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Georgia Architecture News: Buildings

post updated 24 October 2026

Georgian Architecture Designs – chronological list

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Georgia Buildings – major properties

17 February 2026
SPYKKY House, Tbilisi
Architecture: STIPFOLD

photo : Ivane Katamashvili

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Georgia Architecture Designs in 2025

New Tbilisi architectural design developments. Modern properties & built environment updates + images.

18 July 2025
Tvaladi House, Kaspi region
Architecture: NS STUDIO

photo : Grigory Sokolinsky

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Georgia Architecture News in 2024

Georgia Architecture Design News in 2024

Architectural Report by Daniel Lomholt-Welch – unique content.

Daniel Lomholt-Welch

21 September 2024
The Chronicles of Georgia

The Chronicles of Georgia monument is a striking, monumental structure located on a hill overlooking Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. Designed by renowned Georgian sculptor Zurab Tsereteli, the monument was started in 1985 but remains unfinished. It stands as a powerful tribute to Georgia’s rich history and Christian heritage.

photo © Daniel Lomholt-Welch

The monument features 16 towering columns, each standing at about 30 meters high. These columns are adorned with intricate carvings depicting significant events from Georgia’s past, as well as scenes from the life of Jesus Christ. The lower sections of the columns focus on pivotal moments in Georgian history, while the upper sections depict biblical themes, blending national pride with religious devotion.

photo © Daniel Lomholt-Welch

Set against the backdrop of the Tbilisi Sea, the monument offers panoramic views of the city and surrounding landscapes, making it a popular tourist attraction. Despite its grandeur, the Chronicles of Georgia is lesser-known internationally, adding to its mystique and appeal for those who visit.

photo © Daniel Lomholt-Welch

The monument represents not only the country’s historical and spiritual journey but also serves as a symbol of resilience, showcasing Georgia’s deep-rooted Christian traditions alongside its long-standing cultural legacy. Visitors are left with a lasting impression of both the monument’s scale and the depth of its narrative.

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17 August 2024
Former Tbilisi Technical Library

photo © Daniel Lomholt-Welch

The architecture of the former Tbilisi Technical Library is a striking example of Soviet modernism with Brutalist elements, reflecting the bold and experimental spirit of 20th-century architecture in Georgia. Built in the 1970s, the structure is known for its monumental and futuristic design, embodying the aesthetics of the era while making a significant architectural statement in Tbilisi’s urban landscape.

photo © Daniel Lomholt-Welch

The building’s facade is dominated by raw concrete, showcasing the Brutalist emphasis on materiality and texture. Its sculptural form features sharp angles, deep recesses, and geometric volumes that create a sense of depth and dynamism. The design is distinctly asymmetrical, with jutting blocks and cantilevered sections that give the building a visually complex and imposing presence. This interplay of solid and void spaces reflects the forward-thinking approach to architecture that was prevalent in Soviet Georgia.

One of the most distinctive features is the building’s facade, which includes large, grid-like windows that contrast with the heavy concrete walls. These openings allow natural light to penetrate deep into the interior, highlighting the library’s function as a space for learning and knowledge. The interior spaces, though designed with functionality in mind, also feature open, expansive layouts that reflect modernist ideals of accessibility and openness.

photo © Daniel Lomholt-Welch

The former Tbilisi Technical Library’s architectural design is both a product of its time and a lasting symbol of Soviet-era innovation. Today, it remains an important part of Tbilisi’s architectural heritage, valued for its bold design and historical significance.

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Georgian Architectural Updates 2018 – 2019

4 August 2019
Former Ministry of Transportation Building, Tbilisi
Date built: 1975
Design: Architects George Chakhava and Zurab Jalaghania

photo © Daniel Lomholt-Welch
Powerful and imaginative Communist architecture design. Building for the Ministry of Highway Construction of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (SSR).

28 July 2019
Tbilisi Sky-Bridge, Saburtalo, Tbilisi

Photos © Kaja Hellman-Hayes:

Tbilisi Sky-Bridge, residential buildings
Dates built: 1974-1976
Architects: Otar Kalandarishvili, Guizo Potskhishvili

The building is located at one of the highest areas in Tbilisi.

The Nutsubidze plateau’s residential complex consists of three housing blocks constructed on a hillside and connected together by a rather dilapidated suspended foot bridge.

The bridges connect 16 buildings.

Photos © Daniel Lomholt-Welch:

Saburtalo is a large district in Tbilisi, a typical residential area with lots of grocery stores, universities, and some restaurants and shops.

The district has a special metro line – Saburtalo.

The residential blocks reach up to fourteen stories and are not so well maintained.

Further information / comments welcome for this Brutal Georgian architecture.

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17 Aug 2016
Radisson SAS Iveria Hotel, Tbilisi
Design: GRAFT

image Courtesy architecture office
Radisson SAS Iveria Hotel
The project’s goal is to transform an urban landmark building of the so-called international style by anchoring it in the local environment of the city centre and by reconnecting it to the world of today. The Iveria Hotel is a beacon of optimism for the future of Georgia, reassuring its own incomparable tradition, identity and self-confidence, this project reinvents living culture without neglecting its close history.

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18 Apr 2014
Sarpi Border Checkpoint
Design: J. MAYER H. Architects

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Sarpi Border Checkpoint
Designed by this German architecture office the customs checkpoint is situated at the Georgian border to Turkey, at the shore of the Black Sea. With its cantilevering terraces, the tower is used as a viewing platform, with multiple levels overlooking the water and the steep part of the coastline.

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13 Nov 2013
Kutaisi ‘King David the Builder’ International Airport, Georgia
Design: UNStudio

photograph © Nakanimamasakhlisi
Ben van Berkel / UNStudio’s Kutaisi International Airport in Georgia completed. UNStudio’s recently completed Kutaisi International Airport serves domestic and international flights for use by tourists, national politicians and international diplomats. The airport is destined to become a central hub, with up to one million travellers targeted in 2014-2015.

