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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TEMI
Space of the City
LOCALIZZAZIONE
Continente
Asia
Nazione
Georgia [Sak'art'velo]
Regione
Tbilisi [T'bilisi]
Città
Tbilisi [T'bilisi]
Indirizzo
29a Iuri Gagarin Str.
MAPPA
TIPOLOGIA
ARCHITETTURA
Edifici pubblici
Edifici governativi
Edifici amministrativi
CRONOLOGIA
Progetto
1970
Realizzazione
1972 - 1975
PREMI
2007
Immovable Monument status National Monuments Acts
RIFERIMENTI BIBLIOGRAFICI
"Qualche cosa di nuovo in URSS", Domus 577, dicembre/december 1977, "Architettura/Informazioni" p. 1
AGGIUNTE E DIGRESSIONI
1923-1925
El Lissitzky Wolkenbügel [Cloud Irons]
Progetto per grattacieli orizzontali a Mosca
COMMITTENTE
Ministry of Highway Construction of the Georgian SSR
