bio


I am an architect, PhD design-led researcher and architectural writer.

My ‘architecture origins’ lie in the UK, where I obtained my Bachelor from Oxford Brookes University and my Master from the University of Edinburgh. After graduating, I worked at an architectural firm in Athens, becoming involved in projects for some of the biggest retail brands in Greece and Cyprus.

In 2022, I decided to chase down a different route and started a design-led PhD in Architecture titled “Composing Dialogues: Tu(r)ning Plato’s myth of Atlantis towards contemporary Athens” at the University of Edinburgh. My research constructs a series of dialogues that narrate, investigate, critique and reconfigure Athenian image-copies (mythical, real and ideal) as described in Plato and Gilles Deleuze’s concept of the simulacrum.

Alongside with the PhD, I am also exploring alternative ways of practicing architecture. I am currently a contributing writer for Architizer, an architectural magazine in New York as well as an editor at EK Magazine in Athens, Greece. Finally, I am a freelancing writer for a variety of architectural newsletters, from photography to design software, a guest reviewer at the University of Edinburgh and an editor for the Edinburgh Research Architecture Journal.

i also have blog...

Logs of an (iL)literate Architect



This blog is a passion project of mine, where I record and share my experiences and ambition of doing a PhD! This series of Logs lose all of the academic and architectural jargon in an attempt to tell a story in the most (iL)literate way possible - pun intended.


You can check out the blog on Medium

...and a shop



What has always been consistent throughout my architecture years is my love for templates. Whether it is a set of CAD blocks, a Notion template, or InDesign layouts, templates have always been my faithful companion. So, I have made it my mission to create a few selectively curated template packs that cater to the desires of architects everywhere.







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Find each template pack on Gumroad




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