HISTORICAL BUILDINGS
TV TOWER
1957-1963
State index:
1.9.3
It is located on the heights of
Old Nork. The design and implementation of the Television Center were carried
out between 1957 and 1963 by order of the Ministry of Communications of the
Armenian SSR and the State Committee for Radio Broadcasting and Television of
the Armenian SSR. The technological and sanitary-technical sections of the
project were developed in Moscow. Construction was carried out by Construction
Trust No. 3 of the Ministry of Construction of the Armenian SSR.
The first structures included
the technical station building and the main studio complex. In the 1970s, due
to the rapid development of film production, a film production building and a
drama studio were constructed. At that time, a 200-meter-high television tower
was installed, which in the 1980s was replaced by a new 350-meter-high tower.
The main building is a
rectangular structure, with a spacious central hall of the TV station, 12
meters high and covering 600 m². Around it, on five floors of the building, are
located acting, editorial, administrative, and technical rooms. The interior of
the lobby is designed with pilasters and mosaics. The staircases located in the
corner sections of the building are clad in white marble. The main façade is
decorated with powerful 16-meter-high columns. It is constructed from
Noyemberyan felsite using a masonry technique.
