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SERPENTINE HOUSE,
ELLINIKO
ATHENS RIVIERA JOURNAL The architectural gesture of a
architecture long “L” shaped flowing form
along the two main edges of the
site seeks to create a threshold
between the surrounding scenery
and the resulting negative, a
courtyard of similar scale to the
Sustainable Designs, 3d visualization Batis_Studio
building footprint.

Global Impact
bution” A n architecture that is concise based on creativity, research,

Memorable architecture
but nevertheless narrative, familiar
and at the same time unexpected,
definite but also inventive, is what
-we believe- forms a public contri-

Potiropoulos+Partners is one of Greece’s foremost archi- innovation, and excellence is
tectural firms, with studios based in Athens and London
and a strong team of highly creative and talented archi- Potiropoulos+Partners’ defining
tects and designers, addresses the world market, provid-
ing full services in design, supervision, and consulting tradition delivering the highest
across the spectrum and in all scales of architecture and
urban design. quality projects for its clients.
Recently the Greek architecture office gained interna-
tional recognition, once again, by winning two inter-
national awards: A’ Design Award, Silver 2024 for the
Serpentine House at Elliniko in Athens Riviera area and
Big See Architecture Award Winner 2024, for Villas in
Olive Grove, Navarino Residences at Costa Navarino
in Messinia. Potiropoulos+Partners has repeatedly been
awarded in competitions and has received many distinc-
tions as a result of consistently producing projects with NATURE,
the aim of advancing architecture worldwide. In 2015, the MEMORY AND
firm was nominated for the Mies Van der Rohe Awards FORM
- European Union Prize for Contemporary Architec- At the core of the Villas
ture. In 2023, Build Magazine declared the firm as “Best in Olive Grove project,
Contemporary Architecture Practice 2024 – Greece”. (Navarino Residences,
Costa Navarino)
“The quest for a balanced relationship between built and approach lies the olive
natural environment remains one of the primary issues of tree as a compositional
architecture, especially nowadays that scientific progress center of gravity.
leads to a way of living, governed by consumer goods Photographer: Yiorgis
and technology symbols. Within this «techno-centric» Yerolymbos
era, architecture is required to respond with intellectual,
sustainable, critical, and sentimental practices and alter-
native forms of knowledge. By intervening between the
physical phenomena and the human being, architecture
contributes – both on a pragmatic and semantic level –
to the satisfaction of forgotten primordial needs.” says
founding partner Dimitris Potiropoulos.
Considering sustainable design as integrated to the over-
all design, the studio works towards the ecological devel-
opment of the built environment, as a holistic approach
harmoniously integrating new projects into contexts
with cultural and historic importance. Several of the
projects involve renovation and expansion of historically
important structures, including national cultural herit-
age monuments. The studio’s work also includes several
nationally significant projects for Greece. 

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