Modern Greek architecture

Modern Greek architecture
A Xenia-Hotel in Paliouri/Chalkidiki, 1962

Modern Geeek architecture is architecture in the modern Greek state, starting with the Greek War of Independence in 1821, but it may also include the architecture of the greek architecture has followed international architectural trends.

The 19th century architecture of Athens is mostly influenced by the classic ancient architecture, with neoclassic architects like Theophil Freiherr von Hansen, Ernst Ziller, Stamatis Kleanthis.

In 1933 the Athens Charter was signed, it was the manifesto of the modernist movement. Greek Architekts of this movement were: The Bauhaus-architect Ioannis Despotopoulos, Dimitris Pikionis, Patroklos Karantinos, Takis Zenetos.

Xenia was a nation-wide hotel construction program initiated by the Hellenic Tourism Organisation (Ελληνικός Οργανισμός Τουρισμού, EOT) to improve the country's tourism infrastructure in the 1960s and 1970s. It constitutes one of the largest infrastructure projects in modern Greek history. The first manager of the project was the architect Charalambos Sfaellos (from 1950 to 1958) and from 1957 the buildings were designed by a team under Aris Konstantinidis.

Famous foreign architects who have designed building in the 20th and 21 century in Greece were Walter Gropius, Eero Saarinen and Mario Botta. Several new buildings were also constructed by Santiago Calatrava for the 2004 Athens Olympics, while Bernard Tschumi designed the New Acropolis Museum.

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