The academic study of the history and architectural heritage of German settlers, who established more then 20 settlements in Georgia –   carried out in 2015-2017years with the financial support of the National Agency for Cultural Heritage Protection of Georgia and  German Ministry of Foreign Affairs. First German colonists arrived in Georgia in 1817 and named […]

8-23-VI is a monochromatic pavilion designed for the residents of entrance VI, Block 23, in the 8th district of Gldani – a vast Soviet-built housing district in Tbilisi, Georgia. Commissioned as part of a collaboration with the Tbilisi Architecture Biennial, 8-23-VI utilises the temporal format of the biennial to catalyse a permanent and public pavilion, […]

The new style established in Europe by the late 19th century went under various names in various nations: Art Nouveau, Jugendstil, Stile Liberty, Secession, Modernisme etc. In Georgia the style was called “Style Modern.” In 1901, seven years after the world’s first Art Nouveau building – Victor Horta’s Hotel Tassel – opened in Brussels, the […]