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  Title: Your mind makes it real (mp4 fmt) [electronic resource] : senior thesis / Valeriya Pronina.  Author: Pronina, Valeriya.; Nilsen, Jeffrey, supervisor. Date: 2017
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  Title: Your mind makes it real (mov fmt) [electronic resource] : senior thesis / Valeriya Pronina.  Author: Pronina, Valeriya.; Nilsen, Jeffrey, supervisor. Date: 2017
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  Title: Architect Dimo Nichev's family house  Author: Dimo Nichev (architect) Date: 1914 Abstract: When the architect also happens to be the investor, he would, of course, put all his visions and mastery into his work. In his own house Dimo Nichev showed a very romantic and enchanting version of Secession. But the variety of forms and the way they were designed leaves a sense of the intimate and gentle feeling that was probably guiding him.
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  Title: Smedovski's family house  Author: Georgi Fingov (architect); Kiril Marichkov (architect) Date: 1907 - 1908 Abstract: The cooperation between the two architects brought to light how different and individualistic they actually were. We could only assume who had the greater influence in each of their projects. Still, this building is closer to the clean stylistics of architect Fingov's own sparsely decorated house. Here too we could find relation to the Northern Secession masters.
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  Title: Family house of merchant Laos Funk  Author: Georgi Fingov (architect); Kiril Marichkov (architect) Date: 1903 Abstract: The house was built as a villa outside the city centre and has a remarkable spatial and aesthetic effect. Architect Fingov defined it as the first genuine Secession building in Bulgaria. Its plan is open, functional, allows for the construction of a dynamic volume. The beauty of the building is revealed successively in motion - the images change constantly. The silhouette is made of multiple voluminous elements: bay windows, risalits, facade upgrades, terraces. The roof configuration includes different in size, incline and direction surfaces that contribute to the dynamics by means of light reflection and creation of various shadows.
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  Title: "Graf Ignatiev" Third Sofia Junior High School for boys  Author: Georgi Fingov (architect); Dimo Nichev (architect); Nicola Yurukov (architect) Date: 1911 - 1915 Abstract: This is one of the 8 public schools that were designed as a result of a competition won by the architects Fingov, Nichev and Yurukov. The three of them visited different cities in Germany, Austria-Hungary and Switzerland in order to study the latest trends in school buildings. Each of the schoolhouses had an individual design, bound by the common Secession stylistics, but with different accents. The intention of the architects was to create a respectful image and organic aesthetics in the exterior and interior that radiates calm and elegance and gives the occupants education in good taste.
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  Title: Residential building of Brothers Ivanov  Author: Georgi Fingov (architect); Kiro Marichkov (architect) Date: 1905 Abstract: The collaboration between architects Fingov and Marichkov bears the unmistakable marks of the Secession. This particular building they designed right after the Laos Funk house. It is symmetrical and lacks the dynamics in the construction of a voluminous composition. But the architects' decision is justified by the urban character of the building located in the city centre, as well as by the party wall on one side that limits the possibilities.
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  Title: "Todor Minkov" School (First junior high for girls)  Author: Georgi Fingov (architect); Dimo Nichev (architect); Nicola Yurukov (architect) Date: 1911 Abstract: This is one of the 8 public schools that were designed as a result of a competition won by the architects Fingov, Nichev and Yurukov. The three of them visited different cities in Germany, Austria-Hungary and Switzerland in order to study the latest trends in school buildings. Each of the schoolhouses had an individual design, bound by the common Secession stylistics, but with different accents. The intention of the architects was to create a respectful image and organic aesthetics in the exterior and interior that radiates calm and elegance and gives the occupants education in good taste.
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  Title: Family house of Alexander Radev  Author: Anton Tornyov (architect) Date: 1909 Abstract: Here, the author interpreted traditional motives from Bulgarian Revival architecture, but in the spirit of the new art. The house of Radev could be defined as Secession with a pronounced Bulgarian flavour.
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  Title: The family house of Shoylekov  Author: Anton Tornyov (architect) Date: 1900 Abstract: The life's work of architect Tornyov was marked by his intention to create national architecture. He did this in a different manner with each different type of building he designed, using elements from the architectural heritage and interpreting them in the spirit of Art Nouveau. The residential houses were made with Bulgarian Revival heritage in mind, which was obvious by the inclusion of wooden elements in the facade.
