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 […]

The medieval urban structure, the 19th century historic buildings of the area of Gudiashvili square and the garden are in danger. The concept of the future development of the area does not exist or it’s not officially published yet. The construction works on the house N°2 (registered as monument N° 429) are still in progress. […]

For this Biennale Georgia as a National Participant could rent the exhibition space only for a month. In fact, by the end of November, there ware no sign of Georgia in Venice. Therefore the unexpected meeting with the Georgian writing presented in the project by ETH Zurich was much surprising and pleasant. The 13th International Architectural […]