The Architect

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • Architecture
  • Building Consultancy
  • Exhibition Design 
 

EDUCATIONAL & PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

2012     Member of ICOMOS
2010     Correspondent member of the Scientific Council of Europa Nostra
2010     Member of the Nicosia - Kyrenia regional committee of the Cyprus Civil Engineers and Architects Association (CCEAA)
1990     Internship - Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA (Fulbright Scholarship)
1988     Member of Cyprus Scientific & Technical Chamber (ETEK)
1988     Master in Architecture - University of Florence, Italy

AWARDS

Member of the Nicosia Master Plan team for the Rehabilitation of the Walled City of Nicosia. The project was selected by the Award Master Jury to receive a 2007 Agha Khan Award for Architecture.

POSITIONS HELD

1990 -  date      Partner, N.G.Savvides Architects Ltd

2003- 2009      Architect, member of the Nicosia Master Plan Team of Nicosia Municipality

1988 – 1990     Exhibition Designer – Leventis Municipal Museum


RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE

ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES: Design management, construction monitoring, contract formation and administration, time scheduling and control, financial control, dispute resolution, contractor’s claim evaluation, contract management, technical consultancy services etc.

Project: Design and Restoration of:

• Municipal Centre for Social and Cultural Services at the Old Pallouriotissa Market, a listed building, formerly a municipal closed market, transformed in to a contemporary Cultural Centre in Nicosia, Cyprus
• Ayios Antonios Municipal Market, a listed building used as a municipal closed market place in the centre of Nicosia, Cyprus

Client: Nicosia Municipality


ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES: Design management, construction monitoring, contract formation and administration, time scheduling and control, financial control, dispute resolution, contractor’s claim evaluation, contract management, technical consultancy services etc.

Various projects, including:

• Headquarters, Peoples’ Coffee Grinding Ltd.

• Refurbishment of office building, Galatariotis Enterprises Ltd

• Industrial Units, Peoples' Coffee Grinding Ltd, Muskita Aluminium Co Ltd, S.J.Seraphim Ltd, Spyros Stavrinides Chemicals Ltd

• Restoration of a number of private listed buildings

• Refurbishment of a number of private residences

• Construction of a number of private residences and other housing projects


PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Redesign & Landscaping of Eleftheria Square (main square of Nicosia) and the surrounding area, a project awarded to Zaha Hadid Architects, London, following an architectural competition.

Client: Nicosia Municipality