Architect Rafael Israelyan’s Yerevan house demolished, hotel building planned
October 8, 2011 – 14:26 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net – The Yerevan house of a famous Armenian architect
Rafael Israelyan, the author of Sardarapat Battle (1968) and Mother
Armenia (1951) monuments, is being demolished.
Israelyan’s house, located in Saryan Street, was constructed by the
architect himself in 1954, with many of the decorations carved by his
own hand.
According to reports, a hotel construction onsite is planned. As an
architect Sarat Petrosyan stated, the construction of a hotel has not
been envisaged by Yerevan Municipality zoning project, and
consequently, runs counter to it.
As an architect Arsen Karapetyan, in turn, told a PanARMENIAN.Net
reporter, `you could count the buildings retaining the memory of the
old city on one hand. With Israelyan’s contribution to Armenian
architecture, his house was more than worthy of preserving.’
`The building could be turned into a museum, instead of yet another
faceless hotel. Yerevan is turning into a city without memories,’ he
said, regretfully.
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