Yiannis Vikelas & Associate Architects Yiannis Vikelas & Associate Architects was founded in 1960. It was later renamed I. & A. Vikelas & Associate Architects, when Alexios Vikelas joined the firm in 2000. The firm has dealt with almost every subject in architecture, from interior design and private houses, to urban developments and large scale projects, such as airports, parks, museums and hotel resorts. Recently, in collaboration with the offices of Elias and Konstantinos Skroubelos – under the joint company METRON Ltd. – and MEAS Ltd. Partner Architects, the firm has designed a major Olympic project, the Olympic Sailing Center. In general, the firm has gained its reputation by the design of highrise buildings in the 1970s, shopping centers in the 1980s and office buildings in the last twenty years. The firm is less widely known for its works within the scope of private houses and residential complexes, internal spaces and shops according to the research into 800 and more constructed projects in total.