7th June, Sheraton Sofia Balkan Hotel

SHARE Sofia 2018 brings together principal and senior architects from leading practices to discuss and gain inspiration from each other.

The lectures are concentrated on present and future, innovation in architecture and engineering, on explorations of new materials and technologies for designing a smart and sustainable built environment.

SHARE SOFIA 2018 act as an effective platform for networking, business, inspiration and exchange of ideas and transfer of know-how.

Highlights for SHARE Sofia 2018

Through the highlights of the conference, we are elated to announce that at the event registered 400 participants.

Moreover, the speakers that will be presenting at this edition of SHARE FORUM in Sofia are renowned personalities coming from 16 countries: Bulgaria, Italy, Turkey, UK, Romania, Iran, Poland, The Netherlands, France, Ukraine, Belgium, Macedonia, Albania, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo.

arch. Borislav Ignatov, Chairman of SHARE Sofia 2018 and President of The Chamber of the architects in Bulgaria

arch. Ian RITCHIE, special guest of SHARE Sofia 2018, Founder of Ian Ritchie Architects, UK.

Honorary Guests

Șerban ȚIGĂNAȘ - President, The Architects of Romania (OAR), Secretary General UIA, Romania

Milan DJURIC - President, Union of Architects of Serbia, Serbia

Armand VOKSHI - President, Association of Architects from Albania

Martin PANOVSKI - President, The Association of Architects of Macedonia

Astrit NIXHA - President, The Architects’ Association of Kosovo

Orlin DAVCHEV - Assoc. Prof. Dr Arch. Faculty of Architecture, University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy, Vice Dean for Academic Activities, Bulgaria

Keynote Speakers:

Sir Philippe SAMYN - Founding partner - SAMYN AND PARTNERS - Belgium

Colin BALL - Lighting Director - BDP (Building Design Partnership Ltd) – UK

Kerem YAZGAN - Architect Partner - YAZGAN DESIGN ARCHITECTURE, Turkey

Krzysztof INGARDEN - President of Ingarden & Ewy Architects, Professor AFM Krakow University, Poland

Jeroen SCHIPPER - Founder, ORANGE ARCHITECTS, The Nederlands

Anouk LEGENDRE - Owner, XTU architects, France

Paolo BRESCIA - Co-founder, Director OBR - Open Building, Italia

Guest Speakers:

Oleg DROZDOV - Founder KHARKIV SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, Ukraine

Ljubo GEORGIEV - Head Coordinator, VISION SOFIA, Bulgaria

Claudia STAUBMANN - Co-founder, CoCo ARCHITECTURE, France

Cedric RAMIERE - Co-founder, CoCo ARCHITECTURE, France

Victor GROSU - CEO, Design Leader GROSU - ART STUDIO, Romania

Gergana MILUSHEVA - Founder, CITYSCAPE - Bulgaria

Habibeh MADJDABADI - Owner/ Principal Habibeh Madjdabadi Architecture Studio - Iran

Basile GRAUX - Partner, GRAUX BAEYENS Architecten - Belgium

Vladimir POPOV - PP DESIGN - Bulgaria

Plamen BRATKOV - Aedes Studio - Bulgaria

Atanas PANOV - Owner, LP CONSULT - Bulgaria

Alexander MINCHEV - Architect Founder, AM PROJECT - Bulgaria

Georgi BACHEV - Founder, ARHIS PROJECT - Bulgaria

Ivo PANTELEEV - Founder AGENCY DESIGN ARCHITECTURE AD – Bulgaria

SHARE Sofia 2018 is organised as a group of various events:

Architectural City Tour "Bulgarian Modernist Architecture"

Junior Session “SHARE – meet the architect” at the Faculty of Architecture of University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy.

Junior Session SHARE is a motivational conference for the architecture students and it has the purpose to encourage, stimulate and support the students to discover the new trends in architecture from internationally well-known specialists, and therefore the students can benefit of their knowledge in practice. The speaker of this motivational conference will be Serban Tiganas, General Secretary International Union of Architects with the presentation of Architecture, a 5 Courses Dinner.

On this line of thought, we are also delighted to inform you that SHARE Sofia 2018 hosted the meeting of the Consultative Council of Architects in Central and Eastern Europe (CCA CEE), a collaborative organization born inside the SHARE Society that brings together representatives of the architect's chambers and the most relevant architectural associations in the region. We hope our event represented the best occasion to present to all of you the CCA-CEE Manifesto and give a voice to Central and Eastern European architecture and culture. We strongly believe our efforts inside the SHARE Community are relevant for the quality and future of architecture in the region!

SHARE Sofia 2018 will also host the first edition of The Bulgarian Architecture Awards. It is an ambitious event for excellence in the design and execution of the space built in Bulgaria. Projects are assessed not only aesthetically and technically, but also in terms of the social, cultural, and economic impact they have on the general public.

SHARE Sofia 2018 is organized by Pro event Association, ABplus events and the Chamber of Architects in Bulgaria (KAB).