[1] He was born in Athens, Greece to his parents Rigas Potiropoulos and Aliki Potiropoulou, (the family Palaska).
During his studies he served as a faculty member at the Chair of Free Hand Drawing, and he was awarded with a special commendation for his project "Residential Proposal in the Historical Centre of Reutlingen".
In 1989, along with his spouse Liana Nella-Potiropoulou, he established the firm "Potiropoulos + Partners" one of Greece's most accomplished architectural practices with international recognition.
In 2009 the monograph "Potiropoulos D+L Architects" was published by "Potamos Editions" and includes selected works of the practice of the period 1989-2009.
His lectures and publications concern issues of architectural theory as well as projects and studies emerged by his practice.