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Architect Rafael Israelyan’s Yerevan house demolished, hotel building planned

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    Architect Rafael Israelyan’s Yerevan house demolished, hotel building planned

    October 8, 2011 - 14:26 AMT

    PanARMENIAN.Net - The Yerevan house of a famous Armenian architect Rafael Israelyan, the author of Sardarapat Battle (1968) and Mother Armenia (1951) monuments, is being demolished.

    Israelyan’s house, located in Saryan Street, was constructed by the architect himself in 1954, with many of the decorations carved by his own hand.

    According to reports, a hotel construction onsite is planned. As an architect Sarat Petrosyan stated, the construction of a hotel has not been envisaged by Yerevan Municipality zoning project, and consequently, runs counter to it.

    As an architect Arsen Karapetyan, in turn, told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, “you could count the buildings retaining the memory of the old city on one hand. With Israelyan’s contribution to Armenian architecture, his house was more than worthy of preserving.”

    “The building could be turned into a museum, instead of yet another faceless hotel. Yerevan is turning into a city without memories,” he said, regretfully.

    Architect Rafael Israelyan’s Yerevan house demolished, hotel building planned
    http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/80394/
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    Re: Architect Rafael Israelyan’s Yerevan house demolished, hotel building planned

    Why would they do something like this? This sounds a lot like the government of Azerbaijan with their pathetic hotels and casinos

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      Re: Architect Rafael Israelyan’s Yerevan house demolished, hotel building planned

      Originally posted by Mher View Post
      Why would they do something like this? This sounds a lot like the government of Azerbaijan with their pathetic hotels and casinos
      Are the Armenian thugs with sledgehammers who did this any better than the Azeri thugs with sledgehammers who smashed up the Julfa khatchkars?

      If my memory is correct, this house is right next door to the house of another famous architect/academic - Varadzat Harutyunyan - that was designed and constructed by Harutyunyan in the 1930s. I suppose it will soon suffer the same fate. And to the left of it, a couple of buildings up the street, is the house museum of Martiros Saryan.
      Last edited by bell-the-cat; 10-09-2011, 06:09 PM.
      Plenipotentiary meow!

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