Title:Administrative and commercial building
Author:Naum Torbov [supposedly] (architect)Date:unknownAbstract:The building is located on the corner of the streets Alabin and Vitosha, in a commercial but also representative part of the city centre. The building is very similar in size and location of another edifice by the same architect - the Paris Hotel located on Maria Luisa Blvd.Library:
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Title:Administrative and commercial building (former hotel) of Dimitar Kostov
Author:Naum Torbov (architect)Date:1911Abstract:The building is located on the corner of Alabin and Lavelle streets. It was originally intended as a hotel, but was later adapted for administrative and commercial purposes. It has a high ground floor with a mezzanine, four floors and a mansard roof.Library:
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Title:Architect Dimo Nichev's family house
Author:Dimo Nichev (architect)Date:1914Abstract: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.Library:
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Title:Architect Fingov's Family House
Author:Georgi Fingov (architect)Date:1907 - 1908Abstract:The noted Bulgarian architect designed his own house with an open plan. The rooms flow naturally into one another, providing functionality and comfort, and at the same time creating a dynamic perception of the interior space, as well as the exterior. The exterior totally lacks decorations. We could sense the influence of Joseph Maria Olbrich ...Library:
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Title:Bulgarian Commercial Bank
Author:Georgi Fingov (architect); Dimo Nichev (architect); Georgi Apostolov (architect)Date:1920 – 1925Abstract:The building shapes one side of the small triangular Garibaldi plaza. The main facades are facing the plaza and Graf Ignatiev St. The corner facing Knyaz Alexander I St features elements highlighting the vertical direction, but the main entrance is set towards the plaza. Back when it was built, there was enough free space in front for a ...Library:
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Title:Central Mineral Bath
Author:Petko Momchilov (architect); Haralampi Tachev (artist)Date:1907 – 1915Abstract:The first building plan was created by architect Emil von Förster after he won a competition. It was later remodelled by architects Petko Momchilov and Friedrich Grünanger at the request of Sofia Municipality. Subsequently, Petko Momchilov created the detailed design. The Central Mineral Bath building impresses with its multi-layered ...Library:
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Title:Central Sofia Market Hall
Author:Naum Torbov (architect)Date:1909 – 1911Abstract:The prototype of European covered markets at the end of 19th century was Les Halles in Paris - 10 pavilions with metal construction, covered with glass. These were revolutionary materials, which created new sense of space, but at the time (1852) they were used mainly for unpretentious industrial buildings. In this initial period, the metal ...Library:
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Title:Central Synagogue
Author:Friedrich Grünanger (architect)Date:1904 – 1909Abstract:The building of the Central Synagogue has a rectangular plan with a central dome and an antechamber. Main premise is octagonal and crowned with a dome and four half-domes in the corners. The Baroque spatial idea has been influenced by the Moorish art, which resembles the Secession aesthetics with its colourful exotic essence. The architect ...Library:
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Title:Craftsmen Association building
Author:Naum Torbov (architect)Date:1910Abstract: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.Library:
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Title:Double condominium
Author:unknownDate:unknownAbstract:This three storey condominium is located at the city center periphery in an area that is not very prestigious any more. It is composed of two identical houses with a party wall and relatively narrow street facades (two axes) and long side facades, each with an entrance. The building is rather plain, but it has various beautiful and original ...Library:
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Title:Family house
Author:unknownDate:1910 - 1912Abstract:This building is located next to the house of Laos Funk - ”the first real Secession building in Bulgaria”. However, it does not have the same dynamic composition of volumes, its base is square and it is located on the street regulation. There is however Secession stylistics in the design of individual elements (such as the bay window and ...Library:
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Title:Family house
Author:unknownDate:1918 - 1920Abstract:The small two-storey house in the city centre, miraculously preserved in the row of five-storey condominiums, gives a good idea of the scale and character of the city 100 years ago. Currently, the house is a restaurant and has probably been overbuilt at the rear end.Library:
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Title:Family house of Alexander Radev
Author:Anton Tornyov (architect)Date:1909Abstract: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.Library:
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Title:Family house of Andrey Arsov
Author:Karl Heinrich (architect)Date:1910Abstract:Karl Heinrich is an Austrian architect who managed the construction of the National Theater and built other edifices around Sofia, but this one is definitely the ”most Secession” of them all. The building was renovated in 2011 and is currently used as an office building. Pictures and blueprints were used for the restoration (the two domes ...Library:
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Title:Family house of Doncho Palaveev
Author:Yordan Yordanov (architect); Sava Ovcharov (architect)Date:1922Abstract:This building was the family home of tobacco merchant Doncho Palaveev. It is currently being upgraded with one floor, additional volumes and an entrance, and is housing the British Council and two embassies. It was originally designed as an almost square building with a truncated pyramid roof, with additional volumes for a winter garden and ...Library:
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Title:Family house of engineer Constantine Yosifov
Author:Yanaki Shamarjiev (architect)Date:1909Abstract:The family house is located on a small street going down to the Perlovska River, in a neighborhood that, at that time, consisted of separate family houses. The aesthetics of the building is entirely in the spirit of the Secession in its geometrical version.Library:
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Title:Family house of General Salabashev
Author:unknownDate:1905Abstract:The house is located on a steep street near the Perlovska river. Currently, it looks quite impressive with its three stories and attic floor, but it was most likely built on two floors and was upgraded and overbuilt.Library:
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Title:Family house of Hadzhiangelov
Author:unknownDate:around 1910Abstract:This family house is located in a neighborhood near the Perlovska river, which was being built at that time with similar houses. It is compact but with dynamic composition of volumes and combines a Romantic version of Secession with floral decorations.Library:
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Title:Family house of Isak Djerassi (and Family house of Haim Djerassi)
Author:unknownDate:1905Abstract:The two houses were built for two brothers and are almost identical. They face each other, although the distance between them is not too great. Each of them share a party wall with a higher building on the opposite side. A few meters down the same street is the house of Ivanov brothers. There are a few more two- or three-storey buildings ...Library:
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Title:Family house of Kiril Botyov
Author:Georgi Fingov (architect); Kiril Marichkov (architect)Date:1905Abstract:The tree residential buildings that architects Fingov and Marichkov created in 1905 are among the brightest examples of the Secession stylistics in their work, and at the same time, they differ greatly from one another. This family house is the one with the most rational and simple design. The volume is almost cubical, the details - ...Library: