Sofia Tsiraki

Co-Founder Biris-Tsiraki Architects, Greece

Sofia Tsiraki

Co-Founder Biris-Tsiraki Architects, Greece

Biography

Associate Professor of Architectural Compositions (School of Architecture, NTUA). Architect Engineer NTUA and permanent member of Anastasios Biris Architectural Office& Associates. She is co-author of three collective
books and has edited various publications. She has participated in architectural exhibitions. She has been awarded first prizes in Panhellenic Architectural competitions and has collective and individual architectural work. Her completed projects have won awards, while others, such as the project “The house-box: Residence and space for cultural activities in Koukaki” had been nominated for the Mies Van der Rohe Awards 2013. The project “The dissolution of the box: Apartment building in Gazi” was honored with the award 2009-2013 of the Hellenic Institute of Architecture, while the “Industrial Building in Kifissia” was awarded in 2016 by “Domes”. She was recently awarded the first prize in the Panhellenic Architectural Competition for the “PEDA Services Building”, in Eleufsina.

Awards of the speaker:
“The house-box: Residence and space for cultural activities in Koukaki” had been nominated for the Mies Van der Rohe Awards 2013. The project “The dissolution of the box: Apartment building in Gazi” was honored with the award 2009-2013 of the Hellenic Institute of Architecture, while the “Industrial Building in Kifissia” was awarded in 2016 by “Domes”. She was recently awarded the first prize in the Panhellenic Architectural Competition for the “PEDA Services Building”, in Eleufsina.

Established 1920 by Professor Kyprianos Biris. from 1960 to 2002, Tassos Biris and Dimitris Biris office, and from then to nowadays, Tassos Biris and Sofia Tsiraki office has designed and built many projects, ranging from “Private Houses and Housing Units”, to “Public buildings” (Schools, Day care Units, Town-Halls, Administration Buildings, Museums, Athletic and Cultural Centers).

The office participated in over 80 Architectural Competitions, winning more than 20 first prizes for private and public buildings. For example, the second prize for the International Competition “The New Acropolis Archaeological Museum”, in Athens 1991, and recently awarded the first prize in the Panhellenic Architectural Competition for the “PEDA Services Building”, in Eleufsina.

Awards of the office:
The office participated in over 80 Architectural Competitions, winning more than 20 first prizes for private and public buildings. For example, the second prize for the International Competition “The New Acropolis Archaeological Museum”, in Athens 1991, and recently awarded the first prize in the Panhellenic Architectural Competition for the “PEDA Services Building”, in Eleufsina.