The Stavros Niarchos Cultural Centre is located in Kallithea, 4 km south of central Athens. An important cultural and educational project, the site will comprise the National Library of Greece and the Greek National Opera in a 170,000 sq m landscaped park. Currently a parking lot left over from the 2004 Olympic Games, once the site of a racetrack, the project restore the site?s lost connections with the city and the sea.

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Architects: Renzo Piano Building Workshop

Location: Athens, Greece

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Michel Denancé , Courtesy of SNFCC. , Courtesy of RPBW, Ruby On Thursdays

Design Team: G.Bianchi, V.Laffineur (partner and associate in charge), S.Doerflinger, H.Houplain, A.Gallissian with A.Bercier, A.Boldrini, K.Doerr, S.Drouin, G.Dubreux, S.Giorgio-Marrano, C.Grispello, M.A.Maillard, E.Ntourlias, S.Pauletto, L.Piazza, M.Pimmel, L.Puech and B.Brady, C.Cavo, A. Kellyie, C.Menas Porras, C.Owens, R.Richardson; S.Moreau; O.Aubert, C.Colson and Y.Kyrkos (models)
Courtesy of SNFCC.

From the architect. The Stavros Niarchos Cultural Centre is located in Kallithea, 4 km south of central Athens. An important cultural and educational project, the site will comprise the National Library of Greece and the Greek National Opera in a 170,000 sq m landscaped park. Currently a parking lo...