Studio PLANNING is a private architecture studio founded in 1993. PLANNING`s founder, CEO and chief designer is architect Ilian Iliev.
During the years the design team is constantly evolving and growing is numbers. PLANNING has managed to become one of the leading architecture and design studios in Bulgaria. Today in the team there are 25 architects and engineers.
The long years of experience in the market guarantee the quality of the team`s work, proofed by numerous domestic and foreign prizes, among which are 11 “Building of the year” recognitions.
PLANNING`s works are different in scale and function – from private residential buildings to multipurpose complexes. In Bulgaria, the studio is among the few that specializes in design of public buildings. The team is the pioneer in the country when it comes to large retail buildings. Bulgaria`s very first contemporary retail complex – City Center Sofia (now known as Park Center) that opened in May 2006 is designed by PLANNING, without any help from foreign teams or adaptations.
May be the most recognisable structures by the studio are: City Center Sofia (now known as Park Center), The Mall, Paradise Center Sofia(interior), Bourgas Plaza, City Mall in Stara Zagora, Largo Mall in Blagoevgrad, European Trade Center Complex, BSR Sofia, Advance Business Center, Balkan Business Center, buildings 3 and 4, Levski Arena in Garitage Park and many others.
AWARDS
- City Center Sofia-2006 – “Building of the public” prize in the competition “Building of the year”
- City Center Sofia-2006 – “Retail buildings” prize in the competition “Building of the year”
- Burgas Plaza-2009 – “Retail buildings” prize in the competition “Building of the year”
- European Trade Center – 2010 – “Retail buildings” prize in the competition “Building of the year”
- The Mall – 2010 – “Retail buildings” prize in the competition “Building of the year”
- Paradise Center – 2013 – “Retail buildings” prize in the competition “Building of the year”
- Nineth Fire Station, lyulin – 2015 – Special prize in the competition “Building of the year”
- Mall Markovo Tepe – 2016 – “Retail buildings” prize in the competition “Building of the year”
- Park Center Sofia – 2016 – Special prize in the competition “Building of the year”
Sofia Park Villas – 2009 – “Integral Project Concept” prize in the competition “Building of the year” - BSR II Sofia – 2017 – “Retail buildings” prize in the competition “Building of the year”
OFFICE BUILDINGS
- Office Complex European Trade Center, 2010
- Office Complex Richill and Roselyn, 2015
- Business Complex BSR Sofia, 2008-2016
- Building 3 and building 4 in Garitage Park Sofia, 2016
- Office Complex GTC Advance Business Center, 2016-2018
- Office Complex GTC Progress Business Center, 2016
- Office Building Balkan Business Center, 2017
- Office Building Building PRO, 2017
- Building 5 – phase 4 in Garitage Park Sofia, 2017
- Urban and spatial concept for Office Building on Bulgaria blvd., 2018
- Office Building on Srebarna str., 2018
- Office Complex BMW Business Tower, 2019
- Nineth Fire Station, lyulin, 2015
- Vittorio Pozitano Business center, 2016
- Sofia Park International School (in collaboration with MBB architects), 2016
- VIVACOM Headquarters, 2010
- Offices Comverse, 2013
- Office building BSR Sofia II, 2016
- British American Tabacco, 2017
- Offices Comverse(in collaboration with MMXX architects), 2017
- SUTHERLAND, 2017
- KLETT (in collaboration with ARCHIO), 2018
RETAIL CENTERS
- City Center Sofia, 2006
- Burgas Plaza Mall, 2008
- City Mall Stara Zagora, 2008
- The Mall Shopping Center, 2010
- Carrefour Lyulin Mall, 2013
- Largo Mall Blagoevgrad, 2014
- Administrative building for “Nadezhda” municipality and shopping center, 2014
- Shopping Center Carrefour Novi Sad, 2014
- City Mall Banja Luka, 2015
- Mall Markovo Tepe Plovdiv, 2016
- Billa Zhitnitsa(original project for Penny market), 2016
- SPORTBOX Store, 2016
- Park Center (reconstruction of former City Center Sofia), 2016
- Complex Burgas Plaza – Extension, 2018
- Forward operation site Novo selo, 2010-2013
- Levski Arena in Garitage Park, 2016
- Paradise Center(in collaboration with RTKL and PROARCH), 2013
- Carrefour Hypermarkets and supermarkets in Bulgaria, 2008-2014
- Sephora Stores Bulgaria, 2009-2013
- Esprit Stores Bulgaria, 2011-2012
- H&M Stores Bulgaria, 2011-2015
- Societe Generale Expressbank Offices, 2014-2017
- Wine shop in Markovo Tepe Mall Plovdiv, 2017
- Wine shop “Vinopoli” in Dragalevtsi, 2017
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
- Residential building on “Aleksandar Pushkin” blvd., 2015
- Residential building 777, 2016
- Residential complex “Mariza gardens”, 2017
- Two residential towers – phase 4 in Garitage Park Sofia, 2017
- Residential building in district “Vitosha VEC Simeonovo”, 2017
- Residential building “ESTERA”, 2017
- Residential buildings on “Filip Kutev” str., 2018
- Residential buildings “Amur Residence”, 2018
- Residential building on “Cherny vrah” blvd., 2019
- Residential building on “Pirin” str., 2019
- Residential buildings in “Vrabnitsa” district, 2019
- Single family house “Alex”, 2016
- Sofia Park Villas, 2014
- Twin houses in Dragalevtsi, 2018
- Single family houses in Simeonovo, 2019
- Green waves – Urban and spatial concept for residential complex, 2010
- Druzhba – Urban and spatial concept for residential complex, 2018
- Druzhba – Urban and spatial concept for multipurpose complex, 2018
- RIO Towers – Urban and spatial concept for multipurpose complex, Rio de Janeiro, 2011
HOTELS
- Portalese Villas, SPA and Hotel Resort, St.Lucia, East Caribean, 2016
- Hotel and casino “Flamingo”, North Macedonia, 2005
- Hayatt Regency Sofia Hotel, 2016