Attalides residence, is probably one of the finest and most well-preserved neoclassical architecture residences in Cyprus. The residence was designed by architect Theodoros Photiades circa 1920.
Attalides residence, is probably one of the finest and most well-preserved neoclassical architecture residences in Cyprus. The residence was designed by architect Theodoros Photiades circa 1920.
Theodoros Photiades was born in 1878 in the village of Agios Theodoros and died in 1952, leaving behind him a very important architectural heritage. Theodoros Photiades completed his studies in the Department of Civil Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens in 1905. He was an engineer at the same time in the Municipalities of Nicosia, Famagusta, Kyrenia and Paphos. The whole of his work belongs to neoclassicism.
The residence is situated in a neighbourhood among other listed buildings in Agious Omologites in Nicosia. An experienced eye will notice the obvious similarities of the structure to the State Gallery of Contemporary Art in Nicosia, another prime example of the work of Theodoros Photiades.
It is a masonry building constructed with 40 to 60cm thick, load bearing walls, built with local calcarenite sandstone. The building extends to three levels and has a total built area of c. 500sq.m. plus the covered verandas. The building is characterised by strong elegance, decorated with the elements of the neoclassical era such as the painted white mouldings and eaves at floor and roof levels, the French doors and windows with shouldered architraves, the balustrades with the vasiform white balusters and the Tuscan columns supporting the circular verandas. The building underwent restoration works in 1996 which were designed by our office and executed by Fidias Koursoumbas Contractors LTD and since then it has been constantly maintained and kept in perfect condition by its owners.