K-STUDIO IS A DESIGN PRACTICE ROOTED IN ARCHITECTURE
Our contextual approach produces unique and immersive experiences through Architecture, Interior and Hardscape Design, allowing us to achieve a holistic sense of experience across the range of spatial qualities within every project. This approach is applied to any scale of project and allows us to treat larger scale, more complex works as collections of smaller studies, creating expansive systems for design with greater clarity, definition and attention to detail.
Our home is Greece, a country of incredible natural beauty and resources, where the cultural identity is founded upon being outside and making good, economic use of local skills, materials and agriculture to provide nourishing hospitality to visitors from near or far.
We create crafted architectural experiences that are informed by tradition, enriched by materiality and inspired by contemporary life. We do not like waste. We make minimal interventions that use minimal resources and always prefer to work with the elements to create comfort that is naturally luxurious. Our expertise is instinctive and is applied to projects of various programs. But over the years through academic research and practical experience we have evolved to specialize in the design and realization of projects within the leisure industry.
Wherever we go, our ethos remains the same: to build strong identities and architectural narratives that use the local context in balance with contemporary aspirations to elevate and enrich the user’s enjoyment.
WE ARE A CREATIVE STUDIO OF ARCHITECTS
AND INTERIOR DESIGNERS BASED IN CENTRAL ATHENS
Enjoyment is paramount in determining the success of our designs, from private holiday homes to restaurants, bars, hotels and resorts. But it was also the driving force behind the recently completed designs of 2 larger scale projects: a marina on the Turkish coast, and the refurbishment of Mykonos Airport.
We work collaboratively with highly experienced and knowledgeable teams to enrich and expand our services and results.
We have enjoyed working with and learning from the vastly experienced and knowledgeable teams of clients such as Four Seasons and O&O in Athens, and TEMES in the Peloponnese. We have also been invited to bring our contextual approach to international projects in destinations as varied as Israel, Qatar, Panama and Kuala Lumpur.
RECOGNITION
100 Best Architecture Firms in the World _ 2024 _ Archello _ K-Studio _ No. 33
GRAIL Awards _ 2024 _ Gold Architecture Distinction _ Liknon _ Winner
GRAIL Awards _ 2024 _ Public Interest Architecture _ Liknon _ Winner
European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture _ 2023 _ Mies van der Rohe Award _ Liknon _ Shortlisted
Archello Awards _ 2023 _ Cultural Interior of the Year _ Liknon _ Winner
AHEAD Europe Awards _ 2023 _ Best Resort _ W Costa Navarino _ Winner
The A+List: Architizer’s Top Architecture and Design Firms to Watch in 2024 _ 2023 _ K-Studio
100% Hotel Architect of the Year _ 2023 _ K-Studio _ Winner
Kyoto Global Design Awards _ 2023 _ Best 100 _ K-Studio
Archello: 25 best architecture firms in Greece_ 2023 _ K-Studio _ No. 1
International Architecture Awards _ 2023 _ Liknon _ Winner
DNA Paris Design Awards _ 2023 _ Liknon _ Winner
Architizer A+ Awards _ 2023 _ Architecture +Stone _ Liknon _ Winner
DOMA Greek Architecture Awards _ 2023 _ Completed Work Award _ Liknon _ Winner
AZ Awards _ 2023 _ Landscape Architecture _ Liknon _ People’s Choice _ Winner
AHEAD Global Awards _ 2022 _ Best Suite _ Kalesma _ Winner
World Architecture Festival _ 2022 _ International Building Beauty Prize _ supported by the Royal Fine Art Commission Trust _ Dexamenes _ Winner
AHEAD Europe Awards _ 2022 _ Best Suite _ Kalesma _ Winner
100% Hotel Design Awards _ 2022 _ Best Resort _ Kalesma _ Winner
100% Hotel Design Awards _ 2022 _ Best Surrounding Areas _ Kalesma _ Winner
European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture _ 2022 _ Mies van der Rohe Award _ Dexamenes _ Shortlisted
Prix Versailles _ 2022 _ Europe – Hotel Category _ Special Prize Exterior _ Kalesma _ Winner
