KayaKata creates "audiobook" of videos to accompany their hip-hop tracks
Tbilisi designer Max Machaidze and writer Zurab Jishkariani have produced animated videos to accompany nine music tracks by KayaKata, the hip-hop band they lead. More
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Irakli Sabekia turns razor wire fence into radio transmitter
Designer Irakli Sabekia has developed a device that can turn the border fence between Russia and his native Georgia into a radio transmitter. More
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Hotel group Adjara is "playing a crucial role" in Georgia's cultural renaissance, say creatives
Georgian hospitality group Adjara has made a name for itself converting brutalist Soviet-era buildings into boutique hotels, including the award-winning Stamba Hotel in Tbilisi. It has also helped nurture a new generation of Georgian creative talents. More
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Max Machaidze creates "wearable sculptures" from salvaged Soviet and American objects
Tbilisi designer Max Machaidze has created a range of jewellery made up of found objects including pom-poms, skateboard wheels and industrial ceramics from Soviet-era machinery. More
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Tbilisi's tallest towers wrapped in stone and glass
Dezeen promotion: custom-designed windows, made by Reynaers Aluminium, wrap the facades of this pair of twisting towers designed by Alexander Mezhevidze, which are the tallest buildings in Tbilisi. More
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J Mayer H builds concrete-framed Pipia Panorama house on a cliff in Tbilisi
German architecture studio J Mayer H has built a house on a cliff next door to the glass-domed Presidential Palace in Tbilsi. More
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Lado Lomitashvili creates cultural hub in Tbilisi with They Said Books shop
Young Georgian designer Lado Lomitashvili has completed a bookstore-cum-cafe in Tbilisi, which he hopes will "raise the quality of taste" in the city. More
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UNStudio designs clustered bank HQ in Tbilisi to encourage collaboration
TBC Forum by UNStudio is a financial centre under construction in the hills above Tbilisi, Georgia, that aims to be a more positive working environment than traditional bank headquarters. More
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10 installations from the first Tbilisi Architecture Biennial
The inaugural Tbilisi Architecture Biennial saw architects create installations across the city suburb of Gldani. Here are 10 of the best, from a group of "migrating" sheds to a series of colourful self-made structures. More
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"Hopeful moment" is emerging from Tbilisi's architectural chaos
Tbilisi is at a crossroads, with its architectural heritage being eroded and uncontrolled development underway. But there are reasons to be optimistic, according to architects at the Georgian capital's inaugural architecture biennial. More
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Soviet publishing house in Tbilisi transformed into Stamba Hotel
Hotelier Valeri Chekheria explains how his team transformed the headquarters of a Soviet printing press in Tbilisi into the Stamba Hotel in this movie Dezeen produced for the AHEAD hospitality awards. More
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Italian photographers document post-war Soviet architecture in Georgia
Roberto Conte and Stefano Perego have captured the architecture and monuments of post-war Soviet Georgia in their latest photography collection. More
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Vetements SS19 collection teaches wearers the history of Georgia
Wearers of luxury fashion brand Vetements latest collection can learn about the history of Georgia by scanning QR codes incorporated into the items. More
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UNStudio plans extension to Georgia airport just four years after completing it
Dutch firm UNStudio has unveiled plans for a "user-oriented" extension to its Kutaisi International Airport terminal in Georgia, featuring a rooftop plaza. More
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Conjoined glass and steel tubes form Studio Fuksas' concert and exhibition venue in Tbilisi
These images show the tubular forms of a music theatre and exhibition hall by Studio Fuksas, which is nearing completion in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi. More
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"Saakashvili didn't need interesting architects to design the New Georgia"
Opinion: former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili may be wanted on multiple criminal charges in his home country, but his architectural legacy has helped him win political favour in Ukraine, says Owen Hatherley. More
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Dachi Papuashvili's cross-shaped micro home would be built from overlapping containers
Georgian architect Dachi Papuashvili has developed a concept for a cross-shaped micro home built from shipping containers that would provide a compact residence for a member of the church. More
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Georgia is investing in architecture "like post-war Germany" says Jürgen Mayer H
Georgia is using architecture to rebrand itself and "show that there's a change going on" according to architect Jürgen Mayer H, who has built a range of striking border checkpoints, airports and service stations in the country (+ slideshow). More
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Kutaisi International Airport by UNStudio
One corner of this airport terminal in Kutaisi, Georgia, by Dutch firm UNStudio is coloured bright red to aid orientation (+ slideshow). More
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Fuel Station + McDonalds by Giorgi Khmaladze
A McDonald's restaurant and a petrol station are concealed within this faceted glass shell in Georgia, designed by architect Giorgi Khmaladze (+ slideshow). More
