Founded in Athens in 1957 by the architect Antonis K. Kitsikis, Architectoniki quickly became the leading professional review of postwar Greek architecture, printed in runs of up to 10,000 copies despite a national body of fewer than 800 registered architects.
Kitsikis, who signed his own articles as "Architect and Decorator," founded the magazine with his father, the National Technical University of Athens professor Kostas D. Kitsikis, credited as responsible for editorial content. The early editorial team also included Nikolaos Mavrokordatos as financial director and Theodoros G. Makris as editorial secretary.
The magazine ran bi-monthly from its first issue in January–February 1957 through October–December 1967 (issues 1–82). After a gap, it resumed in 1971, first fortnightly (issues 84–90), then monthly (issues 91–93), with K. Gelantalis, G. Velachoutakos, and Fr. Frantziskakis successively credited as editor-in-chief during this final period. The 93rd and final issue appeared in December 1971.
This archive currently holds 25 of the magazine's 93 published issues, spanning 1957 to 1967. The 1971 issues (84–93) and several gaps within 1957–1967 are not yet digitised.
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Sourced from the SearchCulture.gr aggregated archival record and a 2016 academic study of the magazine's circulation and reception. The masthead changed substantially after the magazine resumed in 1971.
Architect, born Athens 1924; signed his own articles "Architect and Decorator." Son of Kostas D. Kitsikis. Also a practicing architect: his own house-atelier for painter N. Hatzikyriakos-Ghikas appeared in the magazine's first year.
Professor at the National Technical University of Athens (EMP); father of the founder.
Listed in the founding masthead alongside the Kitsikis family.
Listed in the founding masthead.
Took over editorial direction in the magazine's later bi-monthly years.
Credited respectively as chief editor and editor-in-chief during the magazine's final fortnightly and monthly period in 1971.
Scans of the 25 issues held in this archive were digitised, paginated, OCR-processed, and assembled into PDF booklets by the Architectural Periodicals Database team.
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