Building Type: Residential

  • NICOSIA TOWER (ALEXANDROU DIMITRIOU TOWER)

    NICOSIA TOWER (ALEXANDROU DIMITRIOU TOWER)

    The Alexandros Dimitriou Building (1961), designed by Neoptolemos Michaelides, is one of the first modern buildings outside the walls of Nicosia. Originally conceived as a small commercial center with exhibition spaces and offices, it stands out for its functional layout and pioneering structural design without intermediate columns. Sixty years later, after renovation by Iereides and Michael Architects, the ground floor continues to host commercial use, while each upper floor now contains a single apartment, offering modern residences with panoramic views of the city walls and Nicosia’s historic monuments.

    Photos: Iereides and Michael Architects

  • STUDENT RESIDENCES OF THE HOLY ARCHBISHOPRIC OF CYPRUS

    STUDENT RESIDENCES OF THE HOLY ARCHBISHOPRIC OF CYPRUS

    The Student Residences οf the Holy Archbishopric of Cyprus in the walled city of Nicosia represent a contemporary intervention of adaptive reuse and extension of a listed building, designed by Polina Antoniadou & Associates. The project combines the restoration of the historic structure with a new addition, forming a cohesive composition that balances old and new. Emphasizing natural materials, light, and the courtyard as a social space, the design creates a contemporary living environment integrated into the historic urban fabric.

    Photos: Polina Antoniadou

  • UNIHALLS TRINITY

    UNIHALLS TRINITY

    The student residences, known as Trinity UniHalls, designed by Eraclis Papachristou Architects, and completed in 2018, consist of three identical volumes which are rotated against each other and in accordance with the site geometry. This creates a series of in-between spaces that are unique in themselves.
    A key architectural element is the elevated slab, which forms the roof of the ground floor facilities. To the same effect there are bridges that evolve out of the circulation cores and terraces at various levels. The identity of the project is the bold and consistent system of railing, cladding and enclosure serves to lend the definition of volumes an intriguing fluidity of occasional solid, stuttering transparency and overriding rhythm.

    Photos: Eraclis Papachristou Architects

  • NESSEUS LUX

    NESSEUS LUX

    Located in Nicosia, Agios Dometios, within a residential area closed to the university district, NESSEUS LUX offers contemporary living for students and young professionals. Designed by EPITESSERA ARCHITECTS, the project explores the idea of living comfortably within compact spaces, emphasizing the relationship between interior and outdoor areas that encourage interaction and dialogue. The four-storey building, consisting apartments and studio units, has been conceived as an urban sculpture, a statement piece within the neighbourhood. The façade treatment is defined by custom, cut-out illuminated panels featuring abstract human silhouettes. These create a poetic dialogue between architecture and urban life, reflecting the movement of people within the city as a continuous story, by both day and night.

    Photos: EPITESSERA ARCHITECTS

  • SIX UNIC RESIDENCES

    SIX UNIC RESIDENCES

    The SIX UNIC RESIDENCES is a student housing complex designed by Eraclis Papachristou Architects and completed in 2018. Six solid towers rise from an elevated platform that contains the shared communal spaces. This base is shaped by folds and curves, creating a dynamic horizontal landscape that supports the vertical volumes above. The towers, made of exposed reinforced concrete, are set at different inclinations, leaning toward each other. The composition is defined by strong geometry: angled and slightly leaning towers, sharp voids, and exposed concrete surfaces. Together, these elements form a compact but expressive landmark within the city. Recognized for its architectural ambition, the project was nominated for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award, highlighting its contribution to contemporary architectural discourse in Cyprus and beyond.

    Photos: Six UNIC Residences, Eraclis Papachristou Architects

  • CASA OBLIVIO

    CASA OBLIVIO

    Casa Oblivio, of M.O.B. Design Studio, is a project inspired by lived experiences and memories, a single -story house in Kato Deftera, suburban Nicosia. It integrates subtly into the landscape of valleys and open plains, embedded in light, air and the immaterial. The architectural design focuses on scale, form, intermediary spaces, orientation, introspection, and typological and morphological adaptation, creating a dwelling where memory spatially meets oblivion beneath the Mediterranean sky. The project attempts to spatially articulate the encounter between memory and oblivion. The house does not intrude upon the land; it integrates into it, accepting the site as its protagonist.

    Photos: M.O.B. Design Studio

  • AKELIUS OFFICES & APARTMENTS

    AKELIUS OFFICES & APARTMENTS

    Originally designed in 1955 by architect Panayiotis Stavrinides, this modernist building in the heart of Nicosia’s historic centre has been carefully restored and adapted by Economou Architects+Designers. The project transforms the former Glyki Arcade into a mixed-use development combining office spaces, long-term rental apartments and shared areas for residents and employees. At street level, the fragmented retail layout was reconfigured into open office spaces organised around the historic arcade, which now functions as a meeting and social space. The restoration preserves key elements of Cypriot modernist architecture, including the curved corner volume, mosaic-clad projection and stone façade. A new upper floor and rooftop garden introduce contemporary living spaces while maintaining a respectful dialogue with the original structure and the surrounding historic fabric.

    Photos: Akelius