Contacts
There are no overall lists of Landscape Architecture practices. However, there is a professional organization, which represents private practitioners:
The “Bulgarian Association of Landscape Architecture” (BALA)
Bulgarska Asiciacia Landshaftna Arxitektura,
chairman Ivan Uzunov.
address: Sofia 1214,N.V. Gogol st 16A,Bulgaria
tel/fax 359 2 943 3374 email: kyo@dir.bg
This is the main professional association, but they do not display job adverts positions or other particularly useful information for students.
Another very new organization is the “Euro-Bulgarian Union Landscape Architecture” (Bulgaro-Evropeisko sdrujenie landshaftna arxitektura)
Chairman Dobromir Borislavov,
Address: St “Rezbarska”, bl. 18, vx. E, Sofia 1510, Bulgaria;
tel.359 888 268536, e-mail: beslabg@yahoo.com.
This was established in 2003 by a group of students who attended the ELASA annual meeting in Bulgaria. EBULA aims to promote connections with the private Landscape Architecture firms, with the BALA and to organize meeting for students in the fields of ecology and Landscape Architecture.
Internship pay
Students working during their studies earn €6-9 per day (the average living wage in Bulgaria for non professional work). Graduates tend to earn €100-150 per month, which is why a lot of Bulgarian students tend to set up their own practices.
Gergana Marinova 19.10.2003