Isaias Mansion
Isaias Mansion is an example of combined eclectic and modern architecture.
Modern and Contemporary era (1821 - )
1923 Built.
Ottoman era (1453- 1821)
Byzantine era (331 AC- 1453)
Roman era (30 BC- 330 AC)
Hellenistic era (322- 31 BC)
Classical era (478-323 BC)
Archaic era (800-479 BC)
Geometric era (-1100- 800 BC)
Prehistory (-1100 BC)
What I can see
On Isaias mansion, we can distinguish that late eclecticism is combined with the use of reinforced concrete, an innovative construction material at that time. Today, the building houses a well-known art space.
What I can't see
It was designed by the civil engineer Panagiotis Zizilas. It has impressive interior spaces, roof paintings and plaster decoration. It belonged to the luxurious buildings of the Patission Street axis. It is one of the mansions of the period during which the bourgeoisie moved into apartment buildings. Those days, the apartment buildings were also a status symbol, a reminder of the tenants’ social status and a way to separate themselves from the refugee settlements of shacks, one-storey and two-storey houses that were spreading rapidly throughout the city.
Info
- Address: 65 Patision & 26 Ioulianou St.
Bibliography
https://archaeologia.eie.gr/archaeologia/gr/arxeio_more.aspx?id=211
Last visit 13/2/2024
Kardamitsi- Adami M., (2003), Αρχιτεκτονική, παλαιά ρεύματα και σύγχρονες λύσεις, [Architecture, old styles and contemporary solutions], in Ιστορία του Νέου Ελληνισμού, 1770- 2000, [History of modern Hellenism, 1770-2000] v.7, p.p. 211-234
Open House Athens, (2019), Isaias Mansion, ΟΗΑ
