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 A. A. Ghazaryan and
constructor B. A. 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” 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.
“Scientific Research Centre of Historical and Cultural Heritage” SNCO
Yerevan Municipality
