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RETRIEVING ATHENS


Department of Architecture
University of Patras

LKR012

Address: 12 Lykourgou str., 10551 Athens, GR
Architect: Vassilios Couremenos
Year of construction: 1926
Levels: 7 & basement
Building area: 3708.00 m2
Coverage: 490.66 m2

Researchers: Malliou Anna, Tampaki Georgia

The office building on the corner of Lykourgou and Athens streets was built for the account of the civil servants' share fund. It is a design by the architect Vasilios Couremenos and is an addition to an earlier neoclassical building. The renovation of the existing building was done with a modernist disposition with the aim of harmonizing it with the new functional and construction conditions, without however losing its classical aesthetics. The project displays elements of a search for Greekness, with the clay decorative elements, the multi-colored marbles and the mosaic representations of Greek mythology.

LKR012 analysis booklet






all drawings and images © Retrieving Athens, DoAUP, Katsota, D., Malliou A., Tampaki G.

plans of existing building courtesy of the Technical Department of the
Share Fund of Civil Servants