Greek National Cadastre in progress / 26-09-2014

The Greek National Cadastre is an important issue for every owner of property in Greece, as the cadastral survey and the submission of ownership declarations at the Greek National Cadastre will be in progress throughout the year 2014 and it is gradually expanding to areas that had been omitted by the 2008 programme of National […]

Ioannis Exarchou converts 100-year-old Greek stable into holiday house / 09-09-2014

The cave-like stone interior of this former stable on Tinos Island, Greece, has been renovated by architect Ioannis Exarchou to create a small holiday house. Athens-based architect Ioannis Exarchou retained the original structure of the stable when designing Retreat in Tinos Island, plastering only the interior walls, inserting a new floor and filling gaps in […]

The rebirth of one of Athens’s 19th-century architectural treasures /

I have often daydreamed, if I had the means, which of the many pre-World War II buildings around Athens that have been abandoned and abused I would choose to save. While a tough decision, I’ve always been pretty certain it would be the Athinogenis Mansion (Megaron Athinogenous) in one of the most run-down parts of […]