Senior Associate
BA, MArch, PgDipArch, RIBA, ARB
London, UK
Electra Mikelides

Photograph by Frederic Aranda ©

Photograph by Laurian Ghinitoiu
Since first joining ZHA in 1999 and returning in 2009 , Electra has built extensive expertise across a wide range of typologies, including cultural, mixed-use developments, performing arts venues, museums, residential and office towers, and commercial projects.
She specialises in project management, site supervision, façade design, and technical specification and has played pivotal roles in key ZHA projects, from the Théâtre Royal de Rabat in Morocco, Eleftheria Square in Cyprus, the Central Bank of Iraq Offices in Baghdat, Glasgow Riverside Museum of Transport in the UK and Salerno Maritime Terminal in Italy,
With a focus on the delivery of projects, Electra also actively contributes to the practice’s leadership training programmes, sustainability symposiums, knowledge-sharing presentations & mentoring RIBA Part 3 students.
Prior to joining ZHA, Electra served as an associate at Azman Architects, working on high-end residential projects, and she contributed to award-winning residential and art projects with Munkenbeck and Marshall Architects.


Featured Projects
From a seamless spatial mixed-use performance theatre in Rabat, to a new civic plaza, garden and palm-lined promenade in Cyprus, discover highlights of Electra's notable projects at ZHA.

Photograph by McAteer Photograph / Alan McAteer
Electra completed her Bachelor of Arts Honours and Postgraduate Diploma in Architecture with distinction in design from the South Bank University in London and her Master of Architecture and Urbanism from the Design Research Laboratory (DRL) at the Architectural Association (AA) in London.
Born in London and raised in Athens, Electra’s architectural journey was sparked by her Mediterranean upbringing and encounters with the city’s layered civic fabric and theatre culture, which continue to inspire her interest in designing public spaces and cultural settings - particularly within the performing arts - that enrich human experiences.
Projects
Explore a selection of projects Electra has contributed to since joining ZHA.

Culture
A fluid sculptural form inspired by the Bouregreg River between the ancient cities of Rabat and Salé. Incorporating an 1800-seat theatre, a 7,000 person amphitheatre and an experimental performance space.

Photograph by ©K.Arkatites
Civic
Heritage + Regeneration
Establishing Eleftheria Square as the city’s primary gathering space, ZHA design creates new connections intended to unite a divided capital. Nicosia’s massive Venetian fortifications separate the old city from its modern districts, while the city’s ‘Green Line’ divides the capital into two disparate communities.

Courtesy of ZHA
Tall Buildings
Offices
Civic
Rising from the sloping banks of the Tigris River in Baghdad, the design for the new headquarters of the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) conveys the core values at the heart of the institution: Solidity, Stability and Sustainability.

Photograph by McAteer Photograph / Alan McAteer
Culture
The museum, a sectional extrusion open at both ends, its outline encapsulating a wave or pleat, flows from city to waterfront, symbolising dynamic relationship between Glasgow and the ship-building, seafaring and industrial legacy of the river Clyde. Clear glass facades allow light to flood through the main exhibition space.

Photograph by Hélène Binet
Transport + Infrastructure
Inaugurated on 25 April 2016, the new Salerno Maritime Terminal by ZHA is integral to the city’s urban plan.

Photograph by Heiko Stahl
Messehalle 3A
Mixed Use
Civic
NürnbergMesse is one of the world’s largest exhibition companies with a portfolio of over 120 national and international exhibitions and congresses that include 35,000 exhibitors and 1.5 million visitors who attend in their own, partner and guest events of the NürnbergMesse Group.

Render by X-Universe
Transport + Infrastructure
Phase One of the new Bishoftu International Airport (BIA) will serve 60 million passengers a year. Further phases will serve up to 110 million passengers annually with four runways and parking for 270 aircraft.
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