Helen Fessas-Emmanouil (born 1943, in

Volos Volos ( el, Βόλος ) is a coastal port city in Thessaly situated midway on the Greek mainland, about north of Athens and south of Thessaloniki. It is the sixth most populous city of Greece, and the capital of the Magnesia regional unit ...

) is a Greek architect specializing in theatre architecture. An assistant professor at the

University of Athens The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA; el, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών, ''Ethnikó ke Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón''), usually referred to simply as the Univers ...

, she has published a number of essays and books on modern Greek architecture. Fessas studied architecture at the

National Technical University of Athens The National (Metsovian) Technical University of Athens (NTUA; el, Εθνικό Μετσόβιο Πολυτεχνείο, ''National Metsovian Polytechnic''), sometimes known as Athens Polytechnic, is among the oldest higher education institution ...

(1962–1967) where her doctorate thesis was ''Theatre Architecture in Modern Greece''. In 1993, she was appointed assistant professor at the Department of Theatrical Studies at

Athens University The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA; el, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών, ''Ethnikó ke Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón''), usually referred to simply as the Univers ...

. Over the past 20 years, she has worked as a historian in the area of modern Greek architecture, writing articles in Greek and foreign publications. In 1995, Fessas-Emmanouil was awarded the Athens Academy Prize for her two-volume book ''Theatre Architecture in Modern Greece''.

Own publications

Fessas-Emmanouil's publications include:"Helen Fessas-Emmanouil"
''International Archive of Women in Architecture''. Retrieved 25 February 2012. *''Built environments for urban cultural activities in the context of a comprehensive national plan for cultural decentralisation'', Athens, Greece (1974) *''Cultural Development: a new political responsibility in Greece'', Olkos, Athens, Greece (1987) *''Ideological and Cultural Issues in the Architecture of Modern Greece'', Olkos, Athens, Greece (1978) *''Public Architecture in Modern Greece, 1720-1940'', Papasotiriou, Athens, Greece (1993) *''Theatre Architecture in Modern Greece, 1720-1940'', Athens, Greece, (1994) sponsored by the

European Cultural Centre of Delphi The European Cultural Centre of Delphi (ECCD) was founded in 1977 upon the inspiration and initiative of Konstantinos Karamanlis with the view of setting up a European and intellectual centre in Delphi. The first thoughts and discussions started ...

and the I.F. Costopoulos Foundation. *''Why Integrate Educational and Community Facilities?'', UNESCO Prospects, 8, 4, 531-34 (1978) *Helen Fessa-Emmanouil & E.Marmaras, ''Twelve Greek Architects of the Interwar Period'', University Publications of Crete () *Helen Fessa-Emmanouil, ''Essays on Neohellenic Architecture'', () (Privately published)

References

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