The tours will be conducted by Kostas Tsiambaos, curator of the exhibition, and Maria Perganti, scientific advisor, in January 2026.

The schedule is as follows:

Thursday, 08/01/2026, at 15:00, by Kostas Tsiambaos, Αssociate Professor NTUA
Friday, 09/01/2026, at 15:00, by Maria Pergandi, PhD candidate NTUA
Saturday, 10/01/2026, at 12:00, by Kostas Tsiambaos, Αssociate Professor NTUA

Friday, 16/01/2026, at 15:00, by Maria Pergandi, PhD candidate NTUA
Saturday, 17/01/2026, at 15:00, by Maria Pergandi, PhD candidate NTUA

Plus € 2 to the admission cost of the exhibition (€ 6, € 5).
Ticket may be bought in advance at tickets.benaki.org or by attending the Museum on the day of the visit, subject to availability.

Exhibition duration: 04.12.2025 – 18.01.2026
Benaki Museum, 138 Pireos & Andronikou
Thursday & Sunday: 10:00 – 18:00 / Friday & Saturday: 10:00 – 22:00
#eia #heliarch #benakimuseum #newexhibition #Doxiadis #McLuhan #media #globalcity

Organized by: Hellenic Institute of Architecture, Benaki Museum
With the financial support and under the auspices of: Ministry of Culture

Supported by:
Constantinos A. Doxiadis Archive / Constantinos and Emma Doxiadis Foundation
Constantinos. A. Doxiadis Library, NTUA
Estate of Marshall McLuhan
The McLuhan Institute

Supporters of the Benaki Museum: Ministry of Culture
Strategic Partner: DEH
Exhibition fund permanent sponsor: Eurobank
Official sommunication sponsor: Lifo

Photos:© Stelios Nikas

Fifty years after the death of Constantinos A. Doxiadis, the Hellenic Institute of Architecture, in collaboration with the Benaki Museum, honors the pioneering Greek architect and urban planner of the 20th century and presents the exhibition “Media and the Global City: Marshall McLuhan and Constantinos Doxiadis.” The exhibition opens on Monday, December 1, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. at the Benaki Museum / 138 Piraeus Street and will run until January 18, 2026. The exhibition focuses on the collaboration between Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980) and Constantinos A. Doxiadis (1913-1975) through archival documents, some of which are being revealed for the first time (correspondence, articles, minutes of scientific meetings, drawings, photographs, film excerpts, etc.). The exhibition is curated by NTUA associate professor Kostas Tsiambaos.

The collaboration between Constantinos Doxiadis, known for his innovative theories and studies in the field of human settlement design, and Canadian philosopher Marshall McLuhan, who contributed decisively to the formation of media and communication theory, developed mainly through the Delos Symposia (1963-1972) and the international interdisciplinary debate on the state of human settlements – an initiative of Doxiadis. However, their collaboration did not end there. A central point of their common interest was the role of communication on a global scale, particularly in light of the possibilities offered by new electronic media. Telecommunications networks emerged at that time as a fundamental element for the future of human settlements, especially large cities—a prediction that has been confirmed to such an extent today that it is reminiscent of the science fiction scenarios of the 1960s and 1970s.

In an era of rapid technological advances in communications and networks, as well as large population concentrations in cities, the two interlocutors exchange views on the design of the global city and on the human being of the future as a whole, together with its digital extensions. Although at that time the telecommunications map of Greece was still under development, the aim was for the conclusions of their joint research to become a planning tool for architects, urban planners, and other technocrats, so that the proper preparation of telecommunications development within the framework of broader spatial planning would gradually place Athens (as well as other major cities in the country) into the family of global cities of the future. In this context, the exhibition presents the original preliminary studies by Doxiadis Associates from the early 1960s for telecommunications towers, which already foresaw the use of television at that time, as well as archival material from the Symposium on Greek Television, organized in 1966 by the Athens Technological Institute (ATI).

The exhibition is held under the auspices and with the generous financial support of the Ministry of Culture and is also supported by the Constantinos A. Doxiadis Archive and the Constantinos and Emma Doxiadis Foundation, the Marshall McLuhan Estate, The McLuhan Institute, and the C.A. Doxiadis Library of the NTUA.

