ek magazine is organizing an event honoring the architect Yannis Kizis (Kizi Studio) at the SNFCC on Friday, December 11, 2026, under the auspices of the Hellenic Institute of Architecture.

Yannis Kizis is a Professor Emeritus at the NTUA School of Architecture with a long-standing creative career and currently directs the architectural office Kizi Studio together with Constadis Kizis, Associate Professor at NTUA. His extensive and high-quality work includes a wide range of architectural creation (public and private buildings, modern interventions and extensions to historical buildings, restoration of monuments, etc.) and is distinguished and multi-awarded in Greece and internationally. Being one of the most important architects of his generation, he was active both in Greece and abroad, adorning the urban and suburban landscape with high-quality architectural works. His work includes buildings of various typologies and scales, as well as urban regeneration studies. The presentations of the event speakers will attempt to highlight his significant contribution to modern Greek architecture, architectural education and culture.

The event speakers are:

– Panayotis Tournikiotis, Professor Emeritus NTUA, President of HIA

– Panayotis Tsakopoulos, Architect NTUA, researcher, author

– Nelly Marda, Architect, Professor Emerita NTUA

– Dimitris Thomopoulos, Dimitris Thomopoulos Architects, Assoc. Professor AUTH

– Tilemachos Andrianopoulos, Tense Architecture Network, Assoc. Professor NTUA

– Panagiotis Grammatopoulos, G-P Architects

– Manolis Vournous, M+V Architects

– Nikos Vatopoulos, Journalist, author

– Yiorgis Yerolymbos, Photographer, architect NTUA

– Costadis Kizis, Kizi Studio, Assoc. Professor NTUA

 

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