Non-profit architect group brightens up Sofia
Low-budget civic art, design transforming Bulgarian city
[SOFIA, Bulgaria] Delcho Delchev came back.
For many of his generation, this is commuting against the tide of emigration from his native Bulgaria into the rest of Europe. But Mr Delchev, a 34-year-old architect, is one of the founders of a non-profit group called Transformers that has been trying since 2009 to brighten up this former Soviet outpost with low-budget civic art and design projects.
A few years ago, he returned to Bulgaria, turning down an offer to stay in France, where he had been studying. In some ways, Sofia might not seem like the most inspiring place for an architect. Rows of Soviet-era buildings stack up li…
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