Contemporary villas in Armenia = Zhamanakakits' arrandznatner Hayastanum /
The ten private residences showcased in this monograph have been designed by Garegin Yeghoyan (Professor of the International Academy of Architecture) and are testimony to the International Style set within the context of ancient Armenian architecture. These buildings can be seen as analogous to isl...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | Armenian English |
| Language Notes: | Title page and colophon also in Armenian; parallel text in Armenian and English. |
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Berlin :
DOM Publishers,
[2017]
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| Summary: | The ten private residences showcased in this monograph have been designed by Garegin Yeghoyan (Professor of the International Academy of Architecture) and are testimony to the International Style set within the context of ancient Armenian architecture. These buildings can be seen as analogous to islands of contemporary architecture amidst an ocean of bland structures. They may be viewed against a backdrop of the natural environment and the 'structured chaos' of the vernacular fabric. Garegin Yeghoyan thus draws on the long tradition of Armenian architecture, which bears the hallmark of the simplicity and homogeneity offered by the rock-type known as tuff, with all its nuances of color. This surface of natural stone constituting the ultimate Armenian building material offers an antithesis to modernist forms in concrete and metal and thus embodies the unique feature of this architecture. |
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| Physical Description: | 189 pages : color illustrations, plans ; 23 x 22 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9783869224954 3869224959 |