skaarchitects is an architectural office that was founded in 2009 in Bucharest by the architects Kalliopi Dimou and Sorin Istudor. Since then the office was involved in various small and medium scale projects, taking always a keen interest in developing spaces adapted to the specific context and necessities.
Sorin Istudor CV
Kalliopi Dimou CV
our team (past and present): Laurențiu Milotoiu, Tudor Antemir, Cristi Borcan, Ștefan Păvăluță, Iulia Anghel, Matei Puticiu, Alex Mateescu, Claudia Trufaș, Nicu Petrencu, Gabriela Cristea, Georgiana Dumitrescu, Clara Reviu, Mihaela Bordeianu, Andra Manea, Elli Petridi
Sorin Istudor CV
Kalliopi Dimou CV
our team (past and present): Laurențiu Milotoiu, Tudor Antemir, Cristi Borcan, Ștefan Păvăluță, Iulia Anghel, Matei Puticiu, Alex Mateescu, Claudia Trufaș, Nicu Petrencu, Gabriela Cristea, Georgiana Dumitrescu, Clara Reviu, Mihaela Bordeianu, Andra Manea, Elli Petridi
our clients:
Hotel PEAKTURE Bucharest
Hotel Peakture Balvanyos
Asotiatie Ivan Patzachin
Atlas Corporation
Atlas Foods
Balvanyos Resort
Gastrolab Bucharest
FORK the Restaurant
daBEEF
ORO-TORO
OSHO
Rowmania
DC Communication
Singer Romania
Aegean Catering
CytoGenomic
DC Communication
Frank Oxygen
Alexandrion Group
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Romania
National Museum of Art, Romania
Salonul de Proiecte
Institut of the Present
ArCuB
selected architectural projects:
-Casa de vacanta, Balteni, in luru 2026
-Casa de vacanta Valea Doftanei, in lucru 2025
-Hotel and Resort in Baile Tusnad, in lucru 2024
-Locuinte colective Pipera, 2025
-Ivan Patzachin Musuem 2024
-Hotel and Resort in Cristian, concept 2024
-Peakture Hotel and Spa, Balvanyos resort, 2024
-Locuinta individuala p+3, in lucru 2024
-Birouri Atlas Corporation, Pipera, 2024
-Prime restaurant, Hotel Radisson, 2023
-Locuinte colective Vacaresti, concept 2023
-Bar-Restaurant Champagne and More, Hotel Radisson, 2022
-Apart Hotel, Poiana, concept, 2022
-Hotel and Spa, Balvanyos, concept, 2021
-Casă de vacanță la Ciofliceni II, România, concept, 2021
-Muzeu Ivan Patzachin, concept, 2020
-Locuinte colective, str. Coanda, concept 2020
-Hotel Ursa, Balvanyos resort, concept, 2020
-Magazinul SINGER - concept store, Bucharest, 2020
-Oro-Toro, Baneasa, 2020
-Restaurant FORK, Ana-Tower, Bucharest, 2020
-Magazin Indivino, Pipera, 2019-2020
-Gregory’s Pipera, concept, 2020
-Centru de limbi straini, “Glossa”, Bucharest, 2020
-Modernizare camere de hotel, Balvanyos resort, 2019-2020
-Vila Panorama II, Balvanyos resort, 2018-2020
-Restaurant OSHO, renovare, concept, 2019
-Restaurant Dabeef, Bucharest, 2019
-Birouri Frank-Oxygen, concept, 2019
-Birouri Atlas Foods, 2019
-Gregory’s Feeria, Baneasa, 2019
-Gregory’s Kaufland, Mihai Bravu, 2019
-Gregory’s Militari Mall, 2019
-Gregory’s Carrefour, Balotesti, 2019
-Gregory’s The Light, concept, 2019
-Restaurant Gastrolab, Piata Victoriei, Bucharest, 2018
-Restaurant Gastrolab, Balvanyos resort, 2018-2019
-Restaurant FORK, Balvanyos Resort, 2018
-Birouri MEDONE, Bucharest, 2018
-Renovare si consolidare vilă urbană din ani ’40, Primaveri, Bucuresti, 2017
