Architectural guide : Tbilisi. / txt
Tbilisi
- 479 p. : ill. ; col. ; maps ; plans ; 25 cm. book
- An architectural guide Tbilisi .
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction -- Author's note 8 -- Acknowledgments 9 -- Introduction 10 – Timeline 18 -- Old Town 24 – An Old Fashioned Future: Preserving Old Tbilisi 41 -- The Silk Road Palaces of Tiflis 55 -- Sacred Architecture 61 -- Sololaki 78 -- The Paris of the Caucasus: Literary Tiflis Mzia Chikhradze 89 -- Armenian Culture in Tiflis 95 -- Downtown 106 Replacements: Forgotten Soviet Architecture David Bostanashvili 123 -- The Forgotten Decade: Legacies of the 1990s 139 -- Building the Orient in Imperial Tiflis 151 -- Constructing Communism: The Architectural Avant-Garde in Tiflis 165 -- Up in the Air: Traces of Tbilisi's Cable Cars David Gogishvili / Suzanne Harris-Brandts 173 -- Dry Bridge Market 179 -- Vera 184 -- Statues and Monuments 195 -- Art for Architecture: Soviet Mosaics Nini Palavandishvili 211 -- Vake-Bagebi 218 -- The Architecture of Stalinism 227 -- Post-Planning: Public Space in the Unplanned City Anna Kintsurashvili and Angela Wheeler 241 -- Chugureti 252 -- Art Nouveau: New Art' for Old Tbilisi Nestan Tatarashvili 261 -- Recovering German Heritage in Tbilisi Oliver Reisner and Nestan Tatarashvili 277 -- Tbilisi in Film Olga Zhgenti 299 -- Saburtalo 306 -- Rational National Modernism: Soviet Georgian Architecture After Stalin 325 -- Housing the Masses: Soviet Housing in Tbilisi Levan Asabashvili and Rusudan Mirzikashvili 347 -- Avlabari-Isani 358 -- Bridges 371 -- Underground Art: the Tbilisi Metro System Giorgi Babunashvili and Angela Wheeler 383 -- Ortachala 390 -- Didube-Nadzaladevi 400 -- Soviet Brutalism 411 -- Dighomi 420 -- Gldani 436 –
Index of Sites: 112 Emergency Call Centre 099 C -- 9 April Gardens 109 -- Abanotubani -- Academic City Complex -- Academy of Physical Training and Sports -- Aeroflot Ticket Office -- Agricultural University -- Alexander Jagetiani Mansion -- Amir Kazim Mirza Qajar House -- Ampelographic Laboratory -- Anchiskhati Basilica -- Andropov's Ears -- Apartment House, Vake -- Apartment House, Vera -- Apollo Theatre -- Armenian Drama Theatre of Tbilisi -- Arsenal Oasis -- Art Museum of Georgia -- Assumption of the Virgin Catholic Church -- Ateshgah Zoroastrian Temple -- Aurora Apartments -- Avlabari -- Bank of Georgia Headquarters -- Baratashvili Ascent Houses -- Baratashvili Bridge -- Baratashvili Wall -- Betlemi -- Book Palace -- Boris Dzneladze Komsomol Complex -- Botanical Gardens -- Bozardzhyants Mansion -- Bread Factory -- Caucasian Officers Economical Society -- Central Bus Station -- Central Supermarket at Deserters' Bazaar -- Champagne Factory -- Chavchanidze Mansion -- Chess Palace and Alpine Club -- Children's World -- Chapel of the Transfiguration -- Chugureti -- Church of Mikhail of Tver -- Church of Saint Mary at Didube Pantheon -- Church of Saint Nicholas -- Church of Saint Nino -- Church of Saint David -- Church of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste -- Circus -- Classical Gymnasium -- Computing Centre and Mshenbanki -- Conservatoire -- Court Church -- Deda Ena Park – Dentistry Clinic -- Didube -- Didube Pantheon -- Dighomi -- Dinamo Stadium -- Dinamo Training Centre -- District Soviet of People's Deputies -- Bridge