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Elisabeth Sakellariou | |
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| Born | April 1939 |
| Occupation | Greek architect |
| Spouse(s) | H.E. Senkowsky |
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Elisabeth Sakellariou (born April 1939) is a Greek architect. [1] [2] [3]
Elisabeth Sakellariou is the daughter of Perikles A. Sakellario, also a Greek architect. She trained at the Architectural Association School of Architecture (1958-1963) and at Saint Martin's School of Art (1957 -1960) in London.
In 1963 Sakellariou worked in Athens. From 1964 to 1965 she worked in Paris for Georges Candilis on urban and tourist developments in Corsica. In 1966, Sakellariou returned to Greece and until 1973 worked at P. A. Sakellarios and Associates as a partner, alongside H.E. Senkowsky and Koula Kampani. Sakellario married Austrian architect H. E. Senkowsky in 1966.
Sakellariou was the founding member of the firm ARSY Co. She specialized in hospital design. During this period Sakellariou was also the Greek correspondent for the magazine L’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui.
In 1973 she and her husband set up their own practice under the name Senkowsky-Sakellarios, Architects and Town Planners. Sakellariou has been a member of the Hellenic Architectural Society since 1968, and is a founding member of the Lykeion ton Hellinidon in Bonn, Germany, where she served as President from 1997 to 2001.
In collaboration with Sakellarios, Senkowsky, Kampani:
As a partner together with H. E. Senkowsky:
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