The Benaki Museum presents, until December 2, a retrospective exhibition titled The World of Emmanuel Vourekas at the Pireos St. annex.

Emmanuel Vourekas (1907-1992) was an outstanding Greek architect who commenced his career in the inter-war period, and became known for his dynamic presence and the impact he had on the architecture of urban Athens during the second half of the 20th century.

According to Maro Kardamitsi-Adami, the exhibition curator, their aim is not just to showcase Vourekas’s work, but  to also place it within a social, historical, economic and political context.The retrospective features a large part of Vourekas’s oeuvre, in blueprints, designs and photos - single-family dwellings, apartment, office and public buildings, banks, hotels.

All exhibited items are taken from the architect’s personal archive as well as the archives of his partners, affirming thus Vourekas’ place among the most influential Greek architects of the postwar period and his role as an instrumental player in the formation of the Athenian urban landscape of the 1950s and 60s.


In any case, many of his major works, such as the Athens Hilton, and tourist facilities at the Glyfada, Kavouri, and Vouliagmeni suburbs, constitute landmarks for the capital and its surrounding areas, contributing substantially to the form and style of Neo-Hellenic architecture. A publication accompanies the exhibition written by the exhibition’s curator Maro Kardamitsi-Adami.