Reconstruction of one of the apartments at historic Iashvili 15 is a remarkable example of good renovation where the old substance and new elements come together to give a new life to this nice old space. Reconstruction project: Elisso Sulakauri, dipl.Arch. USI, 2012

Georg Simmel, Berlin, 1909 The image of external things possesses for us the ambiguous dimension that in external nature everything can be considered to be connected, but also as separated. The uninterrupted transformations of materials as well as energies bring everything into relationship with everything else and make one cosmos out of all the individual […]

CHARTER FOR THE CONSERVATION OF HISTORIC TOWNS AND URBAN AREAS (WASHINGTON CHARTER 1987) Adopted by ICOMOS General Assembly in Washington, DC, October 1987. PREAMBLE AND DEFINITIONS All urban communities, whether they have developed gradually over time or have been created deliberately, are an expression of the diversity of societies throughout history. This charter concerns historic […]

This interesting brick building can be found in Sololaki district of Old Tbilisi if you walk down the Shalva Dadiani street towards Lado Asatiani street. It is one of the oldest school buildings in Tbilisi, which was built by architect Alexander Ozerov in 1903-1905 for the 3rd School for Girls. For the entire century of […]

Ateshgah, the zoroastrian temple, is situated in lower Kala, Betlemi quarter of Old Tbilisi. The restoration of this significant archeological and cultural site is a part of the Betlemi quarter rehabilitation programme of the ICOMOS Georgia. The massive cubic volume of the undomed temple is now covered with light protective roof, the staircase from Gomi street […]

1INTERNATIONAL CHARTER FOR THE CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION OF MONUMENTS AND SITES IInd International Congress of Architects and Technicians of Historic Monuments, Venice, 1964. Adopted by ICOMOS in 1965. Imbued with a message from the past, the historic monuments of generations of people remain to the present day as living witnesses of their age-old traditions. People are becoming more […]

Junction Dadiani, Lermontov and Tabidze streets Dadiani Street, which runs parallel to Kala Galavani’s north wall, marks the border between Tbilisi’s late medieval Old Town and its subsequent 19th century development – easily identifiable by the more modern rectangular street grid. Many describe the former layout as ‘Asian’ and the latter ‘European.’ The streets running […]

Mirza Shafi street, located in Seidabadi, Tbilisi’s Abanotubani district, used to sit at the foot of Tabori mountain. This, one of the city’s oldest streets (possibly the oldest) used to faithfully follow the curve of the cliff and was special for so many reasons. Its most recent houses (Tbilisi has been burnt to the ground […]