HISTORICAL BUILDINGS

1954

Architects: Grigor Aghababyan, Martin Mikaelyan

The administrative building is located at 7 Arshakunyats Avenue, at the intersection of the avenue and Sevan Street.

It was built in 1954 as the building of the Central Statistical Administration of the Armenian SSR. In the 1990s, it was allocated to the RA Cadastre Committee. Renovation works were carried out in the 1990s and 2000s without distorting the structural solutions of the building.

It is four-storied with a basement. The plan is rectangular, with the same system of rooms arranged on both sides of the corridor on all floors. There are two entrances from the edge parts of the main facade. Inter-floor communication is via staircases placed opposite the entrances, in the depth. The entrance to the basement floor (for utility rooms) is via the first-floor stairs and additional doors on the eastern and southern facades. The facades have symmetrical architectural solutions. Each floor of the side facades has 2 windows. The facade facing the courtyard is solved with rhythmically arranged openings and semi-cylindrical volumes protruding from the general plane in the direction of the stairs. The main facade oriented towards the avenue has rich architectural solutions. On the first floor, between the entrances, there are six wide arched windows. The building is given a special attractiveness by the loggias formed by the general, high colonnade of the second and third floors and the colonnade of the third floor (along the entire facade), with a divided cornice.

The main and side facades are built of pink polished tuff, while the facade facing the courtyard is covered with white plaster.

The building stands out with the originality of its composition, solid structure, and creative application of national architectural traditions. It is one of the buildings representing Yerevan of the 1950s.

It has the status of a newly discovered monument.

“Scientific Research Centre of Historical and Cultural Heritage” SNCO