Giorgi Khmaladze Architects encloses Tbilisi coffee factory in folded concrete
A coffee factory and offices in Tbilisi, Georgia, has been built in a geometric concrete shell topped by a green roof by local studio Giorgi Khmaladze Architects. More
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Pivoting red metal panels form walls of neighbourhood pavilion in Tbilisi
Design collective Medium has completed 8-23-VI, a pavilion with moving walls that creates a new public place for residents of the Gldani neighbourhood in Tbilisi, Georgia. 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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Ten 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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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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Tbilisi Public Service Hall by Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas
Towering steel mushrooms create a layered canopy over the roof of this glazed office block in Tbilisi, Georgia, by Italian architects Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas (+ slideshow). More
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National Olympic Committee House by Architects of Invention
This maple-veneered staircase twists and turns between the floors of an Olympic Museum in Tbilisi, Georgia refurbished by UK and Georgia firm Architects of Invention. More
