Kifisia, Attica, Greece

In Filothei, on a quiet stone-paved street enclosed by mature trees, a new building of three storeys is under construction: three horizontal bands of pale stone cladding, dark-framed full-width glazing set between them, and a flat cantilevered roof with a louvred pergola above. Each floor carries its own planted terrace, the greenery drawn into the elevations from the first set of drawings. Five apartments in total; the building occupies a single plot behind a dark steel perimeter fence and gate.

187 sqm, three bedrooms, one of just five brand new apartments in a new Filothei address.

Aveline extends across 187 sqm. The living and dining room will open through full-width glazing onto a private terrace; the kitchen adjoins it directly, with its own eating area. Three bedrooms, each with its own bathroom, complete the plan. The pale stone of the facade faces the street on two elevations - a material that reads differently in the morning light than it does by afternoon.

The building will be specified throughout with underfloor heating, a fireplace, air conditioning, alarm, and lift access from the private parking level below. Two parking spaces and a storage room are included with the apartment.

Underfloor heating, full-width glazing, private parking - delivered into one of Athens most residential areas.

Filothei was planned in the 1930s as a garden suburb - wide streets, generous plots, low buildings set back behind walls and mature planting. It sits between Psychiko to the east and Ampelokipoi to the south, close enough to the centre of Athens to reach Kolonaki in fifteen minutes, far enough to feel like a different city entirely. The neighbourhood has not changed much in outline since it was built: the trees have grown, the houses have been replaced in some cases by apartment buildings, but the scale and the quiet have held.

Completion is scheduled for the middle of 2028.