Nakhutsrishvili, Kiazo

კიაზო ნახუცრიშვილი

* 12.05.1926, Village Khashmi, Sagarejo, Khakheti region

