Ilias Papageorgiou
Founder
PILA

Ilias Papageorgiou is a Greek architect and the founder of PILA. He has extensive experience in designing and realizing cultural, commercial, and residential projects worldwide. His recently completed retrofit of the Piraeus Tower in Athens, the second tallest building in Greece, revives a structure that had been dormant since 1975. Before founding PILA, Ilias was a partner at SO-IL in New York.

His work has been widely published and exhibited at prominent institutions, including the Venice Architecture Biennale and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. Ilias is a frequent lecturer and panelist at leading design institutions, such as the University of Patras School of Architecture and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation (GSAPP). He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Athens Epidaurus Festival.