seamlessly and harmoniously with its surroundings, building a sense of identity that responds to local cultures, traditions, and character. The interconnection with nature, along with the reinterpretation of hotels as spaces for engaging with their surroundings, creates a direct relationship that expands their boundaries beyond the history and origins of the many practices that have shaped—and continue to define—their local characteristics and philosophy of life.

Designing with Smoke: The Chimney as Architectural and Environmental Instrument

Olivia Poston — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Chimneys are among the most quietly persistent elements in architectural history. Yet their presence persists in nearly every cultural and climatic context, serving as a technical feature and a spatial, atmospheric, and symbolic device. It populates dense city skylines and anchors rural horizons alike, its vertical silhouette as ordinary as a window or a doorframe. This apparent ordinariness is deceptive. The chimney is one of the few architectural components that links the intimate scale of interior life with the expansive forces of the environment. For architects and designers, the necessity of the chimney presents a choice: to let it recede quietly into the building's functional fabric or to amplify it as a central, expressive element that shapes a project's identity.

Boubas Butcher Shop / KLab architecture

Andreas Luco — Sat, 20 Sep 2025 11:00:00 +0000

Only a few years have passed since butcher shops began to take an interest in aesthetics and design beyond the meat they offered, so that their product would align with the retail space and offer a fuller shopping experience. For us, space is shaped and inhabited by all the senses. Therefore, besides what one sees, we were also interested in all the textures and the feel of our materials.

PetrA Home / React Architects

Hadir Al Koshta — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +0000

And he drew threads through the stones and brought forth schist from earth gut's he fixed in place the wide stairs all around the hillside. There alone he laid | White marble fountains | Small pink coupolas | And tall perforated dovecotes | Virtue with its four right angles | And as he thought it beautiful to be in each other's arms the big water filled with love - "Genesis" in The Collected Poems of Odysseus Elytis; Translated by Jeffrey Carson and Nikos Sarris; Published by The John Hopkins University Press, 1997.

The Slot House / Katerina Valsamaki Architects

Hadir Al Koshta — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 02:00:00 +0000

How do you inhabit beauty? The question, perhaps too general if not vague, at least is not unfair since it refers to the fact that often the anxiety caused to us by our concern to do "right" - for the owner, for the planning authorities, for the contractors – conceals the implied imperative form of the question, "How must we inhabit beauty?", the implication being that it is not enough to do merely the right but what befits the situation, what is "proper" with an ethical component. Even so, what is appropriate when we plan to inhabit beauty in the landscape? And here lies the dilemma: Nature, by its nature, is beautiful by birth. This is what the country house in Tinos is aimed at, the pleasure of habitation discreetly weaving itself into the sensitive Cycladic landscape.

Gaia Residence / Ateno Architecture Studio

Pilar Caballero — Sat, 07 Jun 2025 06:00:00 +0000

Gaia (n.) Γαῖα (Gaia Ancient Greek: [ɡâi̯.a] or [ɡâj.ja]), goddess, spouse of Uranus, mother of Titans. In ancient Greek mythology, Gaia represents the Earth, embodying the nurturing spirit and interconnectedness of all life. This primordial goddess symbolizes not only the physical realm but also the intrinsic relationship between humanity and nature.

Pnoes Tinos Design Holiday Villas / Aristides Dallas Architects

Andreas Luco — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000

Pnoēs Tinos, a proud member of Design Hotels, is the first design holiday destination on the island of Tinos, Cyclades. Designed as a cluster of villas with private pools and gardens, Pnoēs embodies the spirit of the place in its architecture and hospitality philosophy, aimed at relaxation and regeneration. The architecture of Pnoēs is a physical manifestation of the elements that define the island. Earth, wind and water, shape the composition and materiality, and enrich the experience of living. Earth is expressed in cave-like habitats, conceptually carved out of the rock, defining an experience of utmost protection and intimacy. The subterranean bedroom spaces remain hidden and unexposed, as they subtly frame the scenery from the inside out, fostering an atmosphere of shade, privacy and introspection, warmed by earthy colours and tactile textures.

