Damianos Abakoumkin '85

Damianos Abakoumkin '85

General Secretary

Damianos Abakoumkin was born in Athens in 1967, he graduated from Athens College in 1985. He holds a Dipl. in Architectural Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens (1991), MArch (1992) and  UDes Cert (1995) from University of Pennsylvania. Received Scholarships from the State Scholarships Foundation and  Eugenides Foundation, as well as a UPenn Fellowship for studies in France and Italy.

Partner in “V. Abakoumkin & Associates Partnership” (1991-2012), and founding member of “AKKM & Associates – Architecture & Urban Design Studio” (1992-2019). Has undertaken a plethora of architectural studies for the construction of various projects. Distinctions (individually or as a team member) include: 1st prize in the Europan – Paneuropean Architectural Competition (1993), shortlisted for the Hellenic Institute of Architecture Awards 2004, winner in the Association of Greek Architects Awards 2010, National nomination for the E.U. Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies Van Der Rohe Awards (2013 and 2017).

He has been elected as a member of  the Delegation of the Association of Greek Architects (SADAS-PEA) and its  BoD (2011-14),the Delegation of the Technical Chamber of Greece (TCG) (2010-19) and its Governing Committee (2014-15), and served as the Curator of the Scientific Committee of Architects. Member of the UIA (International Union of Architects) Greek Section, Coordinator of the SADAS-PEA -WP “Architecture in Schools”, and member of the UIA- WP “Architecture and Children”.

Member of the HAEF Somateion since 2012, and its BoD since 2017.

He is married to Maria Christina Averoff and they have three children: Elena '20, Viktor '20, Markos (student at AC).

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Past Chairs of the HAEF Board of Directors

Epameinondas Charilaos1925 -1947
Antonios Benakis1948 -1952
Bert Hodge Hill1952-1955
Aristeides Kyriakides1955-1967
Αlexandra Papadopoulou1967-1974
Georgios Gonticas1974-1989
Charalambos Vellis1989-2003
Georgios Anastasopoulos2003-2006
Alexandros Samaras2006-2017
Nikolaos Tsavliris2017-2021