Contemporary architecture playing a "main role" The boom is being spearheaded by Tirana's mayor, Erion Veliaj, who was elected in 2015, and Albanian prime minister and fellow Socialist Edi Rama.

Copenhagen Architecture Festival carried out a film and architecture workshop in collaboration with Barleti University and Tirana Architecture Triennale, exploring inclusivity in Albania’s ...

Edi Hila is a contemporary Albanian artist whose muted paintings explore the architecture of his country’s communist ... he went on to study painting at the National Academy of Art in Tirana and later ...

"[Rama] decided to make Tirana a place where the presence of contemporary architecture is really playing a main role in the future of the city," explained Boeri. "That's why he's interested in ...