Awards, prizes and nominations for architecture, interior design and aquatecture projects by Hristo Tritakov, PhD (Христо Тритаков) and the Mess is More studio.

  • 12distinctions
  • 4first prizes
  • 2015–25years

2025

Special PrizeArchinova Architecture Awards

Urban Air Purifier

Special Prize for Innovation · Urban Environment Elements

A modular timber pavilion built around a microalgae photobioreactor that cleans the city’s air. Mess is More + VODORASLO.

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2024

3rd prizeDibla Design Awards

Messembria Winery

Best Public Interior · Showroom

Interior design for the showroom of Messembria Winery.

2022

NominationArchinova Architecture Awards

House with Bunker 2

Best Single-Family Houses · Projects

Two houses – one set into the land, one in the sea – joined around a wartime bunker at Cape Shabla.

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NominationArchinova Architecture Awards

Origami Floating Houses

Best Recreational Complexes · Leisure Centres

A modular system of floating homes, hotels and offices that combine into floating neighbourhoods.

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2021

NominationArchinova Architecture Awards

House with Bunker 1

Best Single-Family Houses · Projects

A residence lifted above a Second World War bunker at Cape Shabla, with a guest house standing in the water.

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2020

WinnerArchinova Architecture Awards

Habitat Red Sands

Best Concept · Conceptual Projects

The Second World War Red Sands sea forts near London reimagined as a community living entirely in water surroundings.

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FinalistYoung Architects Competitions

Kiribati Floating Houses

Finalist Mention

Floating homes for the Republic of Kiribati, a nation highly exposed to sea-level rise.

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2019

WinnerDibla Design Awards

Belchin Spring Spa Complex

Best Public Interior · Hotels

Interior design for the Belchin Spring spa complex.

2018

Top 50Volume Zero

Deep Sea Science Research Center

Aquatecture 2018 – Top 50 Entry

A research centre designed for life and work in the deep sea, selected among the top 50 entries of the international Aquatecture 2018 competition.

2016

WinnerUnion of Architects in Bulgaria · Chamber of Architects in Bulgaria · Amfion

(under)Water Colony

Best Diploma Project

The diploma project that started the research on aquatecture: a settlement living under and on the water.

3rd prizeVI International Festival of Schools of Eurasia

(under)Water Colony

International Best Diploma Project · Festival of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Design Schools of Eurasia

The same diploma project, recognised internationally.

2015

WinnerIdealen Dom magazine

House with Atrium

Best House of the Year · Student Projects

A student house design awarded by the Bulgarian interiors magazine Idealen Dom (Идеален дом).

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