Colonas Vassilios

Selanik’te doğan Vassilios Colonas, Selanik Aristotle Üniversitesi Mimarlık Okulu’ndan mezun oldu. Çalışmalarına Paris Üniversitesi’nde Sanat Tarihi ve Müzecilik, Tarihsel Binaların ve Anıtların Korunması ve Restorasyonu alanında devam etti; aynı zamanda Fransa Mimari Akademisi’nde çalıştı (1979-1986). 1992’de Aristotle Üniversitesi Mimarlık Okulu’nda doktorasını tamamladı. Colonas, 2003’ten beri Teselya Üniversitesi Mimarlık Okulu’nda on dokuzuncu ve yirminci yüzyıl mimari tarihi profesörüdür. Yunanistan ve pek çok ülkede çeşitli bilimsel konferanslara katılmış, Yunanca ve diğer dillerde makaleler ve monograflar yayınlamıştır. Sergi organizasyonu ve müzecilik alanlarında çalışmış; Doğu Akdeniz ve Karadeniz bölgelerindeki on dokuzuncu ve yirminci yüzyıla ait mimari miraslarla ilgili çeşitli Avrupa Araştırma Programları’nda yer almıştır.

İngilizce kitapları şunlardır: Italian Architecture in the Dodecanese Islands (1912-1940) (Athens: Olkos, 2004). Greek Architects in the Ottoman Empire, 19th-20th c. (Athens: Olkos, 2006),  A Hundred Years of Hospitality. The Hotels of Thessaloniki (1914-2014), Thessaloniki: University Studio Press, 2015.

Born in Thessaloniki, was graduated from the School of Architecture of the Aristotle University. Continued his studies in Paris, in the fields of Conservation and Restoration of Historic Buildings and Monuments, Art History and Museology (University of Paris I), while at the same time working in the French Academy of Architecture (1979-1986). Earned his doctorate from the School of Architecture, Aristotle University, in 1992. Since 2003, Professor of Architectural History of 19th-20thc. in the School of Architecture at the University of Thessaly. Has taken part in numerous scientific conferences in Greece and abroad and published studies in Greek and foreign books and periodicals. He has worked in the fields of exhibition organization and museology and was member of numerous European Research Programs related to the architectural heritage in the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea countries of the 19th-20th centuries.

His books in English: Italian architecture in the Dodecanese Islands (1912-1940), OLKOS, Athens 2004. Greek architects in the Ottoman Empire, 19th-20th c., OLKOS, Athens 2006,  A Hundred years of Hospitality. The Hotels of Thessaloniki (1914-2014), University Studio Press, Thessaloniki 2015.