Elva Margariti

Elva Margariti, born in Tirana in 1980, currently holds the position of Minister of Culture of the Republic of Albania.
Prior to that, Margariti has held the position of Territorial Adviser and National Coordinator for the Integrated Rural Development Program (100 Villages Program) at the Prime Minister’s Office of Albania.
In 2008, Margariti completed the Master of Science in Architecture at the University of Florence, Italy, with honors in the fields of design, retraining and revitalizing built spaces and bio-architecture.
That same year, she was licensed under the Order of the Architect in Florence. She has a relatively long experience as a freelance professional in various fields of architecture and urban planning and development, and as an associate of several design studios in both Italy and Albania.
In the 2004-2005, her design experiences in the field of design, based on the principles of bio-architecture, deepened in Finland at Tampere University of Technology.
Later in 2006, they were enriched in the field of cultural heritage revitalization by preserving traditional techniques, at Shanghai's Tongji University of Technology. That same year, she joined the team for the design and organization of the exhibition "Cultural Heritage Preservation Rehabilitation and Reuse", “The Tuscan Tradition”, at Shanghai's Urban Planning Exhibition Hall.
Since 2009, she collaborated with architectural design studios and assisting executives in Florence on lighting projects for their architecture and life. Experience in this field culminated in the exhibition "Lo stile dello Zar" (2009) at the Museo del Tessuto in Prato, Italy and the permanent exhibition at the Museo di Storia della Scienza "Galileo Galilei" in Florence (2010).
From 2015, for a period of 3 years, she covered the role of didactic coordinator for the Master of Science in Architecture study program and the Bachelor of Architecture and Environmental Engineering program at the Catholic University of Our Lady of Good Counsel, in collaboration with the University of Florence.
Margariti is a mother of a 10 year old girl and proud supporter of cultural programs that promote Albanian cultural identity to children.