Article	PROBLEMS OF MULTISTOREY HOUSING RENOVATION IN BULGARIA
Authors	A. Kovachev, Faculty of Ecology and Landscape Architecture, University of Forestry, Sofia, Bulgaria G. Georgiev, Department of Architecture, New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria
Abstract	In the paper changes in Bulgarian urban structure and housing are reviewed. Development of apartment housing built by industrialised technologies during the age of socialist government (1944 - 1989) and the follow-up period are examined. The specific Bulgarian phenomenon of prevailing of owner-occupied apartment housing (condominiums) is described as a major peculiarity of Bulgarian urban housing. The current problems for sustainable development of Bulgarian mass housing have been analysed and possible solutions have been outlined based on presented pilot cases.
Keywords:	renovation, panel buildings, condominium building, high rize buildings, energy efficiency, homeowners’association
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For citation	Kovachev A., Georgiev G. Problems of Multistorey Housing Renovation in Bulgaria. Architecture and Modern Information Technologies, 2018, no. 2(43), pp. 300-311. Available at: http://marhi.ru/eng/AMIT/2018/2kvart18/20_kovachev_georgiev/index.php