About

ARP – Architecture Research Practice is an architecture-led studio based in Athens, working across residential, hospitality, and cultural projects. The practice designs and delivers built architecture while simultaneously developing research-driven work across objects and installations. This parallel line of inquiry informs the studio’s broader practice, reinforcing a continuous dialogue between making, use, and experience.

ARP’s approach is grounded in close engagement with site, context, and construction. Each project begins with careful observation and analysis, allowing architectural ideas to emerge through material, structure, proportion, and light. The studio prioritises clarity, spatial precision, and a strong relationship between architecture and its environment.

Principal

Argyro Pouliovali, principal architect and founder of ARP, established the practice in 2014. She studied architecture at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and ETH Zurich, where she developed a rigorous approach to design rooted in construction, material intelligence, and contextual sensitivity.

Before founding ARP, she gained professional experience working on residential and mixed-use projects in Greece and Switzerland. Since then, she has led the design and delivery of a diverse range of works, including private residences, hospitality projects, renovations, and site-specific architectural commissions.

Her work has been recognised through awards and international publications. Alongside built practice, she continues to explore architecture across scales, from permanent structures to spatial objects and installations, positioning design as an ongoing process shaped by use, time, and physical experience.

 

Distinctions

YEAR RECOGNITION AWARD
2026 Commendation Award GRAIL Awards
2025 Shortlist The PLAN Award 2025
2024 Finalist 11th Biennalle of Young Greek Architects
2023 Finalist THE PLAN Award 2023
2023 Award Europe 40 Under 40®
2022 Winner Wallpaper*
2021 Longlist Dezeen Awards
2021 Nominee Archdaily
2020 Finalist Greek Architecture Awards
2019 1st Honorable Mention Domes Review

Selected Publications

YEAR TITLE PUBLISHER
2026 Avlakia house: a dwelling between two gorges DesignBoom
2026 A Calibrated Balance of Exposure and Concealment in Antiparos Yatzer
2025 This villa on a Greek island has a swimming pool running through it Domus
2025 Una villa ad Antiparos, costruita “in stile Tetris” attorno a una piscina che riflette il cielo dell’Egeo AD Italia
2025 A retro video game is the unlikely inspiration for this island house in Greece Wallpaper*
2023 APS House Living Corriere della Sera
2023 A Young Architect Finds an Ideal Setting in the Island of Antiparos Wall Street Journal Magazine
2022 ARP - Architecture Research Practice, Greece: Wallpaper* Architects’ Directory 2022 Wallpaper*
2022 The Greek Foundation Vol 01 The Greek Foundation
2022 Umgebaute Häuser Prestel Verlag
2021 La photographie comme un coup de fouet, selon Marc Mimram Chroniques d'Architecture
2021 A House in Mykonos Filters Traditional Cycladic Hospitality Through Vintage Sophistication Yatzer
2021 Avlakia House Divisare
2021 Avlakia House DOMa
2021 Young Europeans Architects l Les jeunes architectes européens CA'ASI, Architecture studio: La Biennale di Venezia
2020 Greek Architecture Awards 2020 l Βραβεία Ελληνικής Αρχιτετκονικής 2020 DOMa
2019 Greek Architecture Yearbook l Επετηρίδα Ελληνικής Αρχιτεκτονικής 2019 DOMES: International review of Architecture
2018 Awards 2019 l Βραβεία 2019 DOMES: International review of Architecture
2018 APS House Divisare