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Georgi Stanishev
MA (UACEG), Dr (MARCHI), Professor IAA, Professor UACEG
Principal of PROSPECTUM architecture design studio.
Date of birth: 23.03.1952
Office address:
Prospectum studio
3 P Evtimiy Blvd.
Sofia 1000, Bulgaria
tel +3592 9889805
e-mail:gs@prospectum.studio
www.prospectum.studio
Education:
MA University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy, Sofia, 1975
Ph D Moscow Institute of Architecture, Moscow, 1982
DrUniversity of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy, Sofia, 2006
Current Positions
CICA member, Comité International des Critiques d’Architecture, Paris;
ICIF Vice-President and Director, Iakov Chernikhov International Foundation, Sofia- Moscow;
DOCOMOMO founding member
Prospectum Principal
Biography note
1970-76 studied architecture and graduated MA at the Architectural Faculty,University for Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy, Sofia;
1975-78 started architectural practice in SOFPROJECT State Design Institute, Sofia;
1977-82 initiated post-graduate research and dissertation on Architectural Citation and Expressive Systems in Architecture in the Moscow Architecture Institute. Ph D degree in 1982;
1983-86 editor-in chief of Architecture and Society, East-European International magazine for architectural culture;
1986-94 founder and Secretary General of the International Forum of Young Architects (IFYA). Since 1994, general advisor of the Co-ordination Committee, Sofia;
Since 1987 member of the Comité International des Critiques d’Architecture (CICA), Paris;
Since 1991 lecturer at the Chair of History and Theory of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, University of Architecture Civil Engineering and Geodesy, Sofia;
Since 1991 editor of Concept, a feature profiling innovative and experimental architecture and a permanent section of the World Architecture magazine, London;
Since 1992 co-founder and vice-president of the Iakov Chernikhov International Foundation for promotion of avant-garde and experimental architecture;
1993-2005 curator of the international travelling exhibition: Architectural Fantasies of Iakov Chernikhov (1889-1953), shown in 15 museums and galleries worldwide;
Since 1995 curator of the Twenty Young Architects triennial exhibition (RIBA, London, Moscow, Sofia, Zagreb), profiling a selection of twenty new names from the architectural scene worldwide;
1995-2001 Member of the Board of Directors of ICOMOS Bulgaria;
Since 1998 Editor of the IAA Review a quarterly publication of the International Academy of Architecture.
2000 Invited participation in the Ten Years After: New architecture in Eastern Europe exhibition, with the Toyota Centre, Sofia project. The Architectural Association School of Architecture, London
Since 2000 Coordinator of the Socrates program of the EU for the Faculty of Architecture, University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy, Sofia;
Since 2001 Establishes PROSPECTUM a bureau for architecturral design, strategic and  master planning.
1997-2012 Independent Expert to the Mies van der Rohe Foundation, Barcelona.
Since 2001 Professor of the Moscow Academy of Architecture, International branch
2005-2017 Chairman of the Department of Theory and History of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, University for Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy, Sofia;
2008 Curator of the Bulgarian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale of Architecture, exhibition: Bulgaria, The Young Architects.
2012 First prize at Big Moscow strategic plan, Second phase, invited competition as part of the ADM Chernikhov design team.
2013 National Award Building of the Year, Section Reconstruction and New Building in Historic Context, Work: Ma Louisa Commercial Centre, Sofia.
2014-2016 Program Director of the Master of Architecture in Architecture Theory and Criticism program, Architecture Faculty, UACEG, Sofia.
2014 Projects by Projects. Lecture at the Master of Architecture course, TU, Graz, Austria
2016 Architecture of the 90’ies. Talk at the ETH conference, Zurich, Switzerland
2024 First Price at the Building of the Year National competition, for the K55 building, Varna
2025 Special Price at the ARCHINOVA competition, Sofia, Bulgaria
Principal publications
Monographs
Georgi Stanishev (Editor) HERMITAGE XXI: The New Art Museum in the General Staff Building, Thames and Hudson, London, 2014. (English and Russian languages) 240
Georgi Stanishev (Editor) STUDIO 44, Strategies, Concepts, Works. The new Russian Architecture. Thames and Hudson, London, 2016(English and Russian languages). 316 p.
Георгий Станишев (Author), Архитектурни Теории в Монолози: Еволюция на архитектурната култура 1985- 2015. Изток-Запад, София, 2016, 336 p.
Georgi Stanishev (Program Director, Author) Architecture Theory and Criticism, Master of Architecture, Sofia, Изток-Запад, София, 2016, 352 p.
Georgi Stanishev (Editor, Author) Sofia Architectural Guide, DOM publishing, Berlin, 2016.
Articles
Georgi Stanishev. A series of over 100 publications: articles and interviews in the Concept feature in the World Architecture magazine, Cheerman, London, 1990 – 1998
Georgi Stanishev. Field Conditions: Architecture of Tom Kovac. – In: Tom Kovac, Architectural Design Monograph, No 51, Academy Editions, London, 1998.
Georgi Stanishev. Between Sense and Sensibility: Architecture of the Archi-tectonics studio. Architecture+Urbanism, May, Tokyo, 1999.
Georgi Stanishev. The truth of the senses…Architecture of the Tower 151 Architects. In Architekturgalleriet, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1998
Georgi Stanishev. Bridging Time with Space. Architecture of Norman Foster. An Introductory Essay. – In: Norman Foster Architecture. London–Sofia, Published in London, 2007.
