Athens, Greece
Alexandros Tombazis, one of the most prominent architects of contemporary Greece, died a couple of days ago, leaving a huge architectural legacy for future architects.
Always interested in the relationship between energy and architecture, Alexandros Tombazis explored deeply principles of bioclimatic design and new technologies.
Tombazis was born in Karachi, India in 1939, to a prominent family of shipowners from the Greek island of Hydra.
He graduated from the National Technical University of Athens in 1962 and immediately worked with another great master of Greek architecture, Apostolos Doxiadis.
From the early stages of his career, he was interested in the architectural avant-garde and mostly in the Japanese Metabolist movement, known for its focus on adaptable, large-scale housing projects, produced notable works
His wide-ranging body of work includes the Archaeological Museum of Delphi, the Sanctuary of Fatima and Church of the Most Holy Trinity in Portugal, the Navarino Dunes development at the Costa Navarino resort in the southwestern Peloponnese, several residential complexes, such as the Difros and Dryades in the northern Athens suburbs of Halandri and Kiffissia, respectively, the Olympic Shooting Center, and numerous country houses, and corporate headquarters among many more.
