Stavros Gyftopoulos

Αrchitect and Professor at the School of Architecture, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), obtained his Diploma in Architecture from the same School in 1989. He holds a M.Arch. degree from a combined study at the Bartlett in UCL and the School of Architecture of the University of Sheffield (1991). He is specialized in architectural design and research by design. His architectural interests include methodological and typological approaches to design, implementation of new architecture into historically important places, transformations of contemporary theatre design and its relationship to space and scenography.

Since 2000 Stavros Gyftopoulos, has been teaching at the School of Architecture, NTUA, in the field of architectural synthesis. He teaches architectural synthesis of educational, religious, and cultural buildings, also emphasizing on the integration of new architecture in places of architectural and historical importance. He is an expert in morphological analysis of traditional settlements, and morphological analysis of contemporary architecture. He has also been involved in theatre design and the evolution of scenography.