architecture

Stoyan Panchev talks to Vasil Makarinov from the Architectural Modernism Foundation. You will be able to hear about the history of Sofia, how its appearance came about, what lies behind the past of some interesting buildings from all over the country, how history is preserved, what work the guys from Architectural Modernism do to …

From a historical and political point of view, there is no way to dispute the Liberation of Bulgaria from the Ottoman Empire after the Russo-Turkish War in 1877-78. This was the beginning of the new Bulgarian state with a relatively independent policy in all spheres of life, which gave many freedoms to Bulgarian citizens – or at least those who were lucky enough to have them …

01:13 - The war against gambling and "coupons" 26:38 - Urban development through a free market Links: The proposed amendments to the Gambling Law Foundation "Bulgarian Architectural Modernism" Articles by Teodor Karakolev can be found here, here and here. For greater convenience, we recommend downloading the audio of the podcast by clicking on …

The dream of the perfect city is almost as old as civilization itself. Whether city planners dream of parallel and perpendicular straight streets, or radial streets intersected by smaller and larger rings of "rings" or some other variation - proto-urbanists' attempts to create the ideal urban environment have been around for centuries. Older than them...

On October 22, 1906, the foundation stone of the Varna Aquarium building was laid. The initiative came from Tsar Ferdinand, who sought advice from the director of the Naples Zoo and entrusted the organization of the construction of the aquarium to the prominent Bulgarian physician Dr. Paraskev Stoyanov. In the following months, Stoyanov settled the administrative issues with …