Our firm may probably be the oldest architecture and civil engineering consulting firm on the island. Our origins date back in the mid 1930’s when the pioneering brothers Polys and George Michaelides Brothers first established a technical office. After having worked for a few years at Le Corbusier’s Atelier in Paris, Architect Polys M. Michaelides, returned to Athens to collaborate with his brother, Civil Engineer George M. Michaelides. The German occupation in Greece forced the two brothers to leave their offices and continue their work in Nicosia, Cyprus. The two brothers have left a very important architectural legacy having designed several of the most famous buildings of the architectural modernist era in Cyprus and in Greece.
Alexander F. Modinos joined the firm in 1960 and as a partner and chief Architect, he undertook the large architectural heritage left by Polys Michaelides, who passed away the same year. A.F. Modinos, successfully finished all of Polys’ unfinished work with George Michaelides. He then continued to lead the office to new architectural achievements, including the design of many important buildings on the island.
In 1982, Saverios Vrahimis (Fellow ASCE, USA) joined the firm and under his innovative leadership through the years, the firm has evolved into one of the most reputable architecture and engineering firms on the Island, having a multidiscipline identity and offering a wide range of services such as architectural engineering, structural engineering, civil engineering, project management, road and infrastructure engineering, hydraulic engineering and marine engineering.
As of 2022, our firm is owned and managed by dedicated partners, each of whom has been a valued member of our office for an extended period. These partners lead different departments, with each department specializing in a distinct field of operation.
Saverios Vrahimis – Chairman of the board – Head of Project Management Department
Alexis Valiantis – General Manager
Nadia Bata – Head of Architecture
Natalie Vrahimis – Head of Procurement
Marilena Georgiadou – Head of Road Engineering and Infrastructure
Michalis Trypiniotis – Head of Structural Engineering
The firm currently employs highly qualified professionals, Architects, Civil Engineers, Structural Engineers, Water and Sewerage Engineers, Hydraulic Specialists and Project Managers. All our team members are registered with the local professional bodies, while many also belong to international professional associations.
In recent years, the company has attracted partnership work from international companies, with whom we collaborate to provide innovative and superior alternatives and solutions, which are cost effective and optimize the business potential of each project. Currently, our strongest and most extensive cooperation continues to be with the French Engineering firm of Artelia International (the result of a merger between Sogreah and Coteba). Our cooperation on joint projects began in 2000. This extended cooperation with Artelia International gives us the ability to take advantage of their technical expertise by their presence in our offices and their training and sharing of skills with our staff.
Our cooperation spans across the globe with well reputed and highly qualified professionals in their field, like Howard Humphreys East Africa, Planning Systems Architects in Kenya, Foster + Partners in the UK, EDSA in the U.S.A, AECOM and last but not least Atelier Xavier BOHL in France, with whom we have designed the prestigious Limassol Marina in Cyprus. With the above-mentioned international partners, we have the opportunity to work on projects on a wider scale, learn and grow on how to better ourselves throughout our range of services that we offer.