The Studio
Architects, landscape and interior designers — working as one team
A design practice offering solutions made to measure, integrating architecture, interiors and landscape into a single spatial experience.
Harry Papaioannou & Associates is a multidisciplinary design practice based in Kolonaki, Athens. Our team includes architects, landscape and interior designers. We work across hospitality, residential and landscape projects throughout Greece, from private houses and gardens to hotels and public spaces.
We stay hands-on with every project, engaged in a holistic approach that treats architecture, interior and landscape design as a single spatial experience rather than three separate disciplines handed off in sequence. Technical rigour and a close relationship with materials and makers sit alongside that design intent.
We follow projects from the first sketch through construction, and continue to monitor their evolution after completion — the work does not end at handover.
Philosophy
How we work
We build exactly what we design.
Strategy first
Every project starts with the client's brief and business plan. We work through design strategy and decision-making before a single line is drawn. Our consultation aims to establish a perfect business plan.
Total design
Architecture, interior and landscape are developed together rather than handed off in sequence. A close relationship with cutting-edge materials and construction techniques is our strong point — we find it essential for every project to develop its own special character.
Visualisation
Our renderings, both hand-made and computer-generated, are always precise and based on real materials and dimensions — until now, all our complete projects look better in reality than in design; the secret behind that is our constant involvement in the construction process.
Construction monitoring
We check all material-related orders and make all necessary adjustments. Full-scale supervision, a fixed budget and timeframe guarantee a good result.
Built to last
We design for durability, versatility and flexibility over time, not only for how a space looks on day one. When design implementation takes place, we aim to come up with an even better result than the one expected.
What We Offer
Services
Design & Permits
We manage the design process from preliminary concept through implementation drawings, securing the building permit before proceeding to construction drawings.
FF&E Design
Led by associate head of FF&E Afroditi Tsoukala, our team pairs market research with bespoke furniture, lighting, artwork selection, fabric schemes and finishings for every project. We work closely with the project operator to ensure the required specifications.
Procurement
We handle supplier communication, monitor all offers and ensure the final orders, with special order forms coordinating procurement and delivering for installation.
Background
Harry Papaioannou
Founder & Principal ArchitectHarry Papaioannou was born in 1971. He is a registered architect engineer (N.T.U. Athens, 1996) and a registered landscape architect (MA Landscape Studies, University of Westminster, London, 1998). He has attended a series of seminars throughout the world (Queensland University–Brisbane, TU Delft–Netherlands, Barcelona, Landscape Institute–London, Oulu University–Finland, N.T.U. Athens), and has participated, including publications, in the PECSRL European Conference (University of the Aegean, 2004) and a Pan-Hellenic Conference on Landscape Architecture — Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 2005.
Since 2000 he has run his own architectural design practice combining architecture, interior design and landscape architecture. Since 2008 his office has been engaged in a large number of hospitality projects all over Greece. Signature projects include Holiday Inn Attica Avenue, Crowne Plaza Athens, President Hotel and Elounda Diamond Residences, among others.
In parallel, he taught as a lecturer at the University of the Aegean for three years and has given lectures at N.T.U. Athens on public open spaces and landscape design. Since 1998 he has taught at Vakalo College — Art & Design, Interior Design (graduate and postgraduate degree). Since 2005 he has been an accredited lecturer for the University of Derby.
His architectural design office has received awards in Architecture (BIG SEE Awards, 2026), Landscape (2nd Prize for Eleftheria Square in Thessaloniki, 2013) and Tourism (Elounda Peninsula, President Hotel).
His numerous publications focus on both academic interest and applied architectural design projects.
He has been Vice-President for professional matters of the Pan-Hellenic Association of Landscape Architects for six years. He is also a member of the Technical Chamber of Greece since 1997, and an Athens College alumnus since 1989.
He has travelled to more than 20 countries — the Americas and Caribbean, Europe and Scandinavia, North Africa, Asia, Australia and the South Pacific.
- National Technical University of Athens — Dipl. Architect Engineer, 1996
- University of Westminster, London — MA Landscape Studies, 1998
- BIG SEE Award, Architecture, 2026
- 2nd Prize, Eleftheria Square Thessaloniki, Landscape, 2013
- Tourism Awards, Elounda Peninsula & President Hotel
- Former Vice-President for professional matters, Pan-Hellenic Association of Landscape Architects
- Member of the Technical Chamber of Greece since 1997
- Athens College Alumni since 1989
Selected Work
