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Pikionis, Dimitris
(b Peiraeus, June 1887; d Athens, 28 Aug 1968). Greek architect and teacher. His family originally came from the island Chios, the vernacular style of architecture of which probably influenced his works. He studied civil engineering at the National Technical University of Athens (1904–8) and while there became acquainted with Giorgio de Chirico, who was studying at the Higher School of Fine Arts and who would become an acknowledged influence on his work. Pikionis went on to study painting and sculpture in Munich (1908) and Paris, where, due mainly to financial reasons, he turned to architecture, which he studied, without obtaining a degree, at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts (1909–12). When he returned to Greece he studied folk art and served in the army during the Balkan Wars (1912–13) and World War I. He studied drawing and ornamentation at the Higher School of Fine Arts, receiving his diploma in 1923, and served as Assistant to the Chair of Classical and Medieval Architecture (1921–3) in the National Technical University. In 1923–4 he returned to architecture for good, opening a private practice in Athens, which he operated until his death in 1968. He became Associate Professor (1925–30) and then Professor of Interiors (1930–57) at the University, a position through which he exercised significant influence on Greek architecture.
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