Zlaten Vek is a project that embodies the fusion of contemporary with Bulgarian history, faith and cultural identity. This building is the only one of its kind in Sofia - an architectural emblem in the heart of the city of God's wisdom, with a call to creation, spiritual growth and contemplation far and above, in harmony between past, present and future, aware of our dignity.

Zlaten Vek is an architectural project with a worthy and useful cultural footprint in the capital. Let us be proud of this building - a symbol of respect and admiration for our glorious history, faith and spirituality, and the pursuit of inner and outer ennoblement.

We Bulgarians, who have an ancient and rich cultural tradition, should not hesitate to present it in an accessible and innovative way.
Zlaten Vek is not just an object, but an expression of pride, a yearning for cultural awakening, a bridge to roots and memory, and a bridge to the future.

We, the team of ARTEKS, want to lay the foundation of building a new, exciting and uplifting architectural and urban image of Bulgaria.

We want Zlaten Vek to leave its bright mark on the city of Saint Sofia!

Ground floor: An architectural ensemble of slender high and low units connected by wide corridors and green spaces. From the northern facade of the building, through a double-curved glass canopy, the visitor passes through a wide corridor with a ramp to the entrance to the Cultural Centre and the unique for Bulgaria Museum of Bulgarian Christian Culture and History, "St. Tsar Boris-Mikhail," occupying parts of the high and the low units on the south side of the complex. The museum will feature a hall for architectural models of emblematic Bulgarian temples and monasteries from the First Bulgarian Kingdom to this day, reconstructions of the oldest temple bells in Europe, found in Melnik, authentic ancient crosses, a replica of the seal of St. Tsar Boris, items of archaeology, ancient gospels, copies of Glagolitic manuscripts, wax figures, an art gallery, a cinema hall ,St. Tsar Boris Chapel and a large hall for cultural events. In the low architectural body of the complex, the cultural center will also house a theatre arts academy with training halls, a hall for children's music and theatre performances, studios for painting, carving, sculpture and ceramics, offices, smaller galleries, technical rooms, etc. The tall unit will include houses offices, halls for studying foreign languages, library, software academy, fitness and spa center, ateliers, and a restaurant.

2-nd floor: Management office, maintenance rooms, maintenance staff, fitness facilities

3-rd floor: Spa and wellness center, swimming pool, bar, snack lounge, meeting rooms, children's room, roof garden

4-24-th floor: Luxury offices, representative offices of international companies and residences

25-29-th floor: Luxury aparthotel operated by a world-renowned chain

30-th floor: Bright double-height restaurant

32-th floor: Panoramic terrace with 360-degree views

33-th floor: Christian temple

The name of the project is inspired by the desire to achieve the flourishment of Bulgarian Just as it was at the time of that worthy pupil of the Magnaurian school - Tsar Simeon the Great. It became a bridge between the eras and a message to all those who are willing to shape up the new reality, an invitation to a firm optimism.

Since its founding, ARTEКS has been committed to a socially responsible architecture that fits respectfully in the environment and at the same time stands out as an incentive for a positive change in it. The implemented projects (including infrastructure improvement, greening and maintenance of green areas, special lighting, and many others) give an infectious example and raise expectations for beauty and harmony in the city.

„ZLATEN VEK“ is rising... in three stylized wheat ears towering from arches thirty feet high. Wheat is a symbol of life, growth and prosperity, which you can expect only if you have been diligent and perseverant in your work. In Christianity, wheat also symbolizes faith: the seed of the word of God germinates in the souls of the worthy, becomes a wheat-ear, and produces fruit. Let’s not forget that the ZLATEN VEK of Simeon the Great is associated with the spiritual upsurge of our people after the acceptance of Christianity, which happened during the reign of his father Boris. The three ears of wheat bear also the idea of the Holy Trinity, as well as Faith, Hope and Love - the daughters of Sophia. Observers may also probably see in the three arches the Proto-Bulgarian symbol - Y, the sign of Khan Kubrat.

