Dimitris Potiropoulos

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Olympic Tennis Centre at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex

Town Hall and Cultural Centre of the Municipality of Gerakas in Athens

Office Building at Kifissia, Athens

Dimitris Potiropoulos was born in Athens in 1953. He is the son of Rigas and Aliki Potiropoulos, maiden name Palaska. He studied Architecture at Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, in Germany. During his studies, he served as a Scientific Associate at the Chair of Free Hand Drawing from 1978 to 1980. He specialized in Architectural Design and was awarded a special commendation for his project “Residential Proposal in the Historical Centre of Reutlingen”. He completed his studies in 1981.

From 1978 to 1989, he worked in the beginning as a student and later on as an associate architect in architectural offices, among others in Konstantinos Kapsabelis’ office, Professor Helmut Striffler’s studio, and Alexandros Tompazis’ office. In parallel, he started his own studio, in 1982 and participated in architectural competitions.

In 1987 he started collaborating with his wife, architect Liana Nella-Potiropoulou and in 1989 they established in partnership their own firm “Potiropoulos D+L Architects”. He has been repeatedly awarded prizes and has received distinctions in architectural competitions. Among them: 1st Prize for the Museum of Natural History in Samos, 3rd Prize for the T.E.E. (Technical Chamber of Greece) Building Complex in Maroussi, 2nd Prize for the New Acropolis Museum in Athens, 1st Prize for the Refurbishment of the Ekmetzoglou, Listed Silk-Mill in Volos, Distinction for The Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo, etc. Projects of his have been published in the greek and international press and have also been presented at exhibitions in Greece and abroad. Lectures and publications of his concern issues of architectural theory, as well as projects and studies of the office. He is co–founder of the “Hellenic Institute of Architecture”.

Projects undertaken by his office include many well known buildings and complexes, such as the Tricha Residence in Filothei, the Olympic Aviation Building Complex at the Athens International Airport, the Refurbishment of “Grande Albergo delle Rose” Hotel in Rhodes, the Olympic Tennis Centre at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex, the Mercedes-Benz Hellas Building Facilities at Attiki Odos, the Flisvos Marina etc.

In January 1992, together with his wife Liana Nella-Potiropoulou had their son, Rigas.

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Sports and Cultural Centre in Xanthi, Greece	Residence in Pittsburgh, USA	Architectural Corporate Identity of «Ethniki Chrimatistiriaki», Greece	Refurbishment of «Grande Albergo delle Rose» Hotel in Rhodes, Greece
Office Building Complex at Kifissia, Athens	Office Building at the Athens International Airport «Eleftherios Venizelos» (1st Prize)	Students Restaurant and Accommodation Hall for the D.U.Th. in Alexandroupoli, Greece (participation in architectural competition)	Office - Retail Building at Psychiko, Athens
Building Facilities of «Olympic Aviation S.A.», Athens	«Hilltop Residential» (participation in architectural competition)	Karaiskos Residence in Larisa, Greece	Mall at Thermi in Thessaloniki, Greece
Building Facilities of «Lamda Shipyards S.A.» at Aspropyrgos, Greece	Flisvos Marina, Athens	Multi-Use Complex at Kalamata, Greece (participation in architectural competition)	Town Hall and Cultural Centre of the Municipality of Gerakas in Athens
Konstantinidis Residence at Kifissia, Athens	New Acropolis Museum (2nd Prize)	Office Building at Maroussi, Athens	«National Bank of Greece» Central Management Building, Athens (Study buy-out)