12 Apr 2013
Fuel Station + Restaurant in Batumi, southwest Georgia
Design: Giorgi Khmaladze (Khmaladze Architects)

photo : Giorgi Khmaladze
Fuel Station Georgia
Spaces are composed in such way, that two major programs – vehicle services and dining are isolated from one another, both physically and visually so that all operations of fuel station are hidden from the view of the customers of the restaurant. Because of the predefined, small building footprint, most of the supporting and utility spaces are grouped and located on the ground level to be close to all technical access points.

8 Apr 2013
Tbilisi Business Centre Building
Design: Robin Monotti Architects
Tbilisi Business Centre Building
This building is a new 16,000 sqm business centre for the government of Tbilisi. The design is a direct response to its neighbouring building, one of the most important examples of Soviet architecture.

19 Feb 2013
Tbilisi Public Service Hall, Tbilisi, Georgia
Design: Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas

photo © Moreno Maggi
Tbilisi Public Service Hall
The building is 42.000 mq. It is made up of 7 volumes that contain offices (each volume is made up of 4 floors located on different levels). These volumes are placed around a “central public square”, which is the core of the project, where there is the front office services.

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Recent Georgia Building Designs

Georgia Architecture News in 2012

21 Dec 2012
Lazika Municipality Building
Design: Architects of invention
Lazika Municipality Building
A new steel-structured building for a city which is yet to come into being – Lazika, on the Black Sea coast. Intended to be one of the largest cities in Georgia its future hangs in the balance. The building contains a ‘Public Service Hall’, a ‘Wedding Hall’ and Municipal Offices.

27 Sep 2012
TBC Bank Headquarters, Tbilisi
Design: Architects of invention

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TBC Bank Headquarters Georgia
The existing building complex was built for the Soviet Military Headquarters of the Caucasus region. The complex consists of several building. The complex is located on crossroads of the Vake-Saburtalo road and Tamarashvili Avenue opposite the Hippodrome.

5 Sep 2012
Public Service Hall in Georgia
Design: de Architekten Cie. and Lada Hršak
Public Service Hall in Georgia
de Architekten Cie. and Lada Hršak from HL architecture won this architecture competition held by The Ministry of Justice of Georgia and supports the countrywide reform for renewal of public services. Eight PSH buildings are (almost) realised and eight new ones are about to come.

22 Oct 2012
Tbilisi Public Service Hall
Design: Massimiliano Fuksas
Tbilisi Public Service Hall

25 Jun 2012
New Tbilisi Zoo – Concept Design
Architects: HASSELL
New Tbilisi Zoo
The London Studio of HASSELL, working with Arup, has been appointed by Tbilisi City Hall to carry out the concept design of the new Tbilisi Zoo on the outskirts of the Georgian capital city.
The project will see the existing city centre zoo replaced by a zoological and recreation complex adjacent to the inland lake known as Tbilisi Sea.

4 May 2012
Rest Stops in Georgia
J. MAYER H. Architects
Rest Stops in Georgia
In 2009 Head of Roads Department of Georgia commissioned J. MAYER H. to design a system of 20 Rest Stops for the new highway which will run through Georgia and connect the Republic of Azerbaijan with the Republic of Turkey.

11 Apr 2012
Police Station + House of Justice in Mestia
J. MAYER H. Architects
Mestia Buildings
The project is situated in the heart of the old town of Mestia, next to the newly built city-hall. Its towerlike shape pays homage to the medieval stone towers which are traditional to Mestia’s mountainside region. The House of Justice serves as a two storey civic centre for the people of Mestia, a village with a strong cultural heritage.

19 Mar 2012
Prosecutor’s Office Tbilisi
Architects of invention
Prosecutor’s Office Tbilisi
Young Georgian practice Architects of Invention has completed its first building in Tbilisi, the stunning Prosecutor’s Office. The firm submitted a proposal as part of an invited competition for a new build to the northwest of the city, just on the outskirts of the city centre and close to the Tbilisi Court building.

29 Feb 2012
National Olympic Committee House, Tbilisi
Design: Architects of invention

picture : Nakanimamasakhlisi Photo Lab
National Olympic Committee House Tbilisi
The building was built at the end of the XIX century for a private investor and it was later used as the residence of one of the leaders of the Communist party. Later it was renovated in the 1960’s for government purposes and remained untouched until this year.

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Georgia Architecture Designs in 2011

16 Dec 2011
Gudiashvili Square, Tbilisi
Design: Zechner & Zechner

renders : pixLab-studios Ana Ocic
Georgia Landscape Architecture
The project task was to develop a multifunctional area with shops, offices and restaurants around the Gudiashvili Square in the heart of old Town in Tbilisi. This is partly in the redevelopment of listed buildings, but most of them are newly constructed.

23 Nov 2011
Kutaisi Airport
Design: Ben van Berkel / UNStudio
Kutaisi Airport
UNStudio‘s design for the new Transfer Terminal and Air Traffic Control Tower for Kutaisi Airport was officially presented yesterday by the President of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili. Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, who personally demolished one of the walls of the old airport yesterday announced, “We will build an international airport here, which will take aircraft from Munich, Rome, Baku and other cities as of next year.”

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Georgia Architectural News in 2010

30 Jun 2010

Architecture Masterclass Georgia

photo from Stadslab
Georgia Design Masterclass
International Master Class by Stadslab European Urban Design Laboratory on the regeneration of Georgia’s Black Sea coast and the transformations of Batumi and Poti as its main port cities. Architects and planners developed strategies and design solutions for two strategic corridors in the Western part of Georgia.