Konstantinos A. Doxiadis (1913 - 1975)

Konstantinos A. Doxiadis

Greek architect and town planner.

Name:	Konstantinos A. Doxiadis
Full name:	Konstantinos Apostolos Doxiadis
Born on	14 May 1913 in Stenímakhos, Imathia, Central Macedonia, Greece, Europe
Deceased on	28 June 1975 in Athens, Athens, Attica, Greece, Europe
Place(s) of activity:	Doxiadis Associates
1935	Graduates as an architect-engineer from Athens Technical University.
1936	Doctorate at Charlottenburg University, Berlin.
1937	Appointed Chief Town Planning Officer for the Greater Athens Area.
1940 - 1945	Head of the Department of Regional and Town Planning in the Ministry of Public Works while also serving as a corporal in the Greek Army. During the Occupation he was Chief of the National Resistance Group, Hephaestus, and published a magazine called "Regional Planning, Town Planning and Ekistics," the only underground technical publication anywhere in occupied Greece.
1945 - 1948	Undersecretary and Director-General of the Ministry of Housing and Reconstruction.
1947	Head of the Greek Delegation at the UN International Conference on Housing, Planning and Reconstruction.
1948 - 1951	Minister-Coordinator of the Greek Recovery Program and Undersecretary of the Ministry of Coordination.
1949 - 1950	Head of the Greek Delegation at the Greco-Italian War Reparations Conference.
1951	Founds Doxiadis Associates.
1976	Royal Architectural Institute of Canada's Gold Medal.