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About Papadakis

Papadakis Publisher is an independent, family-owned publishing company situated in London and Winterbourne, UK. Since 1968, Papadakis Publisher and its predecessor Academy Editions have published more than a thousand titles, mainly on art, architecture and the decorative arts. Founder Andreas Papadakis was the first to publish many international architects including Léon Krier, Daniel Libeskind and Zaha Hadid; and Victor Arwas’s Art Deco, first published in 1980 remains the standard work on the subject.

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In 1997, Andreas founded a new publishing house, Papadakis Publisher, with his daughter Alexandra who had previously studied at the Architectural Association.

London Book Fair, 2003

In addition to books on architecture and the decorative arts the company broadened its scope to include books on natural science, including the acclaimed series of Pollen, Seeds, Fruit and The Bizarre and Incredible World of Plants in association with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Pollen and Seeds were awarded a joint gold medal by the American Independent Publishers’ Association in 2006 as Outstanding Books of the Year, and the company’s first science book Why the Lion Grew its Mane was long-listed for the Royal Society Prize in 2007.

Andreas Papadakis died in June 2008. Papadakis Publisher continues to produce high-quality illustrated books, beautifully displaying the works of acclaimed authors, artists, architects and photographers, under the directorship of his daughter Alexandra.

In 2009 Where Have all the Flowers Gone was awarded a silver medal by the American Independent Publishers’ Association and Fruit was awarded the special prize of the jury at the prestigious Gourmand Awards, held at La Comédie Française. In 2010 Why the Cheetah Cheats was awarded a silver medal at the IPPY awards.

Papadakis specialises in books on architecture, art, nature, natural history, science and photography.