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.

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.

Alongside commissioned buildings, ARP’s research activities extend architectural thinking beyond the scale of the building, exploring inhabitable detail and architectural fragments through objects and exhibition-based work. This parallel line of inquiry informs the studio’s broader practice, reinforcing a continuous dialogue between making, use, and experience. 

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.

 

Project list

YEAR TITLE LOCATION STATUS TYPE CLIENT
2025 Courtyard House Antiparos, GR In progress Residential Private
2025 4 Houses in Nea Playia Chalkidiki, GR In progress Residential Private
2024 House in Kythera Kythera, GR In progress Residential Private
2023 Ravine House Antiparos, GR In progress Residential Private
2022 Arts Building Athens, GR Study Education NEON, Athens College
2020 - 22 Furniture Cycladic Antiparos, GR Completed Design Private
2020 Patitiri Antiparos, GR Completed Residential Private
2019 - 2024 Tetris House Antiparos, GR Completed Residential Private
2019 A House for Her Antiparos, GR Study Residential Private
2019 Papyrella Mykonos, GR Completed Residential Private
2018-19 Apantima House Antiparos, GR Completed Residential, Renovation Private
2018 - House in Sifnos Sifnos, GR In progress Residential Private
2018 Necklace House Athens, GR Study Residential Private
2018 Square House Antiparos, GR In Progress Residential Private
2018 Rwanda Chapel Rukomo, RW Study Cultural YAC
2018 Container House Antiparos, GR Study Residential Private
2017 APS House Antiparos, GR Completed Residential, Cultural Private
2017 Hilltop House Antiparos, GR Study Residential OLIAROS
2016 -17 Agapi Beach Hotel Heraklion, GR Completed Hospitality Sbokos Hotel Group
2016 - 22 Aloni Extension Antiparos, GR Completed Residential Private
2016 - 2024 Beach House in Agia Kyriaki Antiparos, GR Completed Residential Private
2016 - 20 Avlakia House Athens, GR Completed Residential OLIAROS
2015 -16 Cretan Tropical Deli Malia, GR Completed Hospitality Sbokos Hotel Group
2013 -14 Two Houses and a Sunroom Nicosia, CY Study Residential Private
2013 Remap info Point Athens, GR Completed Cultural Remap KM
2013 Pop Up Market Athens, GR Study Retail Private

Distinctions

YEAR CATEGORY RECOGNITION AWARD COMPETITION
2026 Residential Commendation Award GRAIL Awards
2025 Residential Shortlist The PLAN Award 2025
2024 Architecture Finalist 11th Biennalle of Young Greek Architects
2023 Residential Architecture Finalist THE PLAN Award 2023
2023 Architecture and Design Award Europe 40 Under 40®
2022 Architects Directory Winner Wallpaper*
2021 Rural House Longlist Dezeen Awards
2021 Residential Architecture Nominee Créateurs Design Awards
2022 Residential Refurbishment Finalist Häuser Magazine
2021 Building of the Year Nominee Archdaily
2020 Residential Finalist YEA! Young European Architects organised by CA’ Asi
2020 New Architecture in Existing Building Finalist Greek Architecture Awards
2019 Building of the Year Nominee Archdaily
2019 First Built Project by Young Architect 1st Honorable Mention Domes Review

Selected Publications

YEAR TITLE PUBLISHER
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 - 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 House Stories Booq Publishing
2022 Umgebaute Häuser Prestel Verlag
2021 Avlakia House DOMa
2021 La photographie comme un coup de fouet, selon Marc Mimram Chroniques d'Architecture
2021 APS House COMPLESCO
2021 A House in Mykonos Filters Traditional Cycladic Hospitality Through Vintage Sophistication Yatzer
2021 Avlakia House Divisare
2021 Δομές DOMa
2021 Avlakia House The Greek Foundation
2021 Residences in Greece l Σύγχρονη Αρχιτεκτονική στην Ελλάδα: Μονοκατοικίες KTIRIO
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
2020 Overlooking the Greek isles and Aegean sea, the Avlakia House is a home of fascinating contrasts PLAIN Magazine
2020 ARP - Architecture Research Practice Designs Temple-Like Residence With Hollow-Formed Walls In Greece World Architecture
2019 Vacation Residences in Greece l Σύγχρονη Αρχιτεκτονική στην Ελλάδα: Eξοχικές Κατοικίες 3 KTIRIO
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