architect Kiril Marichkov

Two architects designed the railway station in Varna - arch. Kiril Marichkov and arch. Nikola Kostov. They first made the project for the station in Burgas but changed it for the construction of the building in Varna. In the end the first built of the 2 stations was the one in Varna - started in 1907 and finished 1925.



About the architect - Kiril Marichkov / Kiro Marichkov

born in Kalofer in 1875 he graduated in Karlsruhe and later on became one of the leading architects in Sofia designing in the style Secession (article here).

Timeline:

- 1875 born in Kalofer
- 1903 - design project for the station in Burgas, project for urban plan of Sofia city-center.
- 1904 - competition for the public space around Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia (2nd place)
- 1907 - started the construction of the station in Varna
- 1908 - started the construction of the station in Burgas
- 1909 - started architectural studio together with arch. Fingov
- 1912 - house of G. Lazarov - Denkoglu 19 str. - himself declares it's his best work
- 1917-1920 - design of Hotel "Imperial", Sofia (more here)
- 1919 - birth of his son Kiril Marichkov
- 1922 - died in Sofia

- 1925 - openning of the station in Varna
- 1929 - installed the clock mechanism. Finished the building of the station in Burgas
- 2005 - finished restoration and repair works in the Varna station

Other buildings: schools, houses, public buildings.