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  Title: "Maria Luisa" School of Economics  Author: Georgi Fingov (architect); Kiro Marichkov (architect) Date: 1907 Abstract: Between 1903 and 1907 Architects Fingov and Marichkov designed and built three school houses and the School of Economics is one of them. The building is not particularly interesting as a volume composition. It's a two-storey lying volume that shapes the street corner. What is remarkable about it is the preserved original Secession stylistics of the decorations. The building currently houses a Police Museum.
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  Title: Residential and commercial building of Luisa and Dimitar Stanishev  Author: Naum Torbov (architect) Date: 1909 Abstract: The building is trapezoid in shape and is located at a 3-way intersection. It is withdrawn from the street front and there is a free space in front of it, allowing for better perception of the main facade. The distinguished Secession master Naum Torbov created a relatively simple look, consistent with the residential and commercial function of the building, as well as with the overall urban environment. At the same time, he managed to give it individuality and elegance, with the use of smooth curved lines and accents with floral decoration.
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  Title: "Modern Theater" Cinema  Author: Dimo Nichev (architect) Date: 1908 - 1913 Abstract: This is the building of the first modern cinema theater in the city of Sofia, featuring a two-level hall with 350 seats. It was built in 1908, replacing an older two-storey house. The current facade was shaped in 1913 when the theater was expanded in order to enlarge its capacity by adding two smaller halls. The building kept its function over the years, but since 2014 it has been abandoned and in a state of disrepair and ruin.
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  Title: Hentov's administrative and commercial building  Author: Naum Torbov (architect) Date: 1906 Abstract: The building is located on a bustling shopping street in the city centre, though not in its most presentable part. Its five storeys made it quite monumental for Sofia in the early XX century and also one of the few big Secession buildings.
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  Title: Craftsmen Association building  Author: Naum Torbov (architect) Date: 1910 Abstract: It was build for the needs of the Bulgarian carpentry guild. It was later used as a cinema theater and administrative building. It's highly distinctive look comes from the large thematic relief.
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  Title: Third High School for Boys  Author: Georgi Fingov (architect); Kiro Marichkov (architect) Date: 1906 Abstract: The architectural plan for Third High School for Boys in Yuchbunar District was presented at an exhibition of the “Lada” Union of South Slavic Artists that took place in Belgrade in September 1904. The design bears Secession stylistics and contributes to its affirmation in public buildings. In 1939 the schoolhouse was upgraded with another floor, which weakened its Secession effect. According to P. Yokimov, in this building's architecture one could recognise the principles that Otto Wagner taught and observed in his work. The interior is remarkable with its casted ceilings, plaster panels and mosaic tiles.
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  Title: Voynov's residential and commercial building with a drug store  Author: unknown Date: around 1912 Abstract: The building is located on an emblematic Sofia circle plaza and is a part of a row that shapes one of its sides. The facade is symmetrical in three axes, and the fourth axis - of the entrance and stairwell - differs in design. Currently the ground floor with the commercial area is not corresponding visually with the architecture of the remaining facade, even in terms of colour.
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  Title: Primary school "Yosif Kovachev"  Author: Georgi Fingov (architect); Dimo Nichev (architect); Nicola Yurukov (architect) Date: 1911 Abstract: This is one of the 8 public schools that were designed as a result of a competition won by the architects Fingov, Nichev and Yurukov. The three of them visited different cities in Germany, Austria-Hungary and Switzerland in order to study the latest trends in school buildings. Each of the schoolhouses had an individual design, bound by the common Secession stylistics, but with different accents. The intention of the architects was to create a respectful image and organic aesthetics in the exterior and interior that radiates calm and elegance and gives the occupants education in good taste.
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  Title: Residential and commercial building with a restaurant "Gambrinus"  Author: Naum Torbov (architect) Date: 1922 Abstract: The building is located in Sofia's central city area, near one of the bustling shopping streets of the city in the early 20th century. It is not very distinctive, rather a part of the urban landscape of terraced houses. This, as well as the relatively late year of construction, renders its architecture rather rational, and the ornamentation is reduced to just a few elements.
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  Title: St. Paraskeva Church  Author: Anton Tornyov (architect) Date: 1921-1930 Abstract: This church was built in 1921-1930 following an architectural contest, but the finishing works went on even further. The first contest for a church building at this exact spot was held in 1910 and was also won by architect Tornyov. This edifice could be considered as the result of a year-long debate for the appearance of the church house in Bulgarian architecture. Architect Tornyov meant to lend it a local, national character by using the curved lines he considers as "distinctive features of our native monumental construction". In his work, Tornyov strives to create "Bulgarian architecture", but he does that in the spirit of the new modern art.

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