Size: 24×17 cm Year: 2018 Cover: Hard/Fabric Pages: 144 ISBN: 978–9941-8-0032-0 Article published on Idaaf.com about the Soviet bus stop and immediately great response was followed. This photo project of the architect Nanuka Zaalishvili was first presented by the gallery “project Art Beat” within the photo festival “Kolga” and then exhibited at Tbilisi Art Fair. […]
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Barber Shop by Idaaf Architects
Project: Barber Shop Location: G. Akhvlediani str. Tbilisi Area: 100 sq.m Year: 2018 Status: Completed Team: Nanuka Zaalishvili, Rezi Kratsashvili, Ani Tsikoridze Concept: Different shades of Green meet details of XIX Century Tbilisi interior, Soviet design and modern furniture. The Barbershop is located in a XIX century building which is very stylish for Tbilisi architecture […]
Apartment in Tbilisi by YØ DEZEEN
Project: Apartment Interior Design Area: 135 M2 Location: Tbilisi, Georgia Year: 2015-2017 Ukrainian design studio YØ DEZEEN has finished their first interior in Tbilisi. Studio was established in 2010 by Artem Zverev & Artur Sharf and since then have realized number of interesting projects around the world. Their style is distinguished by the combination of […]
BIG Created ”Invisible Museum” Excavated in The Dune Near WWII Nazi Bunker
Project: Tirpitz Museum Extenion Author: BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group) Partners in Charge: Bjarke Ingels, Finn Norkjaer Area: 2800.0 m2 Location: Blåvand, Denmark Year: 2014 – 2017 Danish firm BIG finished construction of the “Invisible Museum” in Blåvand, Denmark, by cutting linear passageways out of the sand dune beside a bunker built by German forces during the […]
”Aprili House” – Reconstruction of the Half-Century House in Sighnaghi
Project: “Aprili House” – Reconstruction of a Half-Century House Architects: IDAAF Architects Total Area: 242 m2 Building Area: 220 m2 Location: Sighnaghi, Georgia Year: 2015-2016 IDAAF Architects finished their first project outside of Tbilisi – Reconstruction of a Half-Century House in Sighnaghi, Kakheti region. “April House” is located in Sighnaghi on 9 April Street. The […]
Archaeology Museum by Barclay & Crousse
Project: Archaeology Museum Architects: Barclay & Crousse Location: Ica, Peru Area: 1170.0 m2 Project Year: 2016 Nothing fits in South American deserts better than red pigmented concrete. Archaeological museum in Ica, Peru designed by Lima based architect duo Barclay & Crousse is exactly like that. The straight lines of the building creates dynamic mood […]
Giorgi Chkheidze – ”As It Is”
Giorgi Chkheidze presented his series of new artworks “As It Is” in the ArtArea Space and it is organized by “One” Gallery. Drawing techniques, themes, colors – by this exposition artist once again emphasized his style and direction in art. The large size canvases with sharp techniques of performing leave the impression of the prints, […]
Stepantsminda in Urban Chaos and Unprepared Infrastructure for Tourist Season
The city center that is turned into a Bus Station The Road Cafe – Restaurants New Developments
Architecture in Javakheti – Grass Roofed Houses
In historical sources Javakheti (Zaabakhah) was first mentioned in 785 B.C in the inscription of the Urartu King Argyt I as a conquered side; Nowadays This part of Georgia is the most interesting place for traveling, because its undiscovered culture and unexplored areas. Landscapes are completely free and quiet from contemporary urban chaos; Samtskhe-Javakheti is […]
10 Ongoing Errors of Urban Development in Tbilisi
10. Recreational zones without a status, privatized plots inside them and ongoing constructions Being actively assisted by the developer City Hall on one hand and choked in the concrete jungle on the other hand, the citizens have been engaged in a desperate battle for already several years. The Tbilisi City Hall is actively continuing to […]
Soviet Bus Stops from Abkhazia, Georgia
The famous Canadian-born photographer Christopher Herwig has spent fifteen years documenting bus stops in former Soviet countries. These years were full of interesting adventures and, more importantly, the diversity of designs across republics. Whilethe countries borderingWestern Europe are characterized by wood and soft forms, concrete and mosaic bus stops greeted Herwigin the Caucasus. It is […]
Vera Pagava – Rarest Jewel of Georgian Painting
Vera Pagava is one of the rarest jewels of Georgian painting, she is especially interesting for those years when she worked away from her homeland. The beginning of the 20th century is one of the most important periods in Georgian history in terms of architecture, painting, theater, literature and other fields too. Galaktion Tabidze appears, […]
Hostel Pinn By Studio +-
Project: Hostel Pinn Author: Studio +- Total Area: 150 sq.m Location: M. Lermontovi str. Tbilisi Year: 2017 New Hostel Pinn opened in Tbilisi, Lermontovi Street. Architects duo, Studio +- worked on the project. Elisabeth ZautaSvili and Nato Bagrationi are young Georgian architects, who appear on the design scene not too long ago. Their interiors are […]
Residential Villas for the Golf Complex
Project: Residential Villas Architect: WUNDERWERK + David Giorgadze Total Area: 500 Ha Location: Teleti, Georgia Client: Primera Golf and Residence Design Team: Gigi Shukakidze, David Giorgadze, Nikoloz Lomidze, Sandro Gharibashvili Competition: Winner Year: 2016 ‘Primera Residence Development and Construction LLC’ are planning to build golf complex on the Teleti hill. The project includes constructions […]
Dead Places in Tbilisi and How to Revive Them
“It’s surely our responsibility to do everything within our power to create a planet that provides a home not just for us, but for all life on Earth.” – David Attenborough (Planet Earth II) BEGINNING While the laureate of the highest architectural award, the Pritzker Prize 2016, Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena sees a solution to […]