Georgi Stanishev. Der Discrete Charme der Peripherie. – In: Architektonische Fragmente: Bulgarie. Editor Adolf Stiller. Verlag Anton Pustet, Wien, 2007.
Georgi Stanishev. Architektur der eiwegen Gegenwart? – In: Architektonische Fragmente: Bulgarie. Editor Adolf Stiller. Verlag Anton Pustet, Wein, 2007.
Georgi Stanishev. Iakov Chernikhov Prize 2010. The Top Ten: The Winning Entry by Fantastic Norway and the Nine Finalists. – Abitare, No. 509, 01-02, Milano, 2011.
Georgi Stanishev, principal of a research project: SOFIA “POTATOE PLAN” the Bulgarian participation in the project by ETH, Zuerich, Potatoe Plan Collection profiling around 50 cities worldwide. Zuerich, ETH, 2017
Georgi Stanishev Sr and Georgi Stanishev Jr. Notes on Centers and Peripheries in Eastern Bloc Architectures. In Re-Framing Identities: Architecture’s Turn to History, 1970-1990. Zurich, ETH, 2018
Major design works
Black Sea Gardens. Five new ecological resort settlements at the Black Sea Coast, Byala, Bulgaria. Total terrain area – 200 HA, Total floor area of the project – 900000 sq.m. Local Architect to Foster and Partners, London, as Lead Architect. Master plan and concept project, 2006-2008
TRIVIUM and JUMBO: a mixed-use complex on Bulgaria Blvd, Sofia. Investor: Sprider Bulgaria. Total floor area – 28000 sq m. Built work, 2008.
CONAP: an apartment building on Bulgaria Blvd, Sofia, Investor Conap Development. Total floor area – 11000 sq.m. Built work, 2009.
PANGEA, a residence complex with medical centre for assisted living, and a hotel, in Ovcha Koupel, Sofia. Total floor area – 56000 sq.m., on a plot of 25000 sq.m. Sofia, 2011. Idea project.
ELENA: apartments and shopping space, Borovo, Sofia. Investor IVN development. Total floor area – 6000 sq.m. Built work, 2010.
BIG MOSCOW: Strategic plan and Master plans for the Moscow 2050 development. A contracted competition participant with: ADM Andrey Chernikhov, Moscow; Tower 151 Architects, Zagreb; Mc Adam Architects, and Bureau Happold, London. Moscow, 2012. Urban and strategic plan.
MA LOUISA: Shopping and commercial spaces. Maria Louisa Blvd, Sofia. Total floor area – 5200 sq.m. Investor Silver Construction. Built work 2012.
MARKT PIESTING: a residential complex for 140 apartments on TFA 29000 sq.m., on a plot of 37000 sq.m., with preservation af an old brewery building in Markt Piesting town, Vienna, 2014. Master plan.
PENTAGON: apartments and shopping space. Riverbank, Kardzhali, Bulgaria. Investor: Hasko Development. Total floor area – 29000 sq.m. Built work 2014.
POMO a residential and resort complex with 670 apartments, 4 hotels in Pomorie, sports’ center and a marina. Total floor area 166000 кв.м., on a terrain of 97000 sq.m. Master plan and concept project, Pomorie, Bulgaria, 2012. Master plan.
JUMBO BO: Shopping space in a Retail park Black Gold. Botevgradsko Shosse, Sofia. Total floor area – 17000 sq.m. Investor JUMBO Bulgaria. Built work 2014.
BOTEV: office centre and shopping space (2010), and a conversion into serviced apartments (2016). Hr. Botev Blvd, Sofia. Total floor area – 9000 sq.m. Investor Silver Construction. Built work 2016.
K55: apartments and shopping space mixed use complex. N Vaptsarov Str, Varna. Investor: Comfort development and construction. Total floor area – 28000 sq.m. Built work 2024.
ESPOR: office centre and shopping space and apartments. Bulgaria Blvd, Sofia. Investor: Geostruct development. Total floor area – 11000 sq.m. Built work 2025.
Major exhibitions
Curator of the Zaha Hadid Architecture exhibition at the National Gallery of Foreign Arts, Ministry of Culture, IAA, ICIF, Sofia, 2006
Curator of the Bulgaria Pavilion at the Venice Biennale of Architecture, entitled Bulgaria the Young Architects, commissioned by the Union of Architects in Bulgarian, 2008
Curator of the Norman Foster Architecture exhibition at the National Gallery of Foreign Arts, Ministry of Culture, IAA, ICIF, Sofia, 2010
Curator of the Iakov Chernikhov Prize selection. Award winning entries by the young architects worldwide. Exhibition at the National Gallery of Foreign Arts, Ministry of Culture, Sofia. IAA, ICIF, Sofia, 2012
Curator of the Architecture+Photography exhibition at the VIVACOM Arts Hall, Sofia. Architectural photographies of works designed by 20 selectedIAA, ICIF, 2013
Curator of the Rudy Ricciotti Architecture exhibition at the VIVACOM Arts Hall, Sofia. IAA, ICIF, 2014
Curator of the Hary Seidler Architecture exhibition at the VIVACOM Arts Hall, Sofia. IAA, ICIF, 2015