Arch. Armand Vokshi

Traces of Italian architecture in Albania in the years 1925 – 1943

Education:
2013 – PhD in Architecture and Urban Design at the Department of Architecture at the University of Florence, Italy.
Thesis Topic “Traces of Italian architecture in Albania in the years 1925 – 1943”.
2004 – Graduated in architecture at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Florence, Italy.

Work experience:
Since 2016 – Head of Department of Urban Planning, in Faculty of Architecture and Planning, Polytechnic University of Tirana.
Since 2015 – Assoc. Prof. in Faculty of Architecture and Planning, Polytechnic University of Tirana.
Since 2010 – lecturer at Faculty of Architecture an Urban Planning, Polytechnic University of Tirana.
Since 2013 – lecturer at University “Lady of Good Counsel”,Tirana
2014-2015 – lecturer at University of Tetovo in Macedonia.
2010-2012 – lecturer at University Polis, Tirana
2005-2009 – teaching assistant at University of Florence, Faculty of Architecture, Italy.
Since 2005 – Founder and lead architect of the company AVATELIER, Tirana.

Additional professional engagements:
Since 2004 -Coordinates a team work participating in numerous competitions in Albania, Italy, Etc.
Since 2016 – President of Albanian Architects’ Association
2012-2016 – Board Member of Albanian Architects’ Association
2009-2012 – Member of Albanian Architects’ Association
Since 2005 – Member of Ordine degli Architectti Firenze

Publications:

1) Il Consolato Italiano a Valona tra storia e architettura, p. 22-44 ,A cura di Adriana Frisenna, Tirana, 2016
2) Tracce dell’Architettura Italiana in Albania, 1925-1943 , DNA EDITRICE, Firence, 2014, Itali, ISBN 9788890927409, A.Vokshi
3) Tirana fra Fascismo e comunismo. ATRIUM, L’architettura, i regimi tottalitari e la memoria del’900 / Architecture, totalitarian regimes and memory in the 20th Centry Casa Walden Editrice, Forlì. 20014
4) Milva Giacomelli & Armand Vokshi, Architetti e ingegneri italiani in Albania, Edifir Edizioni, Firenze, 2012
5) “Modern and European Tirana. Urban Development plan of Tirana”. (Co-author) Tirana Municipality
6) Art & Trashegimi, article : The beginnings of a modern Tirana, Tirana, 2012
7) Ulisse Tramonti & Paolo Di Nardo, Progetti per Scutari : Waterfront Scutari & Waterfront Shiroka , Alinea Editrice, Firenze, 2011
8) Armand Vokshi, Andi Shameti, “Eden Center” , WORLDWIDE ARCHITECTURE. The Next Generation , Luigi Prestinenza Puglisi, 2010
9) Armand Vokshi, “ Verso una nuova architettura albanese “, AND, Firence, 2007

– 2010, Project of Kinostudio, Tirana elaborated with his students, has been selected for the Biennale exhibition of Architecture in Venice.
– 2011, Competition for the redevelopment of Amendolagine Square, > Terlizzi > BARI> Italy, 1st Prize
– 2011, EDEN CENTER was the best Albanian project for the publication for young world architects under 40. (-WORLDWIDE ARCHITECTURE. The Next Generation)
– 2015 , RE-DESIGNING THE NEW HEADQUARTERS OF THE SUPREME COURT AND THE SCHOOL OF MAGISTRATES, Tirana, Albania, Finalist