After their studies in the Architecture School of Geneva (E.A.U.G.) and having worked for more than 6 years in renowned Architecture Firms in Switzerland (Geneva) and Belgium (Brussels), Yannos and Vassiliki Yanniotis decided to return in Athens and established the Yanniotis & Associates Bureau. The Bureau was located in Kolonaki, an upscale neighborhood in central Athens on the southern slopes of Lycabettus hill. Its name derives from the two metre column (located in Kolonaki Square) that defined the area even before the area’s urbanization.