Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sofia in Time and Space 6 –
At Crossroads 18 –
The Maps: Connecting History and Geography 20 –
Central Core 36 –
Centre to East 114 –
Centre to West 162 –
Eastern Zone 172 –
Southern Zone 210 –
Wester Zone 260 –
Northern Zone 266 –
Sofia in Detail 282 –

Index of Objects:
Archaeological remains and archi- tectural objects from Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the Ottoman Period --
Amphitheatre of Serdica 004 --
Ancient fortification system 003 --
Assumption of the Virgin Mary Monastery 188 --
Banya Bashi Mosque 025
Boyana Church (St. Nikola and St. Pantaleymon) 184 --
Hot Mineral Water Spring 001 --
Remains of an Ottoman religious object (mihrab wall) 159 --
Sacral hill, main necropolis, Tomb of Honorius 060 --
St George Rotunda 034 --
St George the Victorious Monastery 200 --
St Petka Samardzhiyska Church 024 --
St Sofia Church 061 --
Streets and insulas of ancient Serdica 002 –

Objects from the post-Liberation period, 1878-1918, which present the influences of European neo-historic styles, eclecticism, art nouveau, and Bulgarian National Romanticism:
Austrian Embassy 071 --
BACB bank building (former Chamber of Commerce and Industry) 031 --
Bank building (former Bulgarian Central Cooperative Bank) 066 --
Bank building (former Bulgarian National Bank) 040 --
BNP Paribas bank building (former Sofia Club House) 045 --
Borisova Gradina park 107 --
Central Military Club 093 --
Central Synagogue 010 --
Chief Mufti's Office 039 --
City Garden 048 --
Doctors' Monument and Gardens 078 --
DSK Bank 084 --
Eagles' Bridge 108 --
Embassy of the Holy See 087 --
First Evangelical Church 105 --
Georgi Rakovski Military Academy 118 --
Goethe Institute - Bulgaria 005 --
Halite Central Market 008 --
Holy Trinity Romanian Church 012 --
Hristo Gendovich's house 033 --
Independent Trade Union of Builders 104 --
Italian Embassy 072 --
Lions' Bridge 197 --
Parushev's houses 119 --
Monument to the King-Liberator Alexander II 068 --
Monument to Vasil Levski 088 --
National Academy of Arts 073 --
National Art Gallery (former Royal Palace) 044 --
National Assembly 069 --
National Gallery - Square 500 086 --
National Theatre 050 --
National Museum of Earth and Man 164 --
Office building (former French-Bulgarian Bank) 041 --
Palace Complex and Vrana Park 139 --
Patriarch Evtimy Square 148 --
Presidium of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences 070 --
Prince Alexander I Battenberg Tomb-Monument 079 --
Prince's Garden with Monument to the Soviet Army 090 --
Maxim Private Club 076 --
Residence of the Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey 075 --
Russian Monument 098 --
St Alexander Nevski Memorial Cathedral 062 --
St George the Victorious Church 102 --
St Nikolay Chudotvorets Russian Church 067 --
St Nikolay Sofijski Church 103 --
Saints Cyril and Methodius Church 192 --
St Sedmochislenitsi Church 054 --
Sofia Regional History Museum 007 --
Sofia Spiritual Seminary and St Ivan Rilski Church 156 --
Sofia University Botanical Garden 089 --
Synodal Chamber and the Patriarchate 063 --
Theological Faculty of Sofia University 015 --

Objects from the interwar period 1918-1944, which present the
influences of modernist tendencies and the revival of classicism:
Administrative building (former Bulgarian Phoenix insurance company) 023 --
Administrative building of the Sofia Municipality 022 --
Angel Kantardzhiev's house 091 --
Angel Kuyumjiski's house (now the Residence of the Ambassador of the USA) 116 --
Apartment building 046 --
Apartment building 057 --
Apartment building 096 --
Apartment building 147 --
Apartment building with banks and offices 077 --
Bulgarian Trade Bank 058 --
Central Post Office 043 --
Central State Archives 027 --
Cooperative apartment building 013 --
Cooperative apartment building 082 --
Cooperative apartment building 144 --
Cooperative apartment building 146 --
Cooperative apartment building 150 --
Cooperative apartment building 151 --
Courthouse 016 --
Faculty of Agronomy and Institute of Agriculture 152 --
Federation of Scientific and Technical Unions 047 --
Gladstone apartment building 035 --
Hotel complex and Bulgaria Concert Hall 051 --
House of the Railway Workers 195 --
Hristo Gendovich's house 032 --
Jewish Cultural Centre 106 --
Lawyers' Union and Culture House 011 --
Locomotive Power Depot 194 --
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry 099 --
Ministry of Defence 030 --
Ministry of Internal Affairs 053 --
Musala apartment building 006 --
Muskovska 37 cooperative apartment building 141 --
National Bank of Bulgaria ensemble 026 --
National Centre of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases 114 --
National Finance and Business High School 158 --
National Library 074 --
National Student House 065 --
Nedkov and Urumov apartment buildings 059 --
Nikolay Binev Youth Theatre and offices 029 --
Office building (former French-Bulgarian Bank) 041 --
Office building (former Karadzhata Apartments) 028 Office building (former COOP Hotel) .055 --
Office building (former Imperial Hotel) 038 --
Polish Embassy 145 --
Private house 142 --
Queen Giovanna Hospital 121 --
Red House - Andrey Nikolov Centre for Culture and Debate 149 --
St Paraskeva Church 080 --
St Nedelya Church 017 --
St Sofia cooperative apartment building 083 --
Seat of the Bishop of Sofia 014 --
Serbian Embassy 113 --
Slavyanska Beseda complex 095 --
Sofia Slaughterhouse 198 --
Sofia University and Library 081 --
State Insurance Company 084 --
Telephone and Telegraph Hall 042 --
Objects in the classicist style from the postwar Stalinist era:
Apartment buildings 021 --
Apartment building 037 --
Dimitar Blagoev Polygraphic Factory 109 --
Largo Square Ensemble 019 --
Madara Public Baths and Swimming Pool 143 --
Ministry of Youth and Sports (Sports Palace) 094 --
National Opera and House of the Bulgarian Agrarian Union 064 –
Objects in the modernist style from the socialist peiod:
112nd Elementary School - Nikolay Liliev 160 --
Aleko Konstantinov State Satirical Theatre 056 --
Asics Arena (former Festival Hall) 127 --
Banner of Peace Monument 127 --
Boyana Church reception building and museum 186 --
Bulgarian National Radio 155 --
Bulgarian Telegraph Agency 110 --
Central Cemetery Park 195 --
Central Railway Station 196 --
Hotel Marinela (former Hotel Vitosha) 169 --
Hotel Rila 049 --
Hotel Rodina 097 --
Interpred - World Trade Centre 172 --
Kopitoto Radio and TV Tower 182 --
Ministry of Foreign Affairs 126 --
Mixed-use residential and commercial building 009 --
Moskva Park Hotel 168 --
National History Museum and Boyana Residence 180 --
National Palace of Culture 140 --
National Tennis Centre 122 --
Orbita Hotel 161 --
Residential blocks 123 --
Residential building 111 --
Residential building 112 --
Residential development in Zone B-5 188 --
Russia Cultural and Information Centre 115 --
Sofia Theatre 117 --
South Park/Bulgaria Square 167 --
TV Tower 124 --
Unicredit Bulbank 018 --
Union of Bulgarian Composers 032 --
Universiada Hall 125 University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy 154 --
Objects from the post-socialist period:
European Parliament and European Commission building 052 --
A3-Advanced Architecture Apartments 176 --
Aparthotel Pancharevo 138 --
Aries offices 165 --
Astral Business Centre 130 --
Bellissimo Business Centre 175 --
BLU Offices 133 --
Botev offices and commercial centre 191 --
Boyana Inclined House 183 --
Bulgaria Mall 177 --
Capital Fort Centre 134 --
Central Archaeological Hall 020 --
Elena apartments, offices, and shops 178 --
Europark Sofia Office Centre 132 --
Expo 2000, Phase 3 and Raiffeisenbank headquarters 120 --
Hilton Hotel 157 --
International Asset Bank headquarters 189 --
Jacklyn residential and office building 179 --
Lozenets apartment building 162 --
Lyubata apartment building 173 --
Lyulin apartment building 190 --
Mall of Sofia 101 --
Museum of Socialist Art 170 --
Muzeiko Children's Museum 174 --
Paradise Center shopping and entertainment complex 186 --
Q Centre offices 131 --
Red Apple Apartments 166 --
Residential building 111 --
Residential building 112 --
Sense Hotel 092 --
Simon apartment building 153 --
Sofia Arsenal - Museum for Contemporary Art 163 --
SofBuild offices 036 --
Sofia Business Park 136 --
SofStock Centre 128 --
Sopharma and Litex Business Towers 171 --
Urban Module offices 100 --
Vertigo Business Tower 181 --
Walltopia headquarters, training and entertainment centre 131 --

Sofia is one of the oldest cities in Europe, though it still remains relatively undiscovered as a destination. Its urban fabric comprises an immense range of architectural cultures, with structures by the ancient Thracians, the Romans, the Byzantines, as well as works from the Bulgarian medieval era, the Ottoman Empire, and modern Bulgarian times, including the peculiar period of communist historicism and modernism. This book presents the city and its capacity to produce a unique architectural experience by tracing its specific geography and dissecting its historical layers. Sofia is not defined by any pure styles; it remixes various influences into an amalgamation, typical of peripheral cultures, creating an authenticity and uniqueness. "Architectural Guide Sofia" catalogs not only historical monuments and conspicuous sites, overlooked by standard tourist guides, but also the most recent buildings in the city, outlining the experimental works by the contemporary generation of architects. It profiles over 200 selected buildings from different historical periods and includes several articles exploring the genesis of the local architectures as well as an essay on specific architectural details born out of clashes of various stylistic influences. Over 15 maps and 700 illustrations in colour, coupled with an extensive bibliography, will help the reader and traveler experience Sofia as part of a true architectural adventure