Nevena Kechedzhieva Architectural Drawings,
Scope and Content
The bulk of this collection consists of architectural drawings created by Nevena 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.
Dates
- Creation: 1971 - 1989
Creator
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from the Nevena Kechedzhieva Architectural Drawings must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Biographical/Historical Information
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.
Full Extent
1.8 Cubic Feet (2 boxes; 2 oversize folders)
Language of Materials
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.
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.
Acquisition Information
The creator donated the Nevena Kechedzhieva material to the International Archive of Woman in Architecture via Milka Bliznakov in the summer of 1998. Additional drawings were acquired from the donor the same way in early 2005.
General Physical Description note
1 flat box, 1 tube box, 2 large oversized folders; 1.8 cu. ft.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement and description of the Nevena Kechedzhieva Architectural Drawings was performed in two stages. The first donation was arranged and described in the year 2000. Reprocessing to include the second donation began in February 2005 and was completed in March 2005.
- Title
- A Guide to the Nevena Kechedzhieva Architectural Drawings 1971-1989
- Status
- Completed
- Subtitle
- A Collection in Special Collections
- Author
- Amy Shaffer
- Date
- © 2005 By Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. All rights reserved.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Description is in English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu