The old building of the American University of Armenia (AUA) in Yerevan was built in 1979, by two of the most prominent Armenian architects of the time, Mark Grigoryan and Henrik Arakelyan. The building, that has a symmetric triangular shape, is made of felsic tuff on basalt basis. Narrow rectangular niches are regularly arranged on three surfaces at the full height of the building. This approach, in combination with light colored facade, alleviates the building's character despites its massiveness.

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Architects: Storaket Architectural Studio

Location: Yerevan, Armenia

Design Team: Meroujan Minassian, Narbeh Bedrossian, Sona Manukyan, Ani Sahakyan, Anoush Karapetyan, Talin Gabounian
Area: 1730.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Sona Manukyan & Ani Avagyan , Artashes Martirosyan

Structural Engineer: Vrezh Asatryan

Construction Manager: Shahan Jebejian

General Contractor: Mane Interior LLC

© Sona Manukyan & Ani Avagyan

From the architect. The old building of the American University of Armenia (AUA) in Yerevan was built in 1979, by two of the most prominent Armenian architects of the time, Mark Grigoryan and Henrik Arakelyan. The building, that has a symmetric triangular shape, is made of felsic tuff on basalt basis. Narrow rectangular niches are regularly arranged on three surfaces at the full height of the building. ...