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LAAV Architects is an Architectural, Industrial and Graphic Design Platform established in 2016 by Laertis Antonios Ando Vassiliou (co-founder of OPA Open Platform for Architecture) in Haarlem, NL.

The practice aims to create an expandable network of expert professionals, able to take on diverse design projects and deliver high-end products of all scales and typologies.

LAAV believes in comprehensive research, efficient teamwork, constructive brainstorming and innovative designs. We love to design cool stuff, breathtaking buildings and inspiring images.

And we do it well, because life is too short for designs that people will soon forget.

FOUNDER / DIRECTOR

Laertis-Antonios Ando Vassiliou was born in 1983 to Greek & Japanese parents. He grew up in Rhodes until 2001 when he started studying architecture at the Technical University of Athens (NTUA).
In 2005 he earned his first distinction at an architectural competition, which allowed him to study for six months at ISA Victor Horta in Bruxelles (2006). Since then, he has built his first commissioned design in Rhodes (2006-2008), received his MArch diploma (2008) and in 2010, completed his second project in Rhodes. The same year he left Greece to explore architecture in the Netherlands where he completed his MSc in Architecture & Urbanism at TU Delft (2010-2013), supported with a full scholarship by the Greek Scholarship Foundation (IKY).
During his study he worked for Mecanoo Architecten (2012) and entered his first professional competitions, with distinctions. In 2014 he worked for UNStudio Amsterdam and by the end of the year established OPA Open Platform for Architecture with a cutting-edge portfolio including the world-renowed designs of Casa Brutale and Lux Aeterna. Since October 2016 he established his personal architectural practice, parallel to OPA, LAAV Architects to continue the legacy of Casa Brutale with Villa Clessidra. 
Laertis is a registered member of the Greek (2009) and Dutch (2013) architectural registries. He is a passionate architect but sooner or later he dreams of becoming a novelist. He is a family-guy who loves books, cats, memes and motorbikes.

CURRENT COLLABORATORS

Michalis Takopoulos, Xanthippi Alexi Vassiliou, Anna Rosa Moschouti, Foteini Emmanouilidou, Christopher Malheiros, Lefteris Schetakis, Dionysis Koutsioumaris, Argyris Chronopoulos

PAST COLLABORATORS

Pantelis Kampouropoulos, Dimitra Chrysovergi, Terpsichori Latsi, Harris Heizanoglou, Giorgos Siokas, Reem Saouma, Laura Nielen