Ivan Vasilyov
Ivan Vasilyov was a Bulgarian architect, born in 1893, deceased in 1979. Together with Dimitar Tsolov, they established one of the most successful Bulgarian architectural studios called Vasilyov-Tsolov. In 2010, in their honor, a commemorative plaque was affixed to the National Library.
Ivan Vasilyov
- Name
- Ivan Vasilyov
- Born
- 28 February 1893
- Birthplace
- Oryahovo, Bulgaria
- Died
- 6 April 1979
- Place of death
- Sofia, Bulgaria
- Nationality
- Bulgaria
- Occupation
- architect
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Ivan Vasilyov was a Bulgarian architect, born in 1893, deceased in 1979. Together with Dimitar Tsolov, they established one of the most successful Bulgarian architectural studios called Vasilyov-Tsolov. In 2010, in their honor, a commemorative plaque was affixed to the National Library.
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• Name — Ivan Vasilyov • Born — 28 February 1893 • Birthplace — Oryahovo, Bulgaria • Died — 6 April 1979 • Place of death — Sofia, Bulgaria • Significant Projects — Sofia University Library St Nedelya Church, Sofia SS. Cyril and Methodius National Library Bulgarian National Bank headquarters Ministry of Defence (Bulgaria)
Biography and career
Biography and career
• Illustration — SS. Cyril and Methodius National Library 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.
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• Illustration — Sofia university library (interior)
Vasilyov-Tsolov
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 “Vasil Levski” boulevard and “Tsar Osvoboditel” boulevard.
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• 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
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