Architecture

Urban Planning Building

Architect: Anna Galliaki Architects
Place: Rethymno Old Town, Crete, Greece
Type: Restoration · Public Building
Published: Archisearch ↗
Photos: 20

Enfilade of white doorways through restored neoclassical rooms, Rethymno — 01 / 20

A historic building in Rethymno Old Town, shaped first in the Ottoman period and restored by Anna Galliaki Architects to hold the city's Building Authority.

The restoration keeps what was there and adds quietly, so I photographed the seams. The old timber stair and its worn treads, the patterned cement floors, a plaster ceiling rose on its own, and the new white surfaces and slim metal that meet them.

Restoration work is judged on detail, so the set is built to be looked at closely. It is the record the architects can hand to a magazine or a client without shooting it again.

Original green timber double door on a pink neoclassical facade, Rethymno — 02 / 20

Interior hallway with a restored timber staircase and mezzanine, Rethymno — 03 / 20

Ornate plaster ceiling rosette, restored neoclassical interior, Rethymno — 04 / 20

White room with an arched niche and panelled door, restored interior, Rethymno — 05 / 20

Traditional patterned cement floor tiles, restored interior, Rethymno — 06 / 20

Rendered terracotta exterior wall with small square windows, Rethymno — 07 / 20

Detail of a restored wooden staircase with turned balusters, Rethymno — 08 / 20

Old stone stair base and turned timber newel on patterned tiles, Rethymno — 09 / 20

Sunlit passage between rendered terracotta walls, Rethymno old town — 10 / 20

Restored white panelled interior door, Rethymno old town building — 11 / 20

Terracotta courtyard passage in warm evening light, Rethymno old town — 12 / 20

Restored neoclassical facade with ornate stone corbels beneath a balcony, Rethymno old town — 13 / 20

Interior corridor with a patterned tile floor and ring ceiling light, Rethymno — 14 / 20

Sunlit white room opening onto a balcony door, restored interior, Rethymno — 15 / 20

Warm interior hallway with recessed lighting, restored building, Rethymno — 16 / 20

White staircase with a slim metal handrail and recessed wall lights, Rethymno — 17 / 20

Attic loft with exposed timber roof beams and a glass partition, Rethymno — 18 / 20

Attic detail with timber rafters and white services, Rethymno restoration — 19 / 20

Restored building facade lit at dusk with warm windows, Rethymno — 20 / 20

Credits

Architect: Anna Galliaki Architects
Place: Rethymno Old Town, Crete, Greece
Type: Restoration · Public Building
Photography: Chris Lianopoulos
Published: Archisearch ↗

Photos: 20

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