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Arthur Tarkhanyan

Arthur Artavazd Tarkhanyan was an esteemed Armenian architect, born on February 23, 1932, in Leninakan, Armenian SSR, USSR, and passed away on April 6, 2006, in Yerevan, Armenia. He was bestowed with the titles of Honored Architect in 1972 and People's Architect of the USSR in 1987, in recognition of his significant contributions to the field. In 1992, he was appointed as an Honorary member of the Moscow branch of the International Academy of Architecture, further underscoring his eminence in the profession. Tarkhanyan's outstanding achievements in architecture were also recognized by the Hellenic Institute of Architecture, which appointed him as an Honorary member in 1996.

Biography
In 1957, he successfully completed his academic program at Yerevan Polytechnic Institute, thus obtaining his degree.

From 1957 he worked at the Armenian Project Institute, from 1969 to 1986. He was the head of the type design studio, from 1990 he was the chief architect.

In 1986-1989, he was the first deputy chairman of the RA State Government.

Since 1968 he taught at the Yerevan State University of Architecture and Construction (professor since 1993).

He was a deputy of the Supreme Council of the ASSR (1980-1989).

In 1997, an exhibition of Arthur Tarkhanyan's works was opened at the Yerevan National Museum-Institute of Architecture.

Projects
The projects of Arthur Tarkhanyan with co-authors were built in Yerevan:


 * Buildings of the Institutes of Social Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia (1955-1972)
 * Cinema "Russia" (1970-1974, USSR Council of Ministers Award, 1979)
 * The Palace of Youth (1970-1985, HamLKEM award, 1981)
 * "Zvartnots" Airport (1981, State Award of the National Academy of Sciences: 1985)
 * Sports concert complex (1984, USSR State Prize: 1987)
 * "Erebuni-3" residential microdistrict
 * Residential buildings on Saryan, Charents and Bagratunyats streets of Yerevan.

Arthur Tarkhanyan is the architect of about 2 dozen monuments.


 * Memorial to the victims of the Genocide (Yerevan, 1967)
 * Monument of Martiros Saryan (Yerevan, 1986)
 * Monument to the 50th anniversary of Soviet Armenia (Dilijan, 1970)
 * of those killed in the Patriotic War (Dsegh, Tatev, Bazmaberd)
 * The statue of Charles Aznavour (Gyumri, 2001).

Achievements

 * Laureate of the work of young architects (1962, 1968)
 * Laureate of Soviet Architecture Achievements (1973-1977)
 * "The best structure of the year" (1982, gold medal)
 * "Best work of the year" (1985, laureate of all-union reviews)
 * Gold medal of the USSR Academy of Sciences
 * Anania Shirakatsi (1998) medal
 * Medal of Alexander Tamanyan

Family
He was married, wife: Gubieva Zarema, daughter: Anahit Tarkhanyan.

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