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Professor Kostas Grigoriadis is an ARB-registered architect and academic. His work explores the spatial and theoretical implications of using multi-materials in architecture, as well as the new paradigm of spatial and material continuity they enable. His practice, Continuum, provides building design services and has completed the construction of a tourist center in Anhui, China, for Cozoo Ltd. Continuum previously won the Spiretec competition for the design and construction of the 62,000-square-meter World Trade Center Noida in Delhi, India. Kostas studied Architecture at UCL, followed by a Master's in Architecture and Urbanism at the Architectural Association’s Design Research Laboratory. He has worked for Foster + Partners and Populous in London and held a Visiting Lectureship at the Royal College of Art, where he also completed a PhD in Architecture by Project, focusing on multi-material design methodologies. He taught a design studio at the Architectural Association from 2010 to 2023. He is currently Professor of Multi-Material Architecture and Co-Director of Architecture MArch (ARB/RIBA Part 2) at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, and Associate Editor of Architecture Intelligence (Springer). He is the co-author of 3D Printing and Material Extrusion in Architecture, and the editor of Mixed Matters: A Multi-Material Design Compendium, published by Jovis Verlag in June 2016. His awards include the Ivan Petrovic Prize (eCAADe 2014), the Arup Prize for Emerging Talent in Architecture—Special Mention (Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, 2016), the RIBA President’s Award for Design and Technical Research (2018), and the Google R+D in the Built Environment Fellowship (2019).
