HISTORICAL BUILDINGS

TRADE UNION HOUSE AND MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS

1956-1978

State Index: 1.6.96.3

Architects: Mark Grigoryan, Eduard Sarapyan

The building is located in the southeastern part of Republic Square, facing Tigran Mets Avenue and Vazgen Sargsyan Street.

Mark Grigoryan and Eduard Sarapyan designed the building. Architect Ashot Ghazaryan and constructor B. Danoyan also participated in the design and construction work.

The structure consists of two independent buildings with unique internal functional architectural solutions. To maintain architectural unity with the square, designers reconstructed and reworked the facades facing the square as a unified architectural and artistic composition. Although designers planned the Trade Union building and the reconstructed Communications House independently, they solved them with symmetrical facades facing the square and united them with a 14-meter high arch, which originally provided a view of Mount Ararat. (Later, an 11-story residential building designed by architect Jim Torosyan on Agatangeghos Street, in front of the “Ayrarat” (“Russia”) cinema, blocked this view.)

The left section of the Trade Union building houses the Central Post Office. In the early 1920s, workers demolished the former small two-story building and built a new one in its place. In 1935, architect Nikoghos Buniatyan redesigned it, and it was later incorporated into the unified building constructed in 1956. The building material is polished Ani tuff. Its dimensions are: height - 25 m, facade length - 216 m, arched section - 78 m, width - 76 m.

The Trade Union House and Ministry of Communications building plays a crucial role in shaping Republic Square. Together with the Armenia Marriott Hotel, which follows a similar design principle, it forms a separate group and is divided by the square's main axis from the group of government buildings.

Republic Square

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