The building was designed by the architects George Chakhava (Georgia's Deputy Minister of Highway Construction) and Zurab Jalaghania for the headquarters of the Ministry of Highway Construction of the Georgian SSR, like a reminiscent of El Lissitzky’s "Cloud Irons".
The building was acquired by the Bank of Georgia in 2007. From 2010 to 2011 it was restored and enlarged with a glass cube that is the new main entrance.
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THEMES
Space of the City
LOCATION
Continent
Asia
Nation
Georgia [Sak'art'velo]
Region
Tbilisi [T'bilisi]
Town
Tbilisi [T'bilisi]
Address
29a Iuri Gagarin Str.
MAP
TYPOLOGY
ARCHITECTURE
Public buildings
Government buildings
Administration buildings
CHRONOLOGY
Project
1970
Realisation
1972 - 1975
AWARDS
2007
Immovable Monument status National Monuments Acts
BIBILIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES
"Qualche cosa di nuovo in URSS", Domus 577, dicembre/december 1977, "Architettura/Informazioni" p. 1
ADDITIONS AND DIGRESSIONS
1923-1925
El Lissitzky Wolkenbügel [Cloud Irons]
Project for horizontal skyscrapers in Moscow
CLIENT
Ministry of Highway Construction of the Georgian SSR
