Interwar block of flats
Apartment building of the interwar period on Dionysiou Areopagitou Street.
Modern and Contemporary era (1821 - )
1929 Beginning of construction.
1930 Completion.
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
This luxurious apartment building is a rare example of interwar buildings, where strong neoclassical features are sustained. The architect harmonized neoclassicism with the new functional needs and construction trends; therefore he expressed the so-called “rationalist purification” of neoclassicism, without the building losing its neoclassical aesthetics. An architectural characteristic that refers to the design’s “Greekness” is the marble cladding.
What I can't see
It was designed by Vassilios Kouremenos, who was a graduate of the French Ecole des Beaux-Arts.
Info
- Address: 37 Dionysiou Areopagitou St.
Bibliography
National Research Foundation, (d.u.), Αρχαιολογία της πόλης των Αθηνών, [Archaeology of the city of Athens], in
https://archaeologia.eie.gr/archaeologia/gr/arxeio_more.aspx?id=101
Last visit 25/5/2024
https://archaeologia.eie.gr/archaeologia/gr/arxeio_more.aspx?id=101
Last visit 25/5/2024
