Artak Ghulyan ( hy, Արտակ Ղուլյան; December 28, 1958), is an
Armenia
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n
architect
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and designer,
Doctor of Architecture
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,
Docent
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(Associate professor), and professor of the
International Academy of Architecture
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. In September 2013, he received the title of "Honored Architect of the Republic of Armenia". In December 2013, he received the "State Prize of the Republic of Armenia" for the design of the Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Manuscript Library building at the
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin ( hy, Մայր Աթոռ Սուրբ Էջմիածին, translit=Mayr At’oř Surb Ēĵmiatsin), known in Armenian as simply the Mother See (Մայր Աթոռ, ''Mayr At’oř''), is the governing body of the Armen ...
.
Ghulyan is an author of many civil buildings and monuments, but his fame is mainly based on his evolutionary designs of new
Armenian churches.
Life and education
Artak Ghulyan was born in 1958 in
Gyulistan village of the
Shahumyan Region, a majority-Armenian administrative unit outside the
Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast
The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO), DQMV, hy, Լեռնային Ղարաբաղի Ինքնավար Մարզ, ԼՂԻՄ was an autonomous oblast within the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic that was created on July 7, 1923. Its cap ...
, within the
Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
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,
USSR
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. His parents were teachers at the school of the village.
After completing his secondary education in his native village with honorary degrees in 1976, Ghulyan moved to
Yerevan
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to study architecture at the
, known as the ''Karl Marx Institute of Polytechnic'' during the Soviet period. He was graduated from the university in 1981.
Between 1981 and 1988 Ghulyan has worked as an assistant lecturer in the Faculty of Architecture of the Polytechnic Institute, teaching the basics of architectural design. Between 1988 and 1991 he was employed by the Art Institute of the
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia (NAS RA) ( hy, Հայաստանի Հանրապետության գիտությունների ազգային ակադեմիա, ՀՀ ԳԱԱ, ''Hayastani Hanrapetut’yan gitut’yunneri az ...
to work at the Department of Architecture. Between 1991 and 1994, Ghulyan has worked as the chief of the Department of Medieval Monuments of the Board of Monuments Preservation of the Republic of Armenia. In 1994, he became a senior co-worker of the National Academy's art institute. Between 1988 and 2010, Ghulyan concurrently worked as a teacher in the Faculty of Architetc of the
lecturing the theory of architect and about the restoration of historic monuments. In 2002, Ghulyan became a
Docent
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(Associate professor), and later in 2006 he received his
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degree in architecture from the University of Architecture and Construction of Armenia.
Artak Ghulyan is married to Hasmik Stepanyan who is a graduate of the
Yerevan Brusov State University of Languages and Social Sciences. The couple has 2 children.
National awards
In September 2013, Ghulyan received the title of "Honored Architect of the Republic of Armenia" by a decree issued by then-president
Serzh Sargsyan
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. In December of the same year, president Serzh Sargsyan honored him with the "State Prize of the Republic of Armenia" in the field of urban development and architecture, for the design of the Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Manuscript Library building in
Etchmiadzin
Vagharshapat ( hy, Վաղարշապատ ) is the 4th-largest city in Armenia and the most populous municipal community of Armavir Province, located about west of the capital Yerevan, and north of the closed Turkish-Armenian border. It is comm ...
.
Works and designs
Artak Ghulyan has designed many Armenian churches throughout Armenia as well as the
Armenian diaspora
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. His notable works include:
*Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Manuscript Library of the
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin ( hy, Մայր Աթոռ Սուրբ Էջմիածին, translit=Mayr At’oř Surb Ēĵmiatsin), known in Armenian as simply the Mother See (Մայր Աթոռ, ''Mayr At’oř''), is the governing body of the Armen ...
,
Vagharshapat
Vagharshapat ( hy, Վաղարշապատ ) is the 4th-largest city in Armenia and the most populous municipal community of Armavir Province, located about west of the capital Yerevan, and north of the closed Turkish-Armenian border. It is comm ...
, opened in October 2012.
*
Saint John the Baptist Church,
Abovyan
Abovyan or Abovian ( hy, Աբովյան), is a town and urban municipal community in Armenia within the Kotayk Province. It is located northeast of Yerevan and southeast of the province centre Hrazdan. As of the 2011 census, the population of t ...
, opened in May 2013.
*Armenian Monastery Complex of
Moscow
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:
Holy Transfiguration Cathedral and the Church of the Holy Cross, opened in September 2013.
*Surp Hovhannes Church,
Berd
Berd ( hy, Բերդ) is a town and urban municipal community in the Tavush Province of Armenia. The town is located to the west of the Tavush river, from Yerevan, surrounded by low mountains. Near the city are the ruins of the Tavush fortress ( ...
, opened in September 2014.
*Surp Karapet Church, near
Jordan River
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,
Jordan
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, opened in October 2014.
*Church of the Holy Archangels,
Sevan, opened in March 2015.
*Church of the Holy Martyrs in Nubarashen,
Yerevan
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, opened in April 2015.
*Surp Hovhannes Church,
Artashat
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, opened in May 2015.
*Church of the Holy Saviour,
Nor Hachn
Nor Hachn ( hy, Նոր Հաճն), is a town and urban municipal community in the Kotayk Province of Armenia, founded in 1953. The town is located on the right bank of Hrazdan River, to the west of the Arzni canyon, on the immediate proximity of th ...
, opened in July 2015.
*
Eurnekian School
Eurnekian School ( hy, Էօրնեկեան հանրակրթական դպրոց), is a public school in Vagharshapat, Armavir Province, Armenia, affiliated with the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin which is the regulating body of the Armenian Apostol ...
of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Vagharshapat, opened in September 2017.
*Holy Cross Church of Arabkir District, Yerevan, opened in April 2018.
*
Quba Mere Diwane
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Yazidi Temple,
Aknalich
Aknalich (or Aknalitch, hy, Ակնալիճ; formerly, Aygherlich) is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. The village is situated on a lake, after which it is named, to the east of Metsamor.
Aknalich village is the site of the only Yaz ...
, opened in September 2019
Projected works
*Mesrop Mashtots Church in Erebuni, Yerevan, construction in progress.
*Armenian church complex,
Cherepovets
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, construction in progress.
*Armenian church,
Surgut
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, construction in progress.
*Church of the Holy Martyrs in Shengavit, Yerevan, awarded.
References
External links
Artak Ghulyan biography
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1958 births
20th-century Armenian architects
21st-century Armenian architects
Armenian architects
Living people