Emmanouil Korres (

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: Εμμανουήλ Κορρές, born 1948) is a major

restoration architect Conservation and restoration of immovable cultural property describes the process through which the material, historical, and design integrity of any immovable cultural property are prolonged through carefully planned interventions. The indivi ...

, civil engineer and professor of

architectural history The history of architecture traces the changes in architecture through various traditions, regions, overarching stylistic trends, and dates. The beginnings of all these traditions is thought to be humans satisfying the very basic need of shelt ...

at postgraduate studies 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 ...

. Currently he is head of the Acropolis Restoration Service (YSMA) and a casual member of the Academy of Athens since 2017.

Academic career

He studied architectural engineering at the National Technical University of Athens (1972), he did his postgraduate studies at the

Technical University of Munich The Technical University of Munich (TUM or TU Munich; german: Technische Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Germany. It specializes in engineering, technology, medicine, and applied and natural sciences. Establis ...

(TUM) (German: ''Technische Universität München'') (1975–77), he earned a doctorate at the

Free University of Berlin The Free University of Berlin (, often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU) is a public research university in Berlin, Germany. It is consistently ranked among Germany's best universities, with particular strengths in political science and t ...

(German: ''Freie Universität Berlin'', often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU) (1991) and of the National Technical University of Athens (1992). He worked as an engineer at the Acropolis Restoration Service (1975, 1977–1979) until he reached the position of the Head of the Department of Restorations at the Directorate for the Restoration of Ancient Monuments (1981). Then he was elected as Head for the "Parthenon" Project of the General Directorate of Antiquities and Cultural Heritage of the Ministry of Culture of Greece (1983–1999). He then achieved the position of professor at NTUA (1999–2015). He has taught ancient architecture, historical topography and restoration at the

National and Kapodistrian 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 ...

, the

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universitie ...

, the

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...

and at universities and uesarch institutions across Europe, the Americas and Asia. In specific he worked in Athens at the restoration of Erechteum, the temple of Dionysus, the

theatre of Dionysus The Theatre of Dionysus (or Theatre of Dionysos, el, Θέατρο του Διονύσου) is an ancient Greek theatre in Athens. It is built on the south slope of the Acropolis hill, originally part of the sanctuary of Dionysus Eleuthereus (Di ...

and mainly in the

Parthenon The Parthenon (; grc, Παρθενών, , ; ell, Παρθενώνας, , ) is a former temple on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, that was dedicated to the goddess Athena during the fifth century BC. Its decorative sculptures are considere ...

. He has also worked at the Theatre of

Lindos Lindos (; grc-gre, Λίνδος) is an archaeological site, a fishing village and a former municipality on the island of Rhodes, in the Dodecanese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Rhodes, of which it ...

and at the temple of Apollo Epikourios in Bassae. He is president of the

Central Archaeological Council The Central Archaeological Council and Museums Council ( el, Κεντρικό Αρχαιολογικό Συμβούλιο και Συμβούλιο Μουσείων), commonly known simply by its older abbreviation KAS (Κ.Α.Σ.), is the supreme ad ...

of Greece, member of the

German Archaeological Institute The German Archaeological Institute (german: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, ''DAI'') is a research institute in the field of archaeology (and other related fields). The DAI is a "federal agency" under the Federal Foreign Office of Germany ...

(German: ''Deutsches Archäologisches Institut'', ''DAI'') and of the . His latest work, filling the archaeological cite of Acropolis with cement paths, has been controversial and caused protests and debate.

Personal life

Emmanouil Korres was born in

Kypseli, Athens Kypseli ( el, Κυψέλη, ) is a neighbourhood in central Athens, Greece. It occupies much of the 6th municipal department of the municipality of Athens, and has a population of around 50,000. Ντίνα Βαΐου''Το αστικό τοπίο ...

, Greece at 1948. He grew up in Kypseli until he moved to

Melissia Melissia ( el, Μελίσσια) is a suburb in the northeastern part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Penteli, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The municipal ...

. His father was a mechanic and his origins were from the Aegean island of

Naxos Naxos (; el, Νάξος, ) is a Greek island and the largest of the Cyclades. It was the centre of archaic Cycladic culture. The island is famous as a source of emery, a rock rich in corundum, which until modern times was one of the best abr ...

. He is the middle child of a family of three children. His brother Dimitris Korres is also an architect and creator of the super-car of Korres Project.

Honours received

Korres has received, among others, the following awards: * Bronze Medal of the Academy of Athens (1989) * Silver Medal of the

Académie d'architecture The Académie d'Architecture () is a French learned society whose purpose is the recognition of architectural quality. Founded in 1840 as the Société Centrale des Architectes (; en, "Central Society of Architects"), the society was renamed Ac ...

(1995) * Commander of the Order of the Phoenix (1998) *

Humboldt Prize The Humboldt Prize, the Humboldt-Forschungspreis in German, also known as the Humboldt Research Award, is an award given by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation of Germany to internationally renowned scientists and scholars who work outside of G ...

(2003) * Premio Internazionale di Archeologia, città di

Ugento Ugento ( Salentino: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Lecce, Apulia, southern Italy. It has a small harbour on the Gulf of Taranto of the Ionian Sea. History The city is the ancient ''Uxentum'', and claims to have been founded by Uxe ...

(Premio , 2006) * International

Feltrinelli Prize The Feltrinelli Prize (from the Italian "Premio Feltrinelli", also known as "International Feltrinelli Prize" or "Antonio Feltrinelli Prize") is an award for achievement in the arts, music, literature, history, philosophy, medicine, and physical and ...

of the

Accademia dei Lincei The Accademia dei Lincei (; literally the "Academy of the Lynx-Eyed", but anglicised as the Lincean Academy) is one of the oldest and most prestigious European scientific institutions, located at the Palazzo Corsini on the Via della Lungara in Rom ...

, Rome (2013) * Full member of the Academy of Athens (2017)

References

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