Ateno Architecture Studio sinks Olen resort into Greek cliff edge

Greek practice Ateno Architecture Studio has completed Olen, an underground coastal hotel on the island of Syros, which is half-buried into its cliff-edge site to offer uninterrupted views across the Aegean Sea.

With a brief to create a seven-suite resort on the relatively untouched site, Athens-based Ateno Architecture Studio prioritised blending Olen into the landscape, creating a stepped form described by the studio as "amphitheatrical".

This created a contrasting mixture of open...