Lilia Gramatikova Architectural Collection

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Restrictions:

The collection is open to research.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Lilia Gramatikova Architectural Collection, Ms2001-023, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
1.2 Cubic Feet 4 boxes
Creator:
Gramatikova, Lilia
Abstract:
Lilia Gramatikova is an Bulgarian architect who practiced in Bulgaria, Mongolia, and East Germany from 1953-1985. The collection consists of 72 hand-drawn architectural drawings of two 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). Also present is a drawing (photocopy) of Gramatikova's personal residence in Sofia (1965) and a folder containing biographical information.
Language:
The materials in the collection are in Bulgarian and German.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Lilia Gramatikova Architectural Collection, Ms2001-023, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

The 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 collection also 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).

Biographical / historical:

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).

Acquisition information:
The Lilia Gramatikova Architectural Collection was donated to Special Collections in 2000 and 2007.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Lilia Gramatikova Architectural Collection was completed in 2001. The 2007 addition was integrated in 2013.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard