Faculty

Milka Bliznakov joined the faculty of Architecture in 1974 to teach in the Urban Design program. After the program was closed, she was transferred to teach advanced design in urban environments until her retirement in 1998. Milka Bliznakov received her M.Arch. from the State Polytechnic of Sofia, Bulgaria in 1951 and had practiced Architecture in Bulgaria and France from 1959-1961 and the USA from 1961-1972. After receiving her Ph.D. from Columbia University, NYC in 1971, she began teaching at the University of Texas 1972-1974. In 1985 she founded the International Archive of Women in Architecture and is the 1972 co-founder of the Institute of Modern Russian Culture.She received the Parthena Award in 1994, the Fulbright Hays Fellowship in 1983 and 1991, the International Research & Exchange Grant in 1984 and 1993, the National Endowment for the Arts 1973-74, the Wilson Center of the Smithsonian Institute Scholar in 1988. She has had numerous publications focused mainly on the European avant-garde and the contributions of women to the build environment.

mbliznak@vt.edu