Venelin Kokalov
Venelin Kokalov (born ) is a Canadian architect, working as Design Principal and Principal-in-Charge at Revery Architecture. Career. Previously, he worked as design principal for Bing Thom Architects before taking charge of the company, and rebranding it as Revery Architecture. Born in Bulgaria in 1967, Kokalov graduated university in 1993 with a master's degree in structural engineering from the University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy in Sofia, Bulgaria. In 2002, he immigrated to Canada, where he joined Vancouver-based firm Bing Thom Architects. In 2016 Bing Thom died, and in 2017 the studio officially changed  its name to Revery Architecture. Since 2016 Venelin Kokalov has continued to lead the Revery team to design and build projects around the world, from the MacEwan University, Allard Hall in Edmonton (2017) to the Xiqu Centre Opera House and University of Chicago's Campus, both in Hong-Kong Recognition. Since 2016 Revery Architecture has been recognized with the following awards: