A Guide to the Lilia Gramatikova Architectural Collection, 1960-2007, bulk dates 1965-1981
A Collection in
Special Collections
Collection Number Ms2001-023
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Processed by: Susan Conway (2001) and Elena Herreno, Graduate Student Assistant (2013), Special Collections
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
There are no restrictions.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Lilia Gramatikova Architectural Collection, Ms2001-023 - Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Acquisition Information
The Lilia Gramatikova Architectural Collection was donated to Special Collections in 2000. An addition was donated in 2007.
Alternate Form Available
A selection of digital images from the Lilia Gramatikova Architectural Collection can be found on Special Collections Imagebase .
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Lilia Gramatikova Architectural Collection commenced in 2001. The 2007 addition was added in 2013.
Biographical Note
Lilia Bencheva-Gramatikova was born in 1929 in Karnobat, Bulgaria. She graduated in architecture from Sophia Polytechnic (1953) and began her practice in the Sohpia State Design Organization Sofproekt from 1953 to 1965. She spent two years in Mongolia (1961-1963) designing a youth center and its administrative council building. She transferred to Main State Design Organization Glavproekt (1965) where she worked until her retirement in 1985.
Between 1967 and 1982 she spent several years in Halle-Neustadt, East Germany where she designed the "Haus der Dienste" an apartment complex for 16,000 inhabitants. She received several awards for her projects including the gold Order of Labor (1980) and the Diploma of Merit from the Committee for Architecture and Urbanism of the Council of the Bulgarian Republic (1981).
Scope and Content
Lilia Gramatikova Architectural Collection consists of a drawing (photocopy) of Gramatikova's personal residence in Sofia (1965), photographs of the Music High School for Folk Instruments and Folk Singing in Shiroka Lukka, Bulgaria, and biographical information including an article by Nikolai Khaitov regarding Gramatikova and photocopies of award certificates.
The 2007 addition includes architectural drawings of two of her projects: Music High School for Folk Instruments and Folk Singing in Shiroka Lukka, Bulgaria (1974) and Territorial Information and Computing Center in Vrasta, Bulgaria (1981).
Index Terms
- Architects and community
- Architecture
- International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA)
- Architectural drawings.
- Architects.