AYK Architects

AYK Architects is a studio for architecture, urbanism and design founded by Andreas Y. Kyriakou in 2018. We are focused on design methods and procedures for creating a new paradigm and an innovative approach in the architecture industry.

We create crafted architectural experiences that are enriched by the local materiality, inspired by contemporary life, and informed by the Mediterranean tradition. We believe in an architectural notion that uses minimal interventions and we prefer to work holistically and instinctively on every project.

Sustainability is at the heart of our design approach. Addressing crucial concerns about climate change, we believe that our architecture must encompass the health and wellbeing of our communities. Our environmental sensitiveness is developed around design strategies that reduce the negative environmental impact of the built environment.

Architecture should be simple, dynamic, sustainable and modern with a strong language and adapted to its surroundings. It should stimulate and impress. To achieve this, we follow a comprehensive process from the very beginning until the project handover that includes:

• Visit the site, photo survey and site analysis.
• Consultation with government authorities.
• Meeting with the clients and developing the brief and the building program.
• Initial drafting which includes frequent client meetings.
• Project development – architectural and construction drawings.
• Drawing package preparation for planning and building permission.
• Architectural renderings and Professional Visualisation.
• Fixed and loose furniture design.
• Materiality collection and catalogue preparation.
• Preparation of documents for tendering process.
• Tendering analysis and evaluation.
• Supervision