Building up Modernity: Entrepreneurial Bulgarian Architects in Veliko Turnovo (1878–1944)
Изграждане на модерността: архитекти предприемачи във Велико Търново (1878–1944)
Author(s): Radosveta Kirova-DelchevaSubject(s): History, Economy, Business Economy / Management, Economic history, History of ideas, Local History / Microhistory, 19th Century, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: Център за стопанско-исторически изследвания
Keywords: architect; entrepreneur; building contractor; Veliko Turnovo; building materials production
Summary/Abstract: As construction proves the most indicative economic marker, the correlation between architecture and economics outlines the overall political and economic context as the major factors that determined the architectural outlook of Veliko Turnovo and reveals symptomatic facts about the professional activities of the architects who worked there during the period of the Third Bulgarian State (1878-1944). The entrepreneurial activities of the Bulgarian architects, who constituted the modern townscape of Veliko Turnovo, are analyzed within the political, economic and legislative context in order to reveal concrete professional careers’ details. Comparison with the undertakings of the architects, born in Veliko Turnovo and the region, who migrated to other towns, serves as a base for summarizing major tendencies in the architectural profession in the period.
Journal: Известия на Центъра за стопанско-исторически изследвания
- Issue Year: VI/2021
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 324-333
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English