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): 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): 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:
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:
Restaurare și refuncționalizare apartament în imobil de patrimoniu, strada Lisabona, București, 2012
Spa and Wellness, Mistral Resort, Moieciu se Sus, concept, 2012
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
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
Birouri Atlas Corporation, Pipera, 2014
Ponton in Delta Dunari, concept, 2014
Muzeu lotci, Tulcea, concept, 2014
Lotca Dream, Mila 23, concept, 2014
Arcub, Gabroveni, mobilare si signalistica, 2014-2015
Laborator de genetica, Cytogenomic, Bucharest, 2015
Casă de vacanță, Copaciu, Giurgiu, concept, 2015
Restaurant Ivan Pescar, Tulcea, 2015
Grand Santerra Spa, Balvanyos Resort, 2015-2016
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
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
Restaurant FORK, Balvanyos Resort, 2018
Birouri MEDONE, Bucharest, 2018
Restaurant Gastrolab, Piata Victoriei, Bucharest, 2018
Restaurant Gastrolab, Balvanyos resort, 2018-2019
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
Birouri Atlas Foods, 2019
Birouri Frank-Oxygen, concept, 2019
Restaurant Dabeef, Bucharest, 2019
Restaurant OSHO, renovare, concept, 2019
Vila Panorama II, Balvanyos resort, 2018-2020
Modernizare camere de hotel, Balvanyos resort, 2019-2020
Centru de limbi straini, “Glossa”, Bucharest, 2020
Gregory’s Pipera, concept, 2020
Magazin Indivino, Pipera, 2019-2020
Restaurant FORK, Ana-Tower, Bucharest, 2020
Oro-Toro, Baneasa, 2020
Magazinul SINGER - concept store, Bucharest, 2020
Hotel Ursa, Balvanyos resort, concept, 2020
Muzeu Ivan Patzachin, concept, 2020
Casă de vacanță la Ciofliceni II, România, concept, 2021
Hotel and Spa, Balvanyos, concept, 2021
Apart Hotel, Poiana, concept, 2022
Bar-Restaurant Champagne and More, Radisson, 2022
Locuinte colective, str. Coanda, in lucru
Locuinte colective Pipera, in lucru
Locuinte colective Vacaresti, in lucru
Extindere Hotel si Spa, Balvanyos resort, in lucru
exhibition design:
Chile. Beyond landscape, curator Christian Beros, MNAC, 2011
Istanbul Biennale, “The archeology of now”, with Katerina Polychroniadi, Spyros Nasainas, Giorgos Makkas, 2012
Good Girls, curator Bojana Pejic, MNAC, 2013
VivaEastPart, Sibiu, 2013
Enchanting views: Romanian Black sea tourism planning and architecture in 60’s and 70’s», MNAC-Sala Dalles, with Alina Șerban, 2014
Rowmania: powered by nature, curator Teodor Frolu, MNAC-Sala Dalles, 2016
Factory of facts and other (untold) stories, curator Alina Șerban, Salonul de proiecte, 2016
Art for the people?, MNAR, curator Monica Enache, 2016
The Ephemeris, curator Călin Dan, MNAC, 2016
Beyond the concept frontier, Salonul de Proiecte, curator Magda Radu, Art encounters, 2017
Ion Bitzan, curator Călin Dan, MNAC, 2017
Wanda Mihuleac - Contextulizations, curator Magda Cârneci and Mica Gherghescu, MNAC, 2017
One monument later, curator Călin Dan, MNAR, 2018
Seeing History,MNAC cuatorial team, 2018
Octav Grigorescu - Georgeta Năpăruş, curator Ioana Vlasiu şi Magda Predescu, MNAC, 2018
Sheep on ship, curator Alexandra Gulea, 2018
24arguments, The Institute of the Present, MNAR, 2019
Enchanting views: Romanian Black sea tourism planning and architecture in 60’s and 70’s, CIVA, Europalia, Brussels, 2020
EXPO_01_BUC_ARH_SP.PUBLIC, Mihai Oroveanu collection, Salonul de Proiecte, curator Magda Radu, 2020
Colofon, 2021 Nostalgie. Amintire. Regasire. Peisajul european si ruina, curator Malina Contu, MNAR, 2022
funded cultural projects:
GRAHAM FOUNDATION CHICAGO
AFCN
ICR
EUROPALIA
EFA