ek Magazine 303 (December 2025) features an anthology of contemporary architectural works from Greece and Cyprus, including the House of NYNN Private Members Club at The Ilisian, the Birth Center in Nea Filothei, the Duplex Residence in Papagou and the Medical School Building of the European University Cyprus. In its thematic sections, Current Trends examines cutting-edge applications of glass in architecture, focusing on material innovation, performance and design practice. In Foreign Affairs, Nikos Patsavos presents the distinctive architecture of Frédéric Einaudi, highlighting the qualities of his work through a critical analysis. In Critical Perspectives, Panagiotis Tsakopoulos explores the relationship between space, image and their interpretation in a short essay on architectural photography. Finally, a selection of the ten best published works of 2025 is presented.

 

EDITORIAL

Editor: Ariadni Vozani

• The critique of architecture

CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES

Editor: Panos Tsakopoulos

• Time, place, light, building: A brief essay on architectural photography

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Editor: Nikos Patsavos

• The poetics of space as political responsibility: The architecture of Frédéric Einaudi

 

BEST OF 2025

• Residence in Lakatamia | Draftworks* Architects
• Residence in Nicosia | MOB Design Studio
• KoumΚan Bar Restaurant in Kefalari | Manhattan Projects
• VOP Cables Cable trading company in Acharnes | AF.ECT Architectural Management
• Adāma Boutique hotel in Crete | Tzagkarakis + Associates
• Tella Thera in Crete | Pieris Architects
• Wall Street Office building in Limassol | Lazarou & Michael Partner Architects
• Office building in Metamorphosis | Tsolakis + Partners
• P.180-186 Office complex in Tavros | A&S Architects
• Minion Restoration and reuse | Minos Digenis Arquitectos

 

ARCHITECTURE

• The Bauxite Residues Experimental Pavilion | Ctrl_Space Lab
• The Birth Center in Nea Filothei | Erion Workshop
• European University Cyprus, Medical School | J+A Philippou Architects Engineers
• Two-Family house in Papagou | NAMA Architects
• Residence in Nicosia | Studio Kyriakos Miltiadou
• House in Herakleion | Micromega
• House in Patras | Façade

INTERIORS

• Apartment in the suburbs of Athens | Cream Architects
• House of NYNN – Private members club at The Ilisian | AETER Architects, AvroKO Interior Design
• Clarksons Offices Athens | A&M Architects

CURRENT TRENDS 

Editor: Froso Tsivou, Dr. George Iliadis

• Modern applications of glass in architecture

EDITORIAL 

Editor: Ariadne Vozani

– Best of 2024

 

CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES

Editor: Panos Tsakopoulos

– Advertising in Technical Publications of the 1960s

 

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Editor: Nikos Patsavos

– Children’s University Hospital “Kinderspital” in Zurich

 

BEST OF 2024

• Listed Residence in Nicosia | Marios Christodoulides
• Residence in Dionysos | Desypri & Misiaris Architecture
• Villa in Oia’s Finikia | This is IMDA
• Casa D in Holargos | Cometa Architects
• Freud Oriental in Kifisia | Stones & Walls
• Akrolithos Office Building & Showroom in Kavala | KAAF | Kitriniaris Associates Architecture Firm
• Mitsis n’ U Piraeus Port | Divercity Architects
• Odera Tinos Autograph Collection | Panos Nikolaidis, TConstructions, Studio Bonarchi
• New City Hall of Nicosia | Irwin Kritioti Architecture
• National Observatory of Cyprus in Troodos | Kyriakos Tsolakis Architects

 

 

REPORTAGE 

– PAO BC Arena | Renovation of OAKA Basketball Stadium

 

ARCHITECTURE

– Office Building in N. Psychiko | Kokkinou-Kourkoulas Architects and Associates

– Apartment Complex in Thermi | Officetwentyfive Architects

– Detached House in Nicosia | MOB Design Studio

– House in an Olive Grove, Corfu | Invisible Studio

– Boho Sapiens Seaview, Hospitality Complex in Milos | Dezone Archi+

– Residence Renovation in Heraklion, Crete | Tz.El Architecture

 

INTERIORS 

– Restoration of a Listed Residence in Nicosia | Eva Constantinou

– Residence Renovation in Rethymno | Chiara Armando Design

– Studio Periometry in Kolonaki | Bella Louloudaki

– Vermantia, Office Space in N. Iraklio | Athens Creative

 

CURRENT TRENDS 

Editor: Thanassis Kalomiris

– Heat Pumps in Apartment Buildings