Curation: Kostas Tsiambaos
Coordination: Theodora Alexandri
Scientific Advisor: Maria Pergandi
Exhibition design: Thodoris Chalvatzoglou
Graphic Design: Thodoris Chalvatzoglou
Texts Editing / Translations: Kostas Tsiambaos

Benaki Museum, 138 Pireos & Andronikou
Thursday & Sunday: 10:00 – 18:00 / Friday & Saturday: 10:00 – 22:00
#eia #heliarch #benakimuseum #newexhibition #Doxiadis #McLuhan #media #globalcity

Εxhibition photos 1-5: © Leonidas Kourgiantakis

Exhibition opening photos 6-10: © Stelios Nikas

Organized by: Hellenic Institute of Architecture, Benaki Museum

With the financial support and under the auspices of: Ministry of Culture

Supported by:

Constantinos A. Doxiadis Archive / Constantinos and Emma Doxiadis Foundation

Constantinos. A. Doxiadis Library, NTUA

Estate of Marshall McLuhan

The McLuhan Institute

Supporters of the Benaki Museum: Ministry of Culture

Strategic Partner: DEH

Exhibition fund permanent sponsor: Eurobank

Official sommunication sponsor: Lifo

The book The Future as a Project: Doxiadis in Skopje brings to the forefront the history of Skopje’s reconstruction after the 1963 earthquake and its modernist legacy. It presents Constantinos Doxiadis’ work in Skopje, which includes detailed mappings of the affected areas, reports, studies on mass housing, reflections and diagrams for a new urban plan, and his collaboration with other urban planners (Christos–Georgios Kritikos, Ines Tolic, Kostas Tsiambaos). It also includes material on Kenzo Tange’s project for the city center of Skopje, as well as a series of modern buildings designed by significant Yugoslav architects, many of which still stand today in the city (Vlatko P. Korobar, Ana Ivanovska–Deskova, Vladimir Deskov, Jovan Ivanovski, Zoran Petrovski). The book places the rebuilding of the city within the historical context of Yugoslav modernism (Maroje Mrduljaš). Finally, it presents some of the most recent revival-style interventions in the city and the challenges they pose to both architects and citizens (Kalliopi Amygdalou). This collective volume accompanied the exhibition The Future as a Project | Doxiadis in Skopje , co-organized by the Hellenic Institute of Architecture, the Museum of the City of Skopje, and the Benaki Museum, in collaboration with and supported by Athens 2018 – World Book Capital and the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports (Benaki Museum – Pireos, 20/12/2018 – 17/2/2019).

Volume Editors: Kalliopi Amygdalou, Kostas Tsiambaos, Christos–Georgios Kritikos

Exhibition Curators: Kalliopi Amygdalou, Vladimir Deskov, Ana Ivanovska–Deskova, Jovan Ivanovski, Kostas Tsiambaos
Assistant Curator: Christos–Georgios Kritikos
ISBN (print edition): 978-618-83352-2-6

To show our appreciation for your ongoing support of the work of the Hellenic Institute of Architecture, we are sending you two selected books from our archive:

• Constantopoulos, E., & Wang, W. (Eds.) (2011). Fassianos building by Kyriakos Krokos, O’ Neil Ford Monograph series Vol.3. Tübingen: Wasmuth Vergag.
• Doumanis, O. (1990). Architettura greca contemporanea. Guida 1945-1988. Firenze: Aletheia.

The books could not have been sent without the kind donation of Elias Constantopoulos, Professor Emeritus at the University of Patras, Wilfried Wang, Professor at Tongji University, and Andreas Giakoumakatos, Professor Emeritus at the Athens School of Fine Arts, whom we warmly thank for their generous gesture.

In memory of the beloved and kind Michalis Katzourakis (1933-2025).
The generous donation of two sculptures, which he created for the Greek Institute of Architecture Awards.

Elias Constantopoulos

Michalis Katzourakis, Study for public space sculpture,1969

Michalis Katzourakis, model for the EIA Award, 2013

Michalis Katzourakis, ΕΙΑ award, 2017

Michalis Katzourakis, ΕΙΑ award, 2000

Photograph: ANA-MPA archive

architecture in greece (1967–2013), together with its twin journal design in greece (1970–2013), were among the most significant publishing achievements, leaving an uninterrupted mark for nearly 60 years on contemporary Greek architecture. Their publication stands as a historical testimony, a systematic record, and a critical evaluation of modern Greek architecture, contributing to the cultural modernization of the country through its diverse perspectives and expressions.

In architecture in greece, texts by Greek and foreign historians and theorists of architecture were published, and the work of all the major Greek architects was presented through annual reviews and monographs.

In design in greece, architecture was enriched, as the title suggests, with additional references to contemporary visual arts, applied arts, and industrial design. Their publication was a significant event eagerly anticipated, as during the decades of the second half of the twentieth century it served as a unique point of reference.

Orestis Doumanis, founder and publisher of the magazines architecture in greece and design in greece, was a civil engineer with broad oversight and a deep interest in architecture and the arts. He followed developments not only in Greece but also abroad, visiting major architectural and visual arts exhibitions across Europe.

Over the years, the need to digitize the two magazines became increasingly urgent due to the lack of availability of issues on the market. The digitization and indexing of all issues and related publications of Orestis Doumanis was carried out in 2024 by archivist Chara Zotou for the Hellenic Institute of Architecture (HIA), under the auspices and with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture. The entire project aimed to create the following website for archiving and presenting these documents, offering a user-friendly interface where users can select the title, author, or topic of an article and easily browse the contents to read the desired articles, with the integration of advanced search and filtering functions.

The entire digitized archive is available  here.