Yianna Bouyioukou was born in Athens, Greece. She received her Bachelor of Architecture from Southern California Institute of Architecture (Sci-arc) and her Master of Architecture degree from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) on a full scholarship.

She has practiced in Los Angeles for several years, serving as Project Architect for Barton Myers Associates. The firm’s Montecito Residence in Montecito, California, was selected by Architectural Record Magazine (May 2011) as one of only six houses from all over the world demonstrating innovative design and has received numerous awards. Her own firm, Your Building Here, which she co-founded in 2008 in Los Angeles, has won two AIA (American Institute of Architects) Los Angeles Design Awards for their Embassy of the Czech Republic in Washington DC.

Currently Yianna is enganged in projects in Europe and America, including public buildings competitions and the construction of a house in Greece. She has recently received the 2012 Europe 40 Under 40 Emerging Young Architects and Designers Award from the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.