Yeoryia Manolopoulou is an architect, educator and researcher. She is Senior Lecturer and Director of Research at The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL. Yeoryia received her Diploma in Architecture at the National Technical University in Athens, and completed an March Architectural Design and one of the first PhDs by Architectural Design at The Bartlett.
In 2006, she established AY Architects with Anthony Boulanger. The practice is particularly concerned with the aesthetic and social purpose of architecture, often self-instigating projects. One of these projects, Montpelier Community Nursery, won a RIBA National Award and the 2013 Stephen Lawrence Prize. AY Architects received international attention with their installation House of Flags erected on Londonʼs Parliament Square to celebrate the Olympic Games in 2012. In 2014, the practice was BDʼs Small Project Architect of the Year Award Finalist and Yeoryia was shortlisted for the AJ”s Emerging Woman Architect of the Year Award.
Yeoryia has exhibited and lectured internationally. She is author of the book Architectures of Chance and founding editor of the series Bartlett Design Research Folios.
