Oleg P. Koval, general director of Kyiv International Contract Fair, Ltd. congratulated the guests and partners of the ARCHIHIT contest with its successful finish and continued: “It is a pleasure to underline that a lot of events for architects are held at the exhibition. Today, seminars from chief architects of Kyiv and Lviv are held, as well as from other famous persons of the world of architecture. We are happy with this and for the coming year we plan to hold a special day for architects, during which different specialized events like seminars, round tables, presentation would be held. We would like to express our appreciation to all partners and sponsors of the ARCHIHIT contest. Special thanks go to the contest participants having submitted their projects for consideration».

Oleksandr B. Yarema, Honored Architect of Ukraine, chairman of Lviv branch of National Architects Union of Ukraine: “Let me announce the results of the contest that we accepted with great pleasure. I would like to admit that renovation of histories cities is very topical for our region. It is great that our unique Zolochiv attracted attention of a group of architects from Kyiv led by Volodymyr Derbeniov, which has finally become the contest winner».

2^nd prize: Yurii V. Verbovetskyi for the project on Zbarazh (Ternopil region);

3^rd prize: Maksym Ya. Bitsan (Kyiv) for the project on Zolochiv (Lviv region).

Olha Afonina, director of Onduline Construction Materials Ukraine: “Our company has been sponsoring this wonderful contest of ARCHIHIT for several years already. First of all, I would like to congratulate everyone with the contest final. I sincerely hope that this event will become a traditional one, and we will continue the great tradition of reconstructing small old Ukrainian towns. We want our country to flourish, we want to create. Our company would like to help both professionals and young architects in their work. Congratulations to the contest winners, they made hard work”.

Iryna Ovchynnikova, director of retail chain at KERAMAMARAZZI: “I would like to say thanks to all contest participants, especially to the winner. In his project we saw many of our products and we are pleased to be part of this great work. We are a part of MARAZZI GROUP – the world’s largest manufacturer of tiles, the factories of which are located throughout the world. Thanks to all people making our world better with the help of the existing and new projects, in which they use our products”.