{"product_id":"athens-as-a-project","title":"Athens as a Project","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAthens as a Project\u003c\/strong\u003e brings together architect and researcher Platon Issaias and photographer Yiorgis Yerolymbos in an atlas of the contemporary Greek capital—its buildings, its recent history and the everyday practices that shape it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout This Book\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book is the outcome of Issaias's long-running research into Athens and the particular conditions of Greek cities, which he positions within wider debates about urban development across the Mediterranean and the Global South. Working where architecture meets photography, the two authors look at the city from unfamiliar angles, combining texts, drawings and images.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat emerges is a portrait of a city in continual transformation: notable projects sit alongside public atmospheres and the informal routines of daily life, including those reshaped by the economic crisis of the 2010s and by the pandemic. Athens is treated not as a finished place but as an ongoing project.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eKey Features\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTexts by Platon Issaias; photographs by Yiorgis Yerolymbos\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e200 photographs, with drawings and analytical texts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFlush-cut hardcover binding, designed by Akis Ioannides\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStructured as an atlas of projects, public spaces and everyday practices\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat You'll Discover\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow Athens has been shaped by crisis, informality and incremental change\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhere the Greek city sits in broader conversations about Mediterranean urbanism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe role of photography as a research tool in architecture and urban history\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOverlooked buildings, spaces and routines that define the contemporary city\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Authors\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlaton Issaias is an Athens-born architect who leads the Projective Cities MPhil programme in Architecture and Urban Design at the Architectural Association in London. He is a founding member of the research and design collective Fatura Collaborative. Yiorgis Yerolymbos is a photographer trained in photography and architecture in Greece and the UK, whose work has been published internationally. He is known for \u003cem\u003eOrthographs\u003c\/em\u003e, a photographic record of the decade-long construction of Renzo Piano's Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 170 × 240 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePages: 216\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage: English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN: 9783775751964\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: Hatje Cantz\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfect For:\u003c\/strong\u003e Architects and urbanists interested in Mediterranean cities, students of urban history, and readers drawn to architectural photography as a mode of research.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DedeV1VE6Vt\/?utm_source=ig_embed\u0026amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; 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