Elia Zenghelis
- Introduction
- Elia Zenghelis (Born 1937, Athens, Greece) is a Greek architect and teacher. He studied architecture at the Architectural Association School of Architecture, London, completing his studies in 1961. From 1961 to 1971 he worked for architects Douglas Stephen and Partners, London, while also (from 1963) teaching at the Architectural Association. Zenghelis became a prominent teacher at the school for introducing more radical avant-gardism into the curriculum. From 1971 to 1975 Zenghelis collaborated with various architects in London, Paris and New York: Georges Candilis, Michael Carapetian, Aristeides Romanos, Rem Koolhaas, O.M. Ungers and Peter Eisenman.
- Wikidata
- Q1658487
- Introduction
- Zenghelis has been the architect with the Office for Metropolitan Architecture in London since 1975. British architect, born in Greece, since 1975 architect with Office for Metropolitan Architecture, London; since 1987 partner with Eleni Gigantes in Athens and Düsseldorf.
- Nationalities
- British, Greek
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Architect
- Name
- Elia Zenghelis
- Ulan
- 500112396
Exhibitions
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216: Building Citizens
Ongoing
MoMA
Collection gallery
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9 + 1 Ways of Being Political: 50 Years of Political Stances in Architecture and Urban Design
Sep 12, 2012–Jun 9, 2013
MoMA
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Contemporary Collection
Nov 16, 2011–Feb 9, 2014
MoMA
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194X–9/11: American Architects and the City
Jul 1, 2011–Jan 2, 2012
MoMA
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Here Is Every. Four Decades of Contemporary Art
Sep 10, 2008–Mar 23, 2009
MoMA
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Elia Zenghelis has
14 exhibitionsonline.
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Rem Koolhaas, Elia Zenghelis, Madelon Vriesendorp, Zoe Zenghelis Exodus, or the Voluntary Prisoners of Architecture: Prologue 1972
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Rem Koolhaas, Elia Zenghelis, Madelon Vriesendorp, Zoe Zenghelis Exodus, or the Voluntary Prisoners of Architecture: Exhausted Fugitives Led to Reception 1972
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Rem Koolhaas, Elia Zenghelis, Madelon Vriesendorp, Zoe Zenghelis Exodus, or the Voluntary Prisoners of Architecture: The Strip (Aerial Perspective) 1972
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Rem Koolhaas, Elia Zenghelis, Madelon Vriesendorp, Zoe Zenghelis Exodus, or the Voluntary Prisoners of Architecture: The Strip 1972
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Rem Koolhaas, Elia Zenghelis, Madelon Vriesendorp, Zoe Zenghelis Exodus, or the Voluntary Prisoners of Architecture: The Reception Area 1972
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Rem Koolhaas, Elia Zenghelis, Madelon Vriesendorp, Zoe Zenghelis Exodus, or the Voluntary Prisoners of Architecture: The Central Area 1972
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Rem Koolhaas, Elia Zenghelis, Madelon Vriesendorp, Zoe Zenghelis Exodus, or the Voluntary Prisoners of Architecture: Training the New Arrivals (Axonometric projection) 1972
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Rem Koolhaas, Elia Zenghelis, Madelon Vriesendorp, Zoe Zenghelis Exodus, or the Voluntary Prisoners of Architecture: The Tip of the Strip 1972
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Rem Koolhaas, Elia Zenghelis, Madelon Vriesendorp, Zoe Zenghelis Exodus, or the Voluntary Prisoners of Architecture: The Baths (Axonometric projection) 1972
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Rem Koolhaas, Elia Zenghelis, Madelon Vriesendorp, Zoe Zenghelis Exodus, or the Voluntary Prisoners of Architecture: The Baths 1972
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Rem Koolhaas, Elia Zenghelis, Madelon Vriesendorp, Zoe Zenghelis Exodus, or the Voluntary Prisoners of Architecture: The Square of the Muses 1972
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Rem Koolhaas, Elia Zenghelis, Madelon Vriesendorp, Zoe Zenghelis Exodus, or the Voluntary Prisoners of Architecture: The Institute of Biological Transactions (Plan oblique) 1972
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Rem Koolhaas, Elia Zenghelis, Madelon Vriesendorp, Zoe Zenghelis Exodus, or the Voluntary Prisoners of Architecture: The Park of Aggression 1972
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Rem Koolhaas, Elia Zenghelis, Madelon Vriesendorp, Zoe Zenghelis Exodus, or the Voluntary Prisoners of Architecture: The Central Area (Plan) 1972
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Rem Koolhaas, Elia Zenghelis, Madelon Vriesendorp, Zoe Zenghelis Exodus, or the Voluntary Prisoners of Architecture: The Allotments 1972
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Rem Koolhaas, Elia Zenghelis, Madelon Vriesendorp, Zoe Zenghelis Exodus, or the Voluntary Prisoners of Architecture: The Allotments 1972
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Rem Koolhaas, Elia Zenghelis, Madelon Vriesendorp, Zoe Zenghelis Exodus, or the Voluntary Prisoners of Architecture: The Avowal 1972
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Rem Koolhaas, Elia Zenghelis, Madelon Vriesendorp, Zoe Zenghelis Exodus, or the Voluntary Prisoners of Architecture: The Allotments 1972
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Rem Koolhaas, Zoe Zenghelis, Elia Zenghelis, Madelon Vriesendorp Egg of Columbus Circle project, New York, New York (Axonometric) 1975
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Rem Koolhaas, Elia Zenghelis Roosevelt Island Redevelopment Project, New York, New York (Axonometric) 1975
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Elia Zenghelis, Zoe Zenghelis Hotel Sphinx Project, New York, New York (Axonometric) 1975–1976
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Zoe Zenghelis, Elia Zenghelis Hotel Sphinx (The Head) Project, New York, New York (Axonometric) 1975
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Rem Koolhaas, Elia Zenghelis, Zaha Hadid Dutch Parliament Extension project, The Hague, Netherlands (Cutaway axonometric) 1978
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Elia Zenghelis, Zoe Zenghelis Lützowstrasse Housing, IBA Housing Competition project, Berlin, Germany (Cutaway axonometric) 1980
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Elia Zenghelis, Zoe Zenghelis Lutzowstrasse, IBA Housing Competition, project, Berlin, Germany, Axonometric 1981
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Elia Zenghelis, Zoe Zenghelis Lutzowstrasse, IBA Housing Competition, project, Berlin, Germany, Three perspectives 1981
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Rem Koolhaas, Elia Zenghelis, Zoe Zenghelis, Madelon Vriesendorp Boompjes Tower Slab, project, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Perspective 1981
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Elia Zenghelis, Zoe Zenghelis Sixteen Villas on the Island of Antiparos, Antiparos, Greece, Conceptual plan 1981
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Rem Koolhaas, Elia Zenghelis Parc de la Villette project, Paris, France (Sections) 1982
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Rem Koolhaas, Elia Zenghelis, Zoe Zenghelis, Madelon Vriesendorp Boompjes Tower Slab Project, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, (Rotterdam Summation) 1983
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