PILA is an international architecture studio based in Athens and New York that creates environments for culture, working, and living around the world. They believe in architecture’s enduring character to create meaningful connections between people and their environment as a counterpoint to the speed of contemporary living. By reimagining existing ideas around program and function, physical spaces can offer new ways of experiencing the world.
PILA builds lasting spaces that adapt to future transformation, while considering today’s opportunities and constraints. Drawing upon material and immaterial contexts, the studio approaches the unique parameters of each project with openness and curiosity. Through a highly collaborative and iterative process, they translate each project’s opportunities and constraints into clear design directions that are sensitive to client and contextual needs.
PILA just completed the multi award-winning Piraeus Tower and is currently engaged in the rejuvenation of B’ Plaz Voulas, the design of the new food hall at Arsakeio Megaron, an office building on Kifisias avenue in Athens, the design of a university building at Anatolia College in Thessaloniki, a highrise residential project, and various residential projects in Athens and the Greek islands.
