Greek Phone booth- Aluminium phone booths

Greek aluminium and glass telephone booths shared the clean lines, extensive glazing and lightweight frames seen in American booths of the mid twentieth century. This suggests a broader international design influence, but visual resemblance alone cannot establish direct borrowing. No evidence yet identifies a US designer, manufacturer or licence behind the Greek booths.

NameGreek Aluminium phone booths
DateFrom around 1970
ManufacturerVarious in Greece for

OTE aluminium and glass telephone booth, Greece, early 1970s. Part of the modernisation of public telephony around 1970; manufacturer unconfirmed

Above- locally made booths from the 1990s.

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Above- interesting recent Cypriot booths. The ones on the left are a variant of the British KX series, and the one on the right is Spanish (with a Danish GNT payphone).

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