CREATIVE UNIONS
Architect: Rafael Israelyan
State index: 1.6.178.3.4
The building is located in Charles Aznavour Square, next to the “Moscow” cinema, at 16 Abovyan Street. It is annexed to the “Golden Tulip Grand Hotel” (formerly “Intourist”, then “Yerevan”) as its continuation.
The Union of Artists was established on November 10,
1932. The house was built in 1959. Its rectangular volume, which completes the
hotel from the southeast, is placed slightly deeper. The facade is solved with
round proportions, repeating the three-step division of the hotel's
semi-circular part. The middle high level is separated by two pairs of
pilasters, which repeat the composition and dimensions of the Ionic-style
columns of the hotel's semi-circular part.
The interior space of the building and exhibition
halls is designed with restraint. The dark red granite of the floor and stairs
and the neutral gray of the walls, the simple forms of the halls create the
necessary color and spatial environment for the comfortable placement of
frequently changing exhibits. From the square side, the stairs lead to the main
entrance and lobby, at the back of which is the exhibition hall.
The floor level of the exhibition hall is slightly
lower than that of the lobby. There are staircases leading to the second and
third floors opposite the entrance to the hall. The second-floor hall is
located directly above the lower hall. It has natural lighting from above.
The exhibition hall of the Artists' House was built on
the site of the Persian Zalkhan Mosque (1649, reconstructed in 1687).
“Scientific Research Centre of Historical and Cultural Heritage” SNCO
Yerevan Municipality