Yarn Residence / REACT ARCHITECTS

Andreas Luco — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 10:00:00 +0000

Yarn is located in the settlement of Agkairia on Paros. It has a southwestern orientation to maximize light and protect against the strong northern winds characteristic of the Cycladic island. The plot allowed for the development of this residence with open floor plans, following a jagged line that embraces the volumes of the house, creating sheltered courtyards, outdoor spaces, visual boundaries, and sheltered outdoor seating areas. By incorporating elements of Cycladic architecture found in similar buildings, we designed a house that harmoniously integrates with the landscape, adhering to the principles of bioclimatic architecture aimed at minimizing the building's environmental footprint and creating protected spaces from the strong winds and heat of the summer months.

Bridge House / Klab architecture

Andreas Luco — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 06:00:00 +0000

The plot is located above Ververonda Bay in Porto Heli, offering views of the Argolic Gulf, the eastern coast of the Peloponnese, and Spetses. It is an elongated, small, relatively flat plot with a steep slope only on the west side, surrounded by a pine forest. According to the client's requests, the plot needed to accommodate four independent residences, some of which could be connected to form three, and eventually, perhaps, a single house in the future. The program was complex, but this kind of complexity can often lead to creative solutions.

RizA ii House / React Architects

Valeria Silva — Sat, 01 Jun 2024 09:00:00 +0000

The two houses with a cave guest house are placed on a particularly sloping plot. The orientation is southwest on the long side, overlooking the sea and the bay of Parikia. The project has its roots in the arid topography of the Cyclades and its white walls emerge from it, unfolding like a ribbon in the landscape forming the volumes of the house and the external and internal living spaces.

aloof houses / KLab architecture

Andreas Luco — Fri, 15 Dec 2023 10:00:00 +0000

Our idea is to do vertically 3 single houses (villas) built on a metal structure.

EUmies Awards 2024 Announces its List of 362 Nominees

Maria-Cristina Florian — Mon, 16 Oct 2023 05:30:00 +0000

The European Commission and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe have announced the 2024 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture / Mies van der Rohe Awards (EUmies Awards) nominees. A total of 362 works of architecture realized over 38 different European countries have been selected, marking the first stage of the EUmies Awards’ 18th cycle. In the next stage, the jury will choose 40 outstanding projects, followed by visits to the finalists and interviews with the architects, their teams, and the project clients.

Triangle House / React Architects

Valeria Silva — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 10:00:00 +0000

The ysterni traɪæŋɡ^əl is in the area of Ysterni on Paros, Cyclades, nearby are the remains of the Vigla phryktoria of Ysterni. It was one of the 11 phryktorias that made up the Tinos- Asia Minor communication network during the Mycenaean era. Following the planning of the phryktories, the residence is placed on the hill of Ysterni. It has a southeast orientation for maximum use of light and protection from the strong northerly winds that characterize the Cycladic Island.

Glyfada Residence / SAOTA + ARRCC

Hana Abdel — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 20:00:00 +0000

This five-unit seafront apartment building, designed by SAOTA with interior architecture by ARRCC, is located in the southern suburbs of Athens at the gateway to the Athens Riviera. It overlooks the beach and the Aegean Sea with views towards Aegina and the distant hills of Poros, while the Hymettus Mountain rises behind it. The building occupies a corner site on the frontline of the promenade overlooking one of the local beaches. It comprises four apartments located on either side of a triple-volume arrival hall, which provides access to landscaped gardens with twin swimming pools to the front. A double-level penthouse spans the width of the podium on the upper level, set back from the building’s edge.

Louria Summer House / React Architects

Pilar Caballero — Sun, 30 Oct 2022 17:00:00 +0000

The plot is in the southern part of Paros Island. It has a southwest orientation on the long side, overlooking the sea, the bay of Aliki, and Antiparos. The building rests on the hillside and adapts to the topography and the terrain's morphology.

The Nidus Passive House / Gonzalez - Malama Architects

Andreas Luco — Sat, 09 Jul 2022 09:00:00 +0000

The building is located in Kalamata, Messenia, Greece, inside an extensive olive grove, which is a pocket of nature enclosed within a rapidly growing part of the urban fabric. The street front is treated with a hard limit, acting as a visual barrier to the interior, moving from the city to the domestic, natural environment.

Teloneio Kardamyli Home Restoration / Etsi Architects

Pilar Caballero — Sat, 02 Jul 2022 02:00:00 +0000

We were struck by our clients’ unflinching belief in their vision and destiny when they imagined the Teloneio as their second home. They recognized the potential for restoration instantly, while also seeing themselves as custodians of an important historical monument.