The Architectural Masterprize _ 2021 _ Large Firm of the Year Award in Multi-Disciplinary Interior Design _ k-studio _ Winner
100% Hotel Design Awards _ 2021 _ Best Lobby/Foyer/Reception _ Kalesma _ Winner
100% Hotel Design Awards _ 2021 _ Best Room/Bathroom _ Kalesma _ Winner
Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design _ 2021 _ International Architecture Awards _ Hotels/Hospitality _ Dexamenes _ Winner
Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design _ 2021 _ International Architecture Awards _ Private Houses _ Villa Mandra _ Winner
AZ Awards _ 2021 _ Adaptive Reuse _ Dexamenes _ People’s Choice Winner
European Property Awards _ 2020 & 2021 _ Architecture, Single Residence _ Villa Mandra _ Winner
100% Hotel Design Awards _ 2020 _ Best Room & Bathroom _ Best Resort _ Dexamenes _ Winner
100% Hotel Design Awards _ 2020 _ Dexamenes _ Winner
AHEAD Global Awards _ 2020 _ Ultimate Accolade Award _ Dexamenes _ Winner
AHEAD Global Awards _ 2020 _ Best Creative Conversion _ Dexamenes _ Winner
International Property Awards _ 2020 _ Best Architecture Single Residence in Greece _ Villa Mandra _ Winner
International Property Awards _ 2020 _ Best Architecture Single Residence in Europe _ Villa Mandra _ Winner
AHEAD Europe Awards _ 2020 _ Best Resort _ Domes Zeen Chania _ Winner
Architizer A+Awards _ 2020 _ Hotels & Resorts Category_ Dexamenes _ Popular Choice Winner
LIV HOSPITALITY DESIGN AWARDS _ Architecture – Living Space – Europe Category _ 2020 _ Dexamenes _ Winner
LIV HOSPITALITY DESIGN AWARDS _ 2020 _ Architecture – Eating Space – Restaurant Category _ Helios _ Winner
Greek Hotel of the Year Awards _ 2020 _ Best Suite _ Perianth Hotel _ Winner
AHEAD Europe Awards _ 2019 _ Best Suite _ Dexamenes _ Winner
100% Hotel Design Awards _ 2019 _ Best Resort _ Canaves Oia Epitome _ Winner
DOMA Greek Architecture Awards _ 2019 _ New Architecture in an Existing Building _ Dexamenes _ Winner
AHEAD Europe Awards _ 2018 _ Best Resort _ Vora _ Winner
Ktirio Magazine 30th Anniversary Awards supported by the EIA, Hellenic Institute of Architecture _ 2016 _ Best Vacation House Award _ Plane House _ Winner
European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture _ 2013 _ Mies van der Rohe Award _ Plane House _ Nominated
European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture _ 2013 _ Mies van der Rohe Award_ Barbouni _ Nominated
PUBLICATIONS
Architizer: The World’s Best Architecture (11th Annual) _ 2023 _ Architizer _ Liknon
Greek Architecture Awards 2023 _ 2023 _ DOMa _ Liknon
Building For Change – The Architecture of Creative Reuse _ 2022 _ Gestalten _ Dexamenes
Slow Escapes _ 2022 _ Gestalten _ Dexamenes
The ArchDaily Guide to Good Architecture _ 2022 _ Gestalten _ Dexamenes
Catalogue EUmies Awards 2022 _ 2022 _ Dexamenes
The Mediterranean Home _ 2022 _ Gestalten _ Kalesma
A Home Away from Home – Exceptional Houses for Discerning Travelers _ 2022 _ Beta-Plus Publishing _ Villa Mandra
Brutalism Reinvented – 21st Century Modernist Architecture _ 2022 _ Prestel _ Dexamenes
Deux Hotels en Grèce: Crees A Partit De Lieux Insolite – Two Surprising Locations in Greece Transformed into Hotels _ 2022 _ ESAIL Lab _ Dexamenes & Vora
K-Studio | Experience 2010-2019 _ 2021 _ Aris Marinakis Architectural Editions
Contemporary Wabi-Sabi Style _ 2021 _ Artpower Publishing Co. Ltd _ CCC, Dexamenes, Vora & Scorpios
Great Escapes: Mediterranean _ 2021 _ Taschen _ Dexamenes
Travel Colors City Guides: Greece _ 2021 _ Canaves & Villa Mandra
Monokatoikies _ 2021 _ Ktirio _ Villa Mandra
Illusion in Design: New Trends in Architecture and Interiors _ 2021 _ Rizzoli _ Dexamenes
Wallpaper* City Guide Athens _ 2020 _ Wallpaper* _ Queen Bee, Athenee, Capanna, Scorpios, CCC & Canaves Oia
New Perspectives – The Design Hotels Book Edition 2020 _ 2020 _ Perianth, Dexamenes & Vora
A+ Awards Book – The World’s Best Architecture 2020 _ 2020 _ Phaidon _ Dexamenes
Living in Nature _ 2020 _ Phaidon _ Villa Mandra
The New Mediterranean – Homes And Interiors Under the Southern Sun _ 2019 _ Gestalten _ Akri House & Scorpios
Mykonos Muse _ 2018 _ Assouline _ Scorpios
