Mark Grigorian (Armenian: Մարկ Գրիգորյան, Russian: Марк Владимирович Григорян; April 29, 1900 – January 10, 1978) was a Soviet ArmenianNeoclassical architect.
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:
Completed in 1951, it initially served the Council of Ministers of the Armenian Soviet Republic and later as the building of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of Armenian SSR. It has been Armenia's Presidential Palace since independence in 1991,[3] except for a brief period in 2018, when it was the residence of the Prime Minister.[4]
Trade Unions and Communications Building
Its construction began in 1933[5] and was completed in 1956. It was designed by Grigorian and Eduard Sarapian.[6] The building was home to Ministry of Transport and Communications until 2016.
Hotel Armenia
It was completed in 1958 according to the design of Grigorian and Eduard Sarapian.[6][7] The hotel was called Armenia during the Soviet period. A luxury hotel, Armenia Marriott Hotel Yerevan it is considered the flagship hotel of Armenia.[8][9] It has 380 rooms.[10]
Matenadaran
Build between 1945 and 1958, except a pause from 1947 to 1953 due to unavailability of skilled laborers and carpenters, the building of the Matenadaran, the Institute of Ancient Manuscripts, was officially opened in 1959.[11]
Completed in 1979, the building served as the Political Enlightenment House of the Central Committee of the Armenian Communist Party until 1991, when it was given by the state to the American University of Armenia.[14][15] It was designed by Grigorian and Henrik Arakelian.[16]
Stalin Prize of 3rd degree (1951) - for the architecture of the building of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Armenian SSR in Yerevan
Honored Architect of the Armenian SSR (1969)
State Prize of the Armenian SSR (1971) - for the creation of the ensemble of V.I. Lenin Square in Yerevan
^Gevorgian, A. O. (1979). "Yerevan". The Great Soviet Encyclopedia. The main architectural ensemble of the city is Lenin Square, at which several streets converge. On the square are a monument to V. I. Lenin (cast bronze, 1940, sculptor S. D. Merkurov), the Government House of the Armenian SSR (1926-41, A. I. and G. A. Tamanian), the second Government House (1955, S. A. Safarian, V. A. Arevshatian, and R. S. Israelian), the Armenian Historical Museum (1975), the Hotel Armenia (1958), and the building of the Communications Ministry and the Trade Union Council (1956-58); the last three were designed by M. V. Grigorian and E. A. Sarapian.view article online
^Karanian, Matthew; Kurkjian, Robert (2002). Edge of Time: Traveling in Armenia and Karabagh. Stone Garden Productions. p. 78. ISBN978-0-9672120-2-9. The country's flagship hotel is still the massive Hotel Armenia, which faces Republic Square in the heart of the city. In 2003 the hotel will be renamed the Armenia Marriott Hotel Yerevan to reflect its new ownership.
^"Marriott". Asian Hotel & Catering Times. 26: 7. 2001. ...the 380-room Armenia Marriott Hotel Yerevan.
^"Հայաստանի կոմունիստական կուսակցություն [Communist Party of Armenia]". Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia Volume 13 Soviet Armenia (in Armenian). 1987. p. 224.