Building -- Dolidze Street Communal Housing -- Dry Bridge -- Dzotsenidze Street Apartments -- Ekaterina Rotinova House -- Ekvtime Takiashvili House Museum -- Eliava Garage -- Eliava Institute of Bacteriophage, Microbiology, and Virology -- Eliava Market -- Elmavalmshenebeli Tbilisi Locomotive Factory -- Erekle II Square -- Etchmiadzin -- Ethimia Zubalashviti -- European Union Headquarters-- Expo Georgia -- Figure Skating Centre -- Freedom Square -- Funicular Lower Station -- Funicular Upper Station -- Gabashvili House -- Gaikazova Mansion -- Galaktioni Bridge -- Galaktioni Bridge Bus Stop -- Georgian State Film Studios -- Georgian Technical University Campus -- Gldani -- Goglio Bathhouse -- Great Synagogue -- Griboyedov Square Apartments -- Gudiashvili Square -- Heroes' Square -- Heroes' Square Apartments -- Hippodrome -- Hotel Adjara -- Hotel Iveria -- Hotel Kolkheti -- HoteL London -- Hotel Majestic -- Hotel Sakartvelo -- House of Political Education -- Hovhannes Tumanyan House Museum -- HuaLing Tbilisi Sea New City -- Industrial College -- Institute of Construction Mechanics and Seismic Resistance -- Institute of Energetics -- Institute of Horticulture, Viticulture, and Winemaking -- Institute of Marxism and Leninism -- Institute of Mathematics -- Institute of Noblewomen -- Institute of Physics -- Institute of Physiology and Morphology -- Isani -- Isani Metro Station -- Ivanishvili Mansion -- Juma Mosque -- Jvaris Mama -- Kakhidze Centre for Music and Culture -- Kala -- Kalantarov Mansion -- Kartvelishvili Mansion -- Karvasla -- Karvasla Tbilisi History Museum -- Kashveti Church -- KGB Headquarters -- Khojavank Cemetery -- Khorava Actors House -- Kldisubani Church of Saint George -- Kolkhoz Square Market -- Krtsanisi Garage -- Krtsanisi Geghardavank -- Kukia Cemetery -- Kukia Cemetery Church of Saint Nino -- Laguna Vera -- Lisi Lake -- Lower Betlemi Church -- Madatova Mansion -- Madatovsky Island -- Magnetic-Meteorological Observatory -- Maidan -- Mantashev Ranks -- Mantashev Stables -- Manuscript Centre -- Maria Stern House -- Marjanishvili Square Apartments -- Marjanishvili Theatre -- McDonald's -- Melik Azariants Building -- Metekhi Bridge -- Metekhi Church -- Milov Brothers Mansion -- Ministry of Agriculture and Chai-Gruziia Offices -- Ministry of Communications -- Ministry of Forestry Laboratory and Institute of Mining Mechanics -- Ministry of Transportation -- Mtatsminda -- Mtatsminda Cable Car Station -- Mtatsminda Pantheon -- Mtatsminda Park -- Mughni Surb Gevorg -- Mukhatgverdi Cemetery -- Museum of Azerbaijani Culture -- Museum of Georgian Literature -- Museum of Jewish History -- Mushtaidi Park -- Mutual Credit Society -- Mziuri Park -- Nadzaladevi -- NakhaLovka -- NarikaLa Fortress -- National Archive Building -- National Bank of Georgia Centre -- National Gallery -- National Parliamentary Library of Georgia -- National Science Academy -- National Science Library -- National Youth and Children's Palace -- Nersisian School -- Norasheni -- Nutsubidze Street Apartments -- OCOAVIAXIM -- Officers Club and Tiflis Artists' Group -- Old Sameba Trinity Church -- Olympic Training Facility -- Orbeliani Baths -- Orbeliani Garden -- Ortachala -- Ortachala Hydroelectric Station -- Ortachala Prosecutor's Office -- Palace of Poetry -- Palace of Rituals -- Palace of