Dimitris Pikionis

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Dimitris Pikionis Δημήτρης Πικιώνης
Born	1887 Piraeus, Greece
Died	1968 Athens, Greece
Occupation	architect

Dimitri Pikionis or Demetrios Pikionis (Piraeus 1887 -Athens 1968) was a major Greek architect of the 20th century and had a considerable influence in Contemporary Greek Architecture. He was a founding member of the Association of Greek Art Critics, AICA-Hellas, International Association of Art Critics.^[1]

Contents 1 Life and work 2 Legacy 3 Notable works 4 External links 5 References

[edit] Life and work

He studied civil engineering at the National Technical University of Athens and then continued his studies to Paris and Munich, in sculpture and drawing. Pikionis was back then introduced to the work of Paul Cezanne and became friends with Giorgio de Chirico ^[2]. Later he returned to Greece and architecture, and in 1925 undertook a lecturer position at the decoration department at the National Technical University of Athens. He has been often described as a critical regionalist and sometimes as a European modernist ^[3]. Pikionis hasn't produced many works and the leitmotif in his work has been, according to architecture historians, the epiphany, the contrast between bleached marble and sodden soil ^[2].

[edit] Legacy

Although he hasn't left many works, Pikionis is particularly famous in his homecountry for his article The Folk Art and us and his awarded landscaping work in the surrounding area of Acropolis.

[edit] Notable works

• Lycabettus School
• Moraitis mansion, Tzitzifies 1921-1923
• Kotopoulis Theatre -1932
• Primary School of Pefkakia -1932
• Alternative School oF Thessaloniki -1933
• Landscaping of the Acropolis surrounding area -1951-1957
• Filothei playground -1961-1964
• Hotel Xenia, Delphi
• City Hall of Volos, Volos

[edit] External links

• Pikionis works
• Dimitris Pikionis at the archINFORM database

[edit] References