Open AccessConstruction of Tbilisi Skyscrapers
Author(s) -
Irakli Kvaraia,
Liana Giorgobiani
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
šromebi - sak'art'velos tek'nikuri universiteti
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1512-0996
DOI - 10.36073/1512-0996-2021-1-232-244
Subject(s) - tower , square (algebra) , capital city , government (linguistics) , capital (architecture) , economic history , engineering , high rise , civil engineering , archaeology , economy , geography , history , economic geography , structural engineering , linguistics , philosophy , mathematics , geometry , economics
The first tall building was built in 1938 in Tbilisi. This is the famous "11-storey house" on Heroes' Square. Until the end of the XX century, the tallest building in Tbilisi was the 22-storey hotel "Iveria". It was built in 1967, according to the decision by the former Soviet government that there should be at least one tall building in every capital of the Soviet republics. From the beginning of this century, Georgia completely switched to the construction of monolithic reinforced concrete and the number of high-rise buildings immediately increased both in Tbilisi and throughout the country. The first real skyscraper with a height of more than 100 meters was built in 2016 in Tbilisi. It was the 138-foot tower of Hotel Biltmore. After that, six more skyscrapers were built, which should be considered as the beginning of a new phase of Tbilisi urban planning.