It is a breathing, open for its environment building. In fact, after Diamond, „ARTEKS“ has incorporated a recuperator system for fresh air and concomitant temperature control here as well, with a significant reduction in energy costs. Residents can rely on mountain fresh air in the heart of the city.

A high-rise building saves land where it is the most scarce and expensive bringing to the urban environment what is beneficial to the area and the city. Besides the floors of residential spaces, the „ZLATEN VEK“ building provides also open public spaces. The first two levels are occupied by them: a shopping center, a coffee shop, a club, a dance, pilates and yoga space, a spa area with a swimming pool, a gym, a children’s space, a roofed green terrace with a water mirror.

Bulgaria is at the beginning of a modern GOLDEN AGE.

ARTEKS ENGINEERING marks the beginning of the new GOLDEN AGE with its building of the same name called “ZLATEN VEK” which symbolizes change, perfection and a strong impetus for development. The building serves as an iconic sign which shows that Bulgaria is on the verge of achieving a boom, and is stepping into the future as a truly dignified European country!

For Sofia, for Bulgaria, for the future!

ZLATEN VEK BUILDING will rise to the height of avant-garde aesthetics, innovative technologies and the quality of life that can only be provided by the architecture that puts the happiness of the people first.

"ZLATEN VEK" fits unsurpassed levels of comfort, environmental friendliness, energy efficiency in a building that identifies with excitement and inspiration. The emblematic buildings in Sofia should not be a matter of the past. Our present time is the beginning of a worthy future!

We want ZLATEN VEK BUILDING to be spirited by the people in it-people who are open-minded, full of success, full of optimism and driven to the extraordinary. Because we believe you are among them, welcome to our mutual "ZLATEN VEK"!"

ZLATEN VEK - it is peace, beauty, perfection. ZLATEN VEK is a time when all prejudices and doubts are rejected and the extraordinary is created. The Golden Age is a time in which human happiness comes first. The Golden Age is not just a romantic memory of the past - it is a future that we can create together.

ARTEKS ENGINEERING named its newest building "ZLATEN VEK" (Lozenetz District, 10, "Zlaten Rog" Street) to embody the symbol of change. Bulgaria is entering in its new Golden Age as a worthy European country whose citizens have the freedom, self-esteem and taste to choose the best for themselves and for society.

For the Bulgarians, the Slavonic alphabet is invariably related to the idea of light, progress and the way we move forward together as a nation. This is the reason why ARTEKS has integrated alphabetic letters and symbols in "ZLATEN VEK". The decorative grills on the façade, which hide the apartment's ventilation holes, are pieces of embroidery of Glagolitic and Cyrillic script.
Yes, the impressive modern day buildings tell stories, enter into dialogue, turn into the spectacle of the city as actors in our common history: of the place, the times, the people.
ZLATEN VEK is an inspired building because it is a constructive message with its name. It brings with it an urge for decisive optimism: the Golden Age is forthcoming if we choose it.

Artistic and daring, spirited and sophisticated, with its powerful beauty "ZLATEN VEK" will capture the eyes and the cameras, it will be one of the most captured faces of the modern, cosmopolitan, magnetic Sofia.
With "ZLATEN VEK", the company shows that the capital and its people deserve a building that amazes, fills with energy and generates pride.
Green, energy-efficient, sustainable ZLATEN VEK BUILDING also saves resources for its owners and the environment itself.
The building is a "green neighbour" because of its cultivated green areas and the perfectly regulated parking on three underground levels. "ZLATEN VEK" is enveloped and penetrated by the sun and the play of rays and shadows, clouds and stars throughout the day makes it always new and surprising.

Sofia needs buildings with character, temperament and uniqueness. It is time to translate the word "skyline" into the language of Sofia's architecture. The wide City Center is not a historical reserve with old aesthetic principles. Such statics would kill the city's energy. In Sofia, there is a field for architect visionaries who infuse with their projects a new life in its architectural appearance, bring dynamics, rhythm, innovation to it. "ZLATEN VEK" comes with such determination.

Designed as an open, lively world of people who love and appreciate Sofia and feel a sense of responsibility towards the city, "ZLATEN VEK" rises as a symbol of a new beginning, a new hope.
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