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MUA Getaway Place / MUA

  Location: Tbilisi Sea, Tbilisi, Georgia Area: 25 m2 Year: 2021 Status: Completed Photo: Nakanimamasakhlisi Photo Lab Team: Devi Kituashvili, Gogiko Sakvarelidze, Natalia Nebieridze, Elene  Edisherashvili   From the Architects: “The project represents MUA getaway place on the Tbilisi Sea. Located only 20 minutes away from the city center, it serves as the place for recharging […]

Tbilisi Central Park – Project, Protest, Activism

In 1870, Frederick Law Olmsted read a paper at the Lowell Institute entitled “Public Parks and The Enlargement of Towns.” The ideas he expressed then still play an important role in the teaching of landscape design today.  In his paper, Olmstead addresses the social, political, and cultural aspects of landscape architecture, based on his own […]

Fabrika Tbilisi by MUA – Idaaf Archive

Project: Hostel | Multi functional Location: 8 Egnate Ninoshvili St. Tbilisi, Georgia Total Area: 8000 m2 Architects: MUA Structural Engineer: Benet & Benet Construction Management: Progresi LTD  Year: 2016 Text is provided by the architects. “Fabrika Tbilisi, located on the left bank of the Mtkvari River, has revived the once-forgotten historical part of Tbilisi. Created on […]

Skatepark & Parkourground In Mziuri Park

Architects: David Giorgadze Architects; Maxime Maxhaidze; Givi Maghradze Location: Mziuri Park, Tbilisi Area: 1820 m2 Year: 2020 Text provided by the architects:  “Mziuri – the city of children” is the original name of the theme park built in the 1980s. The park was based on the stories of a Georgian writer Nodar Dumbadze, who once […]

Nikozi Art Palace Competition – Stipfold

Text is provided from the architects: “What is the purpose of art in this case? What can we propose opposite the occupation? Our response is progress. We considered the context and went with a completely contemporary design, as we wanted to deliver the message loudly and spread it widely. We perceived the Art Palace as […]

VILLA KO – MUA | Nino Nozadze

Location:  Tskneti, Georgia Project Year:  2018 Architecture: MUA Interior Design: Nino Nozadze Landscape Design: Tatuka Japaridze Photo: Louisa Chalatashvili   From the architects: “This generous villa is situated In Tskneti, a little town just up the hill from Tbilisi, within 8 kilometers. Taking inspiration from Louis Kahn’s “servant Served” concept, we approached the project creatively, […]

Nikozi Art Palace Competition – About Architecture – 2nd Place

From the architects: “Nikozi is an ancient Georgian village located near the border of the Russian-occupied South Ossetia, where the Russo-Georgian war took place in August 2008. The echo of the war is still present here and affects the spirit of the place. The residential houses in this settlement are planned around several historical monuments, […]

The winners of the Nikozi Art Palace architectural competition have been announced

The winners of the Nikozi Art Palace architectural competition have been announced. *The full text is available in Georgian language.    First Place Team: IAMAC Alexander Zviadauri, Sukha Zviadauri, Giorgi Chikovani, Lado Afanasiev   Second Place Team: About Architecture Vano Ksnelashvili, Nika Maisuradze, Anastasia Nikitina   Third/Fourth Place David Avalishvili   Third/Fourth Place Team: DMARK Alexander […]

ELEMENT – MODULAR FURNITURE

Architect: Nana Zaalishvili | IDAAF Architects Dimentions: 75x25x55 cm – 205x20x55 cm Materials: Oak Wood, Chestnut Wood, Diabazi Stone, Bazalti Stone. Year: 2019 Inspiration: Giorgi Chakhava’s ‘Construction Element’ ONE SHAPE, VARIOUS MATERIALS AND FURNITURE WITH THE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS Element Furniture was inspired by Giorgi Chakhava’s ‘Construction Element’ (1981) and by the idea that this invention does not stay only in the Soviet past […]

Mental Health Mobile Pavilion Presentation

Project Idea: Elene Koridze; Tamta Chelidze Pavilion Design: Tezi Gabunia Video: Nikoloz Kapanadze Graphic Design: Gvanca Gabunia Architect: Levan Mirianashvili Engineer: Kaxaber Mekoshkishvili Text: Keti Kereselidze, Eka Dvalishvili, Nino Imerlishvili On October 10th, World’s Mental Health Day, the organisation MHMA presented their first project – MENTAL HEALTH MOBILE PAVILION – which took place in Fabrika. […]

Coffee Production Plant “Meama” by Khmaladze Architects

Location: Tbilisi, Georgia Type: Coffee Factory and Headquarters Area: 10 500 sq.m Status: Under construction Year: 2016 – ongoing From the Author: “Located on a highway connecting city to the airport, the site is sparsely developed. Surrounded with fields and pine trees the project houses coffee production plant, its offices, coffee tasting and small coffee exhibits. Inside, […]

Zviad Gamsakhurdia Presidential Library and Youth Center

Project Authors: T-Architects In collabortaion with Nikoloz Maisuradze, Davit Tsanava Location: Zugdidi, Georgia Area: 1500 m2 Project Team: Giorgi Inasaridze, Levan Mirianashvili, Mikheil Maglakelidze, George Tavidashvili Status: Competition (First Prize) Client: Municipal Development Fund Budget: 5 Million Gel The project area is located in the center of Zugdidi, near the Dadiani Palace. The building reflects the […]

What Is Yours, Is Yours: One Garage Manifest – Tbilisi Architecture Biennial

Team: David Brodsky, Tinatin Gurgenidze, Otar Nemsadze, Tobias Schmitt, Gigi Shukakidze Location: Zaliska Lake, Ivano Frankivsk. Ukraine Year: 2019 From the authors: “In post Soviet Georgia of the 1990ies in the once a claim of city-dwellers seeking to secure their car from theft in a time of high crime, the self-made garages represented the ideal […]

House JC by MIRAG Architecture

P roject Name: House JC Location: Sant Andreu de Llavaneres, Spain Total Area: 300.0 sqm Year: 2013 Status: Completed Architects: MIRAG Arquitectura i Gestió Team: Xavier Ramoneda, Pau Millet Photographs: Jordi Surroca   From the authors: “We firmly believe in a sustainable architecture that considers every client in every circumstance. This house shows the requirements of the […]

Dance Hall by David Giorgadze Architects

Project Name: Dance Hall and Audience for Choreographer Tea Darchia’s Dance Studio Location:Tbilisi, Georgia Total Area: 300 sq/m Year: 2018 Status: Completed Team: David Giorgadze, Edisher Tsotseria, Darejan Beshkenadze *  This article is available only in Georgian language.    

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