22 | 12 | 2025
A time of light and quiet — a moment to pause and appreciate the year that has passed.
2025 has been full of ideas brought to life, collaborations that inspired, and moments that remind us of the value of working together.
As we look ahead, we carry this light forward, open to new ideas, challenges, and possibilities in the year to come!
Beautiful photograph of snowy Manna by Kostis Aggelopoulos.
22 | 12 | 2025
Before 2025 draws its close, we take stock of a year shaped by ideas developed together, trust built over time, and work that extended across disciplines and geographies.
Across projects and initiatives, this year has been defined by commitment, exchange, and thoughtful making — a reminder of the value of working closely, thinking carefully, and creating with purpose.
As we pause to acknowledge all that 2025 has brought, we are grateful for the confidence and trust of everyone who has been on our side, and for the collective energy that continues to guide our work.
With this perspective, we step into the year ahead with optimism and renewed intent, open to new challenges, ideas, and possibilities.
Wishing everyone a restorative and inspiring season, and a year ahead full of potential!
11 | 12 | 2025
GRAIL Awards aim to highlight and celebrate works of architectural excellence, and celebrate their 3rd edition with a newly appointed jury.
Dimitris Karampatakis has joined the lineup that will evaluate and select the winners among a distinguished selection of projects that exemplify innovation, sensitivity to context, and architectural integrity.
09 | 12 | 2025
We are excited to share that Mandarin Oriental Costa Navarino has been included on the longlist for the Créateurs Design Awards, in the category of Best Hospitality Project in Architecture, and will be advancing to the final round of voting.
02 | 12 | 2025
We are thrilled to announce that Mandarin Oriental Costa Navarino has been recognized as the Public Vote Winner in the Archello Awards 2025
Special thanks to all who supported the project to make it a readers’ favorite!
02 | 12 | 2025
Manna is part of the Architectural Heritage Intervention Archive, the platform englobing a European-scale Award, an international Biennial, a digital Archive and a debate Forum that showcases the multiple approaches of intervention in Europe.
01 | 12 | 2025
We are invited to a panel discussion at this year’s the Architect Show, curated by DOMa Institution and moderated by Haris Biskos.
Through the example of Liknon, the brand house of METAXA in Samos, and with the help of Huity Konstantinidou -Hospitality, Heritage & Events Director of The House of Metaxa-, Konstantinos Karantzoulis -Rural & Surveying Engineer and Trail Planner at Paths of Greece-, and Panos Kostoulas -Architect and Founding Member of Boulouki-, Dimitris Karampatakis will join a session dedicated to the role of paths as infrastructure and cultural heritage.
28 | 11 | 2025
Mandarin Oriental Costa Navarino was distinguished in both Resort and Landscaping & Outdoor Spaces categories of this year’s AHEAD Europe Awards, in a Ceremony celebrated yesterday, 27th November, in London.
The hotel is stitched into its place -both literally and conceptually- drawing from the rural agrarian vernacular of “mandria” to unfold a world of luxury and authenticity within earth-sheltered spaces that dissolve into the lush Messinian landscape. Ribbon-like stone walls hold and articulate the terrain, highlighting the natural slope as part of the architectural experience.
We are proud to celebrate this accolade along with our collaborators, Tombazis & Associates Architects, Coopers Hill, Greenways, Afroditi, Alexander Waterworth Interiors and MKV Design, and look forward to facing all regional winners at AHEAD Global later this year.
25 | 11 | 2025
BIG SEE Magazine has dedicated an editorial series to Greece, and selected Southwand House as a showcase of forward thinking works from our country.
We are happy to contribute to the narrative of contemporary architecture and design in Greece, and cannot help but take such encouragements as a fuel for our ongoing endeavours!
20 | 11 | 2025
We have partnered with Athens Kallithea FC to propose a next generation upgrade for the Grigoris Lamprakis Stadium, commonly known as “El Paso”.
In an initial phase, K-Studio will undertake the early conceptualization and re-envisioning of the project, as AKFC seeks to explore a modern venue for sport, music, and other forms of art, culture, and entertainment, while ensuring to honor the site’s history and character.
Built in 1970, Grigoris Lamprakis Stadium is a public stadium that is owned and operated by the Municipality of Kallithea. The stadium’s “El Paso” nickname is a reference to Sergio Leone’s 1965 Spaghetti Western film For a Few Dollars More (which had the Greek title “Duel in El Paso”) starring Clint Eastwood, as the stadium was built on the site of a quarry and features a tall rock along the north side of the pitch, which was thought to be reminiscent of scenes from the film.
The first visualizations of the new El Paso proposal are expected in Spring 2026.
18 | 11 | 2025
“High in the Peloponnese, among Arcadia’s whispering pines, stands a house once built for healing. Nearly a century later, it still is — only now, the cure lies in stillness.
MANNA Arcadia is not a place you visit. It’s a place you settle into.
The architecture respects time more than trends.”
Hype & Hyper, the magazine that provides a unique summary of all things exciting in the Central and Eastern European region in the fields of design, business, architecture and culture, has visited Manna and praises with elegance the reawakening of the formerly abandoned sanatorium.