-Vila Apartamente, Balvanyos Resort, concept, 2017
-BioMer City Spa, Bucharest, concept, 2017
-Vila Panorama, Balvanyos Resort, 2017
-Consolidare și extindere casă unifamilială de început de secol XX, Gradină Icoanei, București, 2016
-Casă de vacanță la Techirghiol, 2016
-Renovare apartament interbelic, București, 2016
-Casă de vacanță, extindere si reconditionare, Dambovicioara, Arges, 2016
-Consolidare și extindere casă unifamilială de început de secol XX, Parcul Carol, București, 2016
-Grand Santerra Spa, Balvanyos Resort, 2015-2016
-Laborator de genetica, Cytogenomic, Bucharest, 2015
-Casă de vacanță, Copaciu, Giurgiu, concept, 2015
-Restaurant Ivan Pescar, Tulcea, 2015
-Arcub, Gabroveni, mobilare si signalistica, 2014-2015
-Birouri Atlas Corporation, Pipera, 2014
-Ponton in Delta Dunari, concept, 2014
-Muzeu lotci, Tulcea, concept, 2014
-Lotca Dream, Mila 23, concept, 2014
-Restaurant City Cafe, Floreasca, Bucharest, 2013
-Casă de vacanță la Ciofliceni, România, 2013
-Propunere de mis-en-valeur a sectorului S-E, Delfi protobizantine, EFA, Delphes, Greece, concept, 2013
-Extindere casa in Tusnad Nou, 2013
-Reconfigurare si extensie pentru o vilă în Pipera, București, concept, 2012
-Plug to nature Viena, 2012
-Plug to nature Bucharest, 2012
-Pop-up shop, Patzaikin, Baneasa, 2012
-Centrul de ecoturism, Crisan, 2012
-Extindere Atelier ambarcatiunisi din lemn, Tulcea 2012
-Spa and Wellness, Mistral Resort, Moieciu se Sus, concept, 2012
-Restaurare și refuncționalizare apartament în imobil de patrimoniu, strada Lisabona, București, 2012
exhibition design:
-Nostalgie. Amintire. Regasire. Peisajul european si ruina, curator Malina Contu, MNAR, 2022
-Colofon, 2021
-EXPO_01_BUC_ARH_SP.PUBLIC, Mihai Oroveanu collection, Salonul de Proiecte, curator Magda Radu, 2020
-Enchanting views: Romanian Black sea tourism planning and architecture in 60’s and 70’s, CIVA, Europalia, Brussels, 2020
-24arguments, The Institute of the Present, MNAR, 2019
-Sheep on ship, curator Alexandra Gulea, 2018
-Octav Grigorescu - Georgeta Năpăruş, curator Ioana Vlasiu şi Magda Predescu, MNAC, 2018
-Seeing History,MNAC cuatorial team, 2018
-One monument later, curator Călin Dan, MNAR, 2018
-Wanda Mihuleac - Contextulizations, curator Magda Cârneci and Mica Gherghescu, MNAC, 2017
-Ion Bitzan, curator Călin Dan, MNAC, 2017
-Beyond the concept frontier, Salonul de Proiecte, curator Magda Radu, Art encounters, 2017
-The Ephemeris, curator Călin Dan, MNAC, 2016
-Art for the people?, MNAR, curator Monica Enache, 2016
-Factory of facts and other (untold) stories, curator Alina Șerban, Salonul de proiecte, 2016
-Rowmania: powered by nature, curator Teodor Frolu, MNAC-Sala Dalles, 2016
-Enchanting views: Romanian Black sea tourism planning and architecture in 60’s and 70’s», MNAC-Sala Dalles, with Alina Șerban, 2014
-VivaEastPart, Sibiu, 2013
-Good Girls, curator Bojana Pejic, MNAC, 2013
-Istanbul Biennale, “The archeology of now”, with Katerina Polychroniadi, Spyros Nasainas, Giorgos Makkas, 2012
-Chile. Beyond landscape, curator Christian Beros, MNAC, 2011
funded cultural projects:
GRAHAM FOUNDATION CHICAGO
AFCN
ICR
EUROPALIA
EFA