Track and Field Athletics -- Parliament -- Paul Stern House -- Peace Bridge -- Pedagogical University -- Persian Consul's Residence -- Philharmonic -- Pirimze House of Consumer Repairs -- Plekhanovi -- Presidential Palace -- Prosecutor's Office -- Public Service Hall -- Pushkin Square -- Railway Workers' Culture House -- Restaurant Berikoni -- Restaurant Kalakuri -- Restaurant Laghidze's Waters -- Restaurant Marabda -- Revolutionary Underground Press Museum -- Rike Concert Hall -- Rose Revolution Square -- Royal District Theatre -- Rustaveli Avenue Apartments -- Rustaveli Cinema -- Rustaveli Georgian Academic Theatre -- Rustaveli Square -- Saakashvili Presidential Library -- Saarbrucken Bridge -- Saburtalo -- Sachino -- Saint Barbara Church of Navtlughi -- Saint Marine Church -- Saint Nicholas Church -- Saint Nino Women's School Chapel -- Saint Theodosius of Chernigov Church/Cafe Gallery -- Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church -- Sameba Trinity Cathedral -- Seylanov Brothers Tobacco Factory -- Shamkoretsots Astvatsatsin (Karmir Avetaran) -- Shardeni Street -- Shopping Centre Tbilisi -- Simon Janashia Georgian National Museum -- Sioni Cathedral -- Sioni Theological Academy -- Sololaki -- Soviet Central Committee and Chancellery Buildings -- Sports Palace -- Saint Alexander Nevsky Russian Orthodox Church -- Saint John the Theologian Russian Orthodox Church and Blue Monastery -- State Design Institute -- State Silk Museum -- State University of Language and Culture -- Station Square Complex -- Supreme Court Building -- Surb Gevorg Armenian church -- Surb Nishan Armenian church -- Tabor Monastery of the Transfiguration -- Tamar Mepe Bridge -- Tandoyants Surb Astvatsatsin -- Tbilisi Airport -- Tbilisi Art Palace -- Tbilisi Balneological Resort -- Tbilisi City Hall -- Tbilisi Dendrological Park -- Tbilisi Evangelical Lutheran Church -- Tbilisi Metro Headquarters -- Tbilisi Museum of Archaeology -- Tbilisi Open Air Museum of Ethnography -- Tbilisi Opera House -- Tbilisi Sea -- Tbilisi State Academy of Arts -- Tbilisi State University Campus -- Tbilisi State University Extension Campus -- Tbilisi Velodrome -- Tea House -- Technical Library -- Technical University Faculty Housing -- Thermal Barometric Camera -- Trade Union Cultural Centre -- Tramworkers' Houses -- Tse Kayshiri -- Turtle Lake – United National Movement Party Headquarters -- Upper Betlemi Church -- Vake -- Vake Cemetery -- Vake Park -- Vake Park Apartments -- Vake Theological Seminary -- Vakhushti Bagrationi Bridge -- Vank Cathedral Bell Tower -- Vera -- Vera Cemetery -- Vera Park -- Wine Factory No. 1 -- Women's Gymnasium -- Writers Union House -- Yerevantsots Saint Minas -- Zahesi Hydroelectric Station -- Zaksovnarkom -- Zarya Vostoka Editorial Office --
This guide presents over 120 buildings and projects in the Georgian capital. It serves not only as a helpful guide for tourists but also as a documentation of the city's social history. The selection of buildings covers a broad spectrum of sights that are not only aesthetically interesting but also shed light on the city's historical developments. The book gives a comprehensive tour of the stylistic contrasts that enrich the city, filled with all manner of structures, from wooden homes to striking works of con-temporary architecture.