Kechedzhieva, Nevena, Architectural Drawings Nevena Kechedzhieva Architectural Drawings, 1971-1989 Ms.2000.009

Nevena Kechedzhieva Architectural Drawings, 1971-1989 Ms.2000.009


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Amy Shaffer, Archivist

Repository
Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech
Identification
Ms.2000.009
Title
Nevena Kechedzhieva Architectural Drawings 1971-1989
Quantity
1.8 Cubic Feet, 2 boxes, 2 oversize folders
Creator
Kechedzhieva, Nevena Stoianova, b.1927
Language
The materials in the collection are in Bulgarian.
Abstract
Architect Nevena Kechedzhieva worked for the Bulgarian State Design Organization until 1984, and now designs for private clients. The collection contains her designs for residential and commercial projects in Bulgaria, Nigeria and Yemen from 1971 to 1989.

Administrative Information

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Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Nevena Kechedzhieva Architectural Drawings, Ms2000-009, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The collection was donated to International Archive of Woman in Architecture in Special Collections in 1998. Additional drawings were donated in 2005.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Nevena Kechedzhieva Architectural Drawings was completed in 2000. Additional materials were integrated in March 2005.


Biographical Note

Nevena Stoianova Kechedzhieva was born in 1927 in Sofia, Bulgaria. She studied architecture at Sofia Polytechnic, graduating in 1951. Thereafter, she worked for the State Design Organization, "Glavproekt," until her retirement in 1984. In the late 1970s Kechedzhieva was sent to work in Cuba. She worked in Nigeria, the People's Republic of Yemen (Aden) and Mozambique in the early 1980s. Kechedzhieva is also an accomplished interior designer. Since her retirement, she has continued to design for private clients.

Scope and Content

The Nevena Kechedzhieva Architectural Drawings primarily consist of architectural drawings created by Kechedzhieva from 1971 to 1989. It includes residential projects in Bulgaria and commercial projects in Nigeria, Yemen and Bulgaria. Undated sketches of concept plans and elevations for an unidentified multi-storey building are available. A wall unit sketch and her curriculum vitae are also included. Most of the information on the drawings is written in Bulgarian. Translated "Sheet Identification" information for the drawings is included in the collection.

Arrangement

The drawings are grouped by project and stored by size. The smaller sketches and the translated "Sheet Identification" information for most of the drawings are stored in the flat box. Oversize drawings for the Sunny Coast Resort in Bulgaria are stored rolled. The rest of the drawings are stored in oversize folders.

In order to provide translation information for the Bulgarian on each sheet, all the drawings stored in oversized folders have a pencil notation on the left of the title block along the bottom edge that included the initials "IAWA", a letter for that set of project drawings, and the sheet number. The corresponding translation for each drawing is stored in the flat box. For example, more information about the "Attached Houses for Three Families" in Bulgaria in folder one, marked IAWA D1 to IAWA D8, can be found by looking at the translation sheet under that code.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • History of Women in Architecture
  • International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA)
  • Women -- History
  • Women architects -- Bulgaria

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the Nevena Kechedzhieva Architectural Drawings by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Kechedzhieva, Nevena Stoianova, b.1927

Container List

box-folder 1 folder: 1
Curriculum vitae
box-folder 1 folder: 2
Translations for drawings in oversize folder 1
box-folder 1 folder: 3
Translations for drawings in oversize folder 2
Unidentified multi-storey project
  • box-folder 1 folder: 4
    Plan, sketches (10 sheets)
  • box-folder 1 folder: 5
    Longitudinal elevation (3 sheets)
  • box-folder 1 folder: 6
    Side elevation (4 sheets)
  • box-folder 1 folder: 7
    Furniture design for a wall unit, sketch (1 sheet)
box-folder 2
Sunny Coast Resort, Bulgaria (13 sheets)
1971-1974
oversize folder: 1
Four projects
1980-1987
  • Hospital with 200 beds, Nigeria
    1980
  • Motels and bungalows, Gold Moore, Yemen
    1980-1982
  • Gas station with shops outside Sofia, Bulgaria
    ca. 1980s
  • Attached houses for three families (Penka Manolova, Manol Guimon, and Margarita Peltekova) in Sozopol, Bulgaria
    1986-1987
oversize folder: 2
House for Spasen Marinov in Slivnitsa, Bulgaria
1989