Although in the shadow of its ancient hilltop Parthenon, Athens is also home to elegant architectural gems from the 19th and 20th centuries which marked its emergence as modern Greece's capital. But ...

The Academy of Athens is lauded around the world as a marvelous example of neoclassical architecture, representing Greece's ...

For the Athens-bound, the well-known mix of Greek sun, sea and classical antiquity may feel like an obvious draw, but do not be distracted by the clichés; there are riches aplenty far beyond these in ...

An expert shares his favorite hidden finds in the Greek metropole.

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New Entry 5 / Sergei Tchoban (Gold Medal Winner). Image Courtesy of The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design The Athens Architecture Club seeks to resurrect the historical architecture ...

From elegant Neoclassical paradise to muddled concrete sprawl – how did the Greek capital come to look the way it does? By Alex Sakalis. Foreign visitors to Athens are often stunned by the appearance ...

AD PRO members enjoy exclusive benefits. Get a year of unlimited access for $25 $20 per month. Athens is a city epitomized by ancient buildings. Still, for centuries, more contemporary examples of ...

Throngs make their way up the causeway to the Acropolis in this artistic imagining of the Panathenaic Procession.. ImageCourtesy of Yale University Press Although the western façade of the Propylaea ...

Spurred by the design of Greek temples in the 5th century B.C., this architectural revival movement took hold in the 18th and mid-19th century. Inspired by a trip to Greece in 1758, British architect ...