List of Armenian architects

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This is a list of notable Armenian architects.

Medieval

Ottoman Empire

  • Mimar Sinan (1489 – 1588)  chief Armenian[5] Ottoman architect and civil engineer for sultans Suleiman I, Selim II, and Murad III. He was, during a period of fifty years, responsible for the construction or the supervision of every major building in the Ottoman Empire. More than three hundred structures are credited to his name. He is also considered one of the world's first earthquake engineers.[6]
  • the Balyan family
  • Sarkis Lole, chief architect of the city of Mardin
  • Hovsep Aznavur, the Bulgarian St. Stephen Church of Istanbul
  • Léon Gurekian (1871–1950), architect, writer and political activist. He was active in the Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria and Italy.
  • Mihran Azaryan (1876–1952), best known for having designed and constructed the Büyükada Pier and possibly the Izmit Clock Tower.
  • Mihran Mesrobian (1889–1975), architect whose career spanned over fifty years and in several countries.

Diaspora

  • Julian Oktawian Zachariewicz-Lwigród (1837–1898), Polish architect and renovator
  • Léon Gurekian (1871–1950), made contributions in Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire and Italy.
  • Manoug Exerjian (1892–1974), Armenian-American architect
  • Ohannés Gurekian (1902–1984), architect, engineer, and alpinist
  • Edouard Utudjian (1905–1975), creator of the concept "underground urbanism" (urbanisme souterrain) in the 1930s. He found the International Permanent Committee of Underground Technologies and Planning in 1937. He is the author of the books Architecture et urbanisme souterrain (1966) and L'urbanisme souterrain.[7][8][9]
  • Mardiros Altounian (1889–1958), designed the Lebanese Parliament Building in Beirut (1931)

Russian Empire and the Soviet Union

Modern

See also

References

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