Figure 1
Trump Tower (1983) as a typical example of ‘ambitious and popular’ architecture in Manhattan. [Photograph of the interior by Sebastian Bergmann; courtesy of Wikimedia Commons].
Figure 2
Homepage of the Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) website in which each project is represented by an abstract shape. [Courtesy of BIG Architects].
Figure 3
BIG’s Via 57 West in New York as a simple ‘instrumental sign’ turned into a visually impressive building. [Photograph by Razvan Dinu; courtesy of Wikimedia Commons].
Figure 4
The ‘choria’ (permanent farmhouses) representing the ‘true’ vernacular architecture of Mykonos and its people were among those idealised by Aris Konstantinidis. [Courtesy of Philippides D (ed.). Greek Traditional Architecture, Vol. II. Athens, 1983: 51].
Figure 5
Aris Konstantinidis’s own photographs of advertisements painted onto Greek vernacular buildings. [Courtesy of Stoicheía autognōsías, gia mia alēthinḗ architektonikḗ. Athens, 1971].
Figure 6
Two architectural paradigms that are of supposedly ‘natural’ evolution: the community as ‘nature’ versus the global market as ‘nature’. Left: A typical traditional tower in Mani. [Courtesy of Architecture in Greece. 1975; 9: 190]. Right: A typical skyscraper of Manhattan. [Photograph by Kostas Tsiambaos].
Figure 7
Among the most interesting and respected works of contemporary Greek architecture is the network of thematic museums funded by the Piraeus Bank Group Cultural Foundation (PIOP) and located in many urban and rural areas around the country. [Courtesy of www.piop.gr; accessed on 30th July 2019].