Mark Grigorian ( hy, Մարկ Գրիգորյան, russian: Марк Владимирович Григорян; April 29, 1900 – January 10, 1978) was a Soviet Armenian neoclassical architect.

Life

Born in Nakhichevan-on-Don, southern Russia, Grigorian moved to Soviet Armenia in 1924. He graduated from the Yerevan State University in 1928 and was appointed as chief architect of

Yerevan Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and ...

in 1939, succeeding Nikolay Buniatyan.

Works

Grigorian designed (or co-designed) several major landmarks of Yerevan, including the buildings where the three branches of the government are housed—all on Baghramyan Avenue, and three of the five buildings around Republic Square, along with Eduard Sarapian. Below are listed his most notable works, all in Yerevan:

References

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