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Bank of Georgia headquarters building

Bank of Georgia headquarters building

Bank of Georgia headquarters building

A new concert hall/exhibition center is nearing completion in Rike Park on the left bank of the Mtkvari River in Tbilisi

Its designer is Massimiliano Fuksas, whose other works include the nearby Tbilisi Public Service Hall

Modern Georgia is constructed from glass. Saakashvili – Georgia's architect-in-chief – has his own vision of how Tbilisi should look. His idiom is glass and steel; modernist buildings sprout everywhere. The president lives in a neoclassical palace with a transparent egg-shaped dome; just below it is a new  pipe-shaped concert hall

The new concert hall/exhibition center in Rike Park,designer Massimiliano Fuksas

Wave-like glass theme is seen in the constructed building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia is the state law enforcement agency of Georgia

The Ministry’s headquarters is near the Kakheti highway, between Tbilisi International Airport and the city center. 

“In this small Caucasian nation I realized I was not designing

hotels or buildings, but

something which Georgians could

be proud of. Icons able to project

them towards the future and

distance them from the Soviet

grayness” 

Michele De Lucchi

Since 2008 Michele De Lucchi is full professor at the design Faculty of the Politecnico in

Milan

Designed by the Italian architect Michele De Lucchi (who also designed Tbilisi’s Bridge of Peace), this wavy ribbon of glass appears to float above a flat expanse of grass and water

A 1000sqm pool with a depth of 30

cm was constructed in

front of the building to reflect the glass facade.

The effect is spectacular, especially at

night.

If the glass ribbon shape appears familiar it’s probably because Michele De Lucchi also designed the Bridge of Peace that spans the Mtkvari River in Tbilisi

The Bridge of Peace by Michele De Lucchi

The Wedding Palace was built

in 1984 (designed by Victor

Djorbenadzeas) as a church and

venue for weddings

In 2001 it was purchased by the oligarch Badri Patarkatsishvili for use as his personal residence

From humble origins, Badri

Patarkatsishvili became the

wealthiest citizen in Georgia with an

estimated wealth of $12bn

Badri Patarkatsishvili was also one of the country's largest philanthropists

bronze copy of Hellenistic

Hermaphrodite from the second-century AD found

in an archeological dig in the Georgian

Kolchis 

The ceiling above the altar is deep

blue and supported by heavy, curved

and gilded steel-girders

Strange columns and Georgian ceiling

Georgian ceiling of the proscenium

Patarkatsishvili died intestate in February 2008 sparking one of

the largest estate battles in legal history

The Wedding Palace was built in 1984

(designed by Victor Djorbenadzeas)

Altar fresco painted by Zurab Nisharadze

The mythological fresco on the wall to the left of the

stairs to the altar..

….and the Rape of Europe on their

right

Heroes Memorial in Heroes Square,

one of the main intersections,

honors all those who died

protecting the territorial integrity

of Georgia

Erected in 2009, the memorial is 51 meters high and comprises 16 segments faced with marble

Heroes Memorial in Heroes Square by Jaume Espí (Spain), 2010

The names of the Georgian military pupils that died in fighting against the Red Army in 1921, the leaders of an anti-Soviet revolt of 1924 and those that died during military actions in Abkhazia in 1992-1993 and in the ‘five-day war’ in South Ossetia in August 2008 are etched on the marble – altogether some 4000 names

Benches Millennium made with polished concrete, in Rike Park, made also by artist Jaume Espí (Spain)

Glass sculpture "Rain Hearts“ in front of Presidential Palace, by Jaume Espí (Spain)

Glass sculpture "Rain Hearts“ 7 meters high, 2009

Glass sculpture "Rain Hearts“ 7 meters high, 2009Jaume Espí (Spain)

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Presentation: Sanda Foişoreanuwww.slideshare.net/michaelasandahttp://www.authorstream.com/michaelasanda/

Sound: Ananuri - Georgian folklore ensemble - Orovela