Angela Danadjieva

Angela Danadjieva is a landscape architect who founded the multidisciplinary design firm Danadjieva & Koenig Associates with her partner Thomas Koenig. She is well known for her work with Lawrence Halprin & Associates, including the Ira Keller Fountain in Portland, Oregon and Freeway Park in Seattle, Washington.

Early life and education Danadjieva was born in 1931 in Sofia, Bulgaria. She graduated from Bulgaria's State University in Sofia in 1960 with a degree in architecture. She worked as a set designer and art director for the Bulgarian film industry for 7 years. Danadjieva won the Golden Rose Award (the equivalent to an Oscar award in Bulgaria) for her work on the movie The Captured Squadron.

In 1963, Danadjieva and her partner Ivan Tzvetin entered an international design competition in Cuba, and placed second for their design of a plaza, museum, and monument. After this, Danadjieva became increasingly interested in architecture, and went to study at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris from 1964 to 1966. While there, Danadjieva worked for the architectural firm Denieul-Marty-Paoli.

After leaving Halprin and Associates in 1976, Danadjieva founded Danadjieva & Koenig Associates with architect Thomas Koenig. Their major projects include the White River State Park in Indianapolis, Indiana, a planning study for James River Park System in Richmond, Virginia, and an extension to Seattle's Freeway Park to include the Washington State Convention and Trade Center.

Danadjieva maintains her practice with Koenig today in Tiburon, California.

Major works

Ira Keller Fountain Park – Portland, Oregon Freeway Park – Seattle, Washington Thomas Polk Park - Charlotte, North Carolina Washington State Capitol – Olympia, Washington Jewish Home of San Francisco – San Francisco, California Virginia Museum of Fine Arts – Richmond, Virginia White River State Park – Indianapolis, Indiana James River Park System – Richmond, Virginia Freeway Park Extension – Seattle, Washington