CLOSING JAN 9TH, 2025

 

INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL SOFIA

  • Prize
    Honorable Mention in Interior Design
  • Company/Firm
    Idea International
  • Lead Designer
    Alex Kovachev
  • Other Designer(s)
    Margarita Zaphirova
  • Interior Designer
    Alex Kovachev
  • Location
    Sofia
  • Project Link

The approach for this project is directed with the scope and depth suggesting this emblematical building for Sofia, situated in one of the most important squares of the city, representing recent history of the country. Alex Kovachev and Studio Idea International direct their focus on the historic meaning of the area, connecting it with the desire of change, hope, youth and free will. The imagination translates that, in the language of interior design, and crates the delicate installation (Harmony or Art and Light), which communicates an emotional veil above the whole foyer of the hotel. The wire sculpture of a girl and the cascade of glass lights, spinning along like soft dandelion petals is a metaphor of harmony and fragility.

Bio
Alex Kovatchev is the founder and conceptual drive of the most successful and award-winning interior studio in Bulgaria. All over the world, together with IDEA’s team, for almost two decades, they have been working on the creation of luxury interior solutions for residential and public spaces, restaurants, hotels, aircrafts, yachts, etc. From the overall vision to the smallest detail he creates timeless designs. His projects combine in the finest possible way character, style, functionality, comfort, balanced sense of high-tech solutions and special handmade effects, furniture and lighting.

Other prizes
Alex Kovatchev and Studio Idea have received numerous awards from prestigious international competitions such as German Design Awards 2020, London Club Awards, Restaurant and Bar Design Awards, International Property Awards, International Design Awards, BigSee Interior Design Awards, A’Design Awards, etc. In 2019 Alex Kovatchev was nominated for designer of the decade worldwide by the International Architecture and Design Awards. Among the most awarded projects are Mr. Pizza, Sublime Bachelor Pad, Intercontinental Hotel Sofia, exclusive projects of private homes in Sofia, London, Berlin, Moscow, Los Angeles.