Ivan Vasilyov
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St Nedelya Church, Sofia SS. Cyril and Methodius National Library Bulgarian National Bank headquarters Ministry of Defence (Bulgaria) |
Ivan Vasilyov (Bulgarian: Иван Васильов) was a Bulgarian architect, born in 1893, deceased in 1979.
Together with
In 2010, in their honor, a commemorative plaque was affixed to the National Library.[1]
Biography and career
Born as Ivan Tsokov Vasilyov on 28 February 1893 in the town of Oryahovo, Bulgaria. In 1911, after completing high school in Sofia, he went to Munich to study painting. In 1914, Vasilyov started his education in architecture in the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology where he graduated in 1919. After returning to Bulgaria, he worked in collaboration with Stancho Belkovski on the design of Vlado Georgiev house, nowadays the Austrian Embassy. In 1925, Ivan Vasilyov started a long time cooperation with Dimitar Tsolov with whom he created one of the finest examples in the Bulgarian architecture of that era.
Works
Vasilyov-Tsolov
- 1926 - Banya Palace, Banya village, Karlovo Municipality
- 1927 - The theatre of the army, Sofia
- 1928 - Crafts Bank (nowadays DSK bank), Sofia
- 1929 - St Nedelya Church, Sofia
- 1932 - Sofia University Library
- 1935 - Sofia municipality hall
- 1935-37 - Cultural center in Vratsa
- 1939 - Bulgarian National Bank headquarters
- 1939-45 - The Ministry of Defence headquarters, Sofia
- 1940-53 - SS. Cyril and Methodius National Library, Sofia
- Apartment buildings on “Tsar Osvoboditel” boulevard.
Other
- 1923 - Vlado Georgiev house, nowadays the Austrian Embassy, Gladston str. 16, Sofia, (collaboration with Stancho Belkovski)
- Andrey Nikolov house, nowadays a Cultural center called “The Red House”, Lyuben Karavelov str. 15, Sofia
- D.A.Tsenov Academy of Economics, Svishtov
See also
References
- ^ a b (in Bulgarian) Vasilyov-Tsolov at the National Library
External links
- (in English) Sofia University architects
- (in Bulgarian) Vasilyov and Tsolov at Teteven Municipality web site