Ministry of Highway Construction
The former Ministry of Highway Construction of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, by the architects George Chakhava and Zurab Jalaghania and the engineer Temur Tkhilava (1975).
Curiously, George Chakhava was also the Georgian Minister of Highways so he was both the customer and the architect. Left abandoned for a while after the fall of the Soviet Union, it now hosts the headquarters of the Bank of Georgia.
Among the several influences that led to this building I just want to mention the horizontal skyscrapers planned by the Soviet and constructivist artist/architect El Lissitzky in the 1920s.
Tbilisi, Georgia.
Ministry of Highway Construction
The former Ministry of Highway Construction of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, by the architects George Chakhava and Zurab Jalaghania and the engineer Temur Tkhilava (1975).
Curiously, George Chakhava was also the Georgian Minister of Highways so he was both the customer and the architect. Left abandoned for a while after the fall of the Soviet Union, it now hosts the headquarters of the Bank of Georgia.
Among the several influences that led to this building I just want to mention the horizontal skyscrapers planned by the Soviet and constructivist artist/architect El Lissitzky in the 1920s.
Tbilisi, Georgia.