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Architects: Laboratory of Architecture #3
- Area: 350 m²
- Year: 2023
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Terracotta Pavilion House / Laboratory of Architecture #3
Zzip Honey Shop / Laboratory of Architecture #3
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Architects: Laboratory of Architecture #3
- Area: 60 m²
- Year: 2021
House Around the Tree / TIMM
Glarros Oldtown Hotel / Laboratory of Architecture #3
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Architects: Laboratory of Architecture #3
- Area: 4500 m²
- Year: 2023
Elia House / Idaaf Architects
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Architects: Idaaf Architects
- Area: 340 m²
- Year: 2021
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Professionals: Giorgi Tabagari, Lasha Joglidze
Exploring the Relationship Between Time and Energy: The Georgian Pavilion at the 2023 Venice Biennale is Curated by the Tbilisi Architecture Biennial
Titled "January, February, March", the Georgian Pavilion at the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale is curated by the Tbilisi Architecture Biennial. Exploring the relationship between the flow of time and energy, the Georgian intervention "will represent dead and living nature through the story of an artificially altered settlement in the Dusheti region of Georgia". Running from May 20th to November 26th, 2023 in the Giardini, at the Arsenale, and at various sites around Venice, the 18th International Architecture Exhibition tackles "the Laboratory of the Future".
Tsiskvili Restaurant Complex / Studio 9
Skatepark & Parkourground Mziuri / David Giorgadze Architects + Maxime Machaidze (LTFR)
Tbilisi Architecture Biennial: What Do We Have In Common Opens to the Public
The second edition of the Tbilisi Architecture Biennial (TAB), conceived under the name "what do we have in common" opens on Saturday, October 17, and will run through November 8th, 2020.
Mediathek / Laboratory of Architecture #3
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Architects: Laboratory of Architecture #3
- Area: 1200 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Serge Ferrari, Tepe
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Professionals: Experto
Rhike Park, Music Theatre and Exhibition Hall / Studio Fuksas
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Architects: Studio Fuksas
- Area: 2900 m²
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Professionals: Studio Sarti
Vineria Wine Cellar / NS Studio
“We Want to Build Our Own Utopia”: In Conversation with Dimitri Shapakidze of Laboratory of Architecture #3
Founded in 2006, by three partners – Dimitri Shapakidze, Irakli Abashidze, and Otar Nemsadze in Tbilisi, Georgia, Laboratory of Architecture #3 is known for such enigmatic projects as the Grove Design Hotel (2017), Mediatheque (2017), both in Tbilisi, and Visitor Center for Architectural Miniatures Park (2016) in Shekvetili, Georgia. Nemsadze left the partnership in 2011, to pursue his studies in the Netherlands to advance his independent career. In 2018, he co-founded Tbilisi Architecture Biannual and is currently undertaking his PhD at Tbilisi State University. The practice attracted attention from the very beginning. The partners’ first project was a private villa for a local entrepreneur and their hotel on Leselidze Street in Tbilisi was a result of a competition that they won in their inaugural year. After just six years since its inception, Laboratory of Architecture #3 was named the 2012 Best Architect of the year in Georgia. The current two partners, Shapakidze (b. 1983, Tbilisi) and Abashidze (b. 1984, Tbilisi) know each other since their childhood. They were neighbors and then studied at the Georgian Technical University in Tbilisi one year apart. They both worked for local architects while studying at the university and started their office right after graduation. The following interview with Dimitri Shapakidze took place over lunch at the Grove Design Hotel.
Are Architects and Developers Finally Addressing the Same Global Concerns?
Architects and developers have always been on opposite ends of the construction world. While the first wanted to create dreamy spaces, the latter just wanted to cater to the basic needs. In these past few years, the world has witnessed significant changes, with the aggravation of climate-related issues, the evolution of technological solutions, and the newly acquired awareness and growth of the population.
While everything is transforming, building trends also evolved, mainly due to an alteration in people’s perceptions and priorities. However, one question remains unanswered: Could all these changes mean that the never-ending conflict between architects and developers reached some sort of common grounds? And could they finally be seeking one same goal, of a sustainable, resilient and inclusive future?
Stamba Hotel / Adjara Arch Group
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Architects: Adjara Arch Group
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: AutoDesk, GRAPHISOFT, Adobe
Tbilisi Holds Georgia's First Architecture Biennial Since Soviet Independence
The first architecture Biennial since Georgia’s independence was held in Tbilisi in October 2018, with an ambitious and diverse programme of exhibitions, installations and events. The Biennial transformed a vast microdistrict into an architectural playground, highlighting the particularities of the existing urban fabric as much as the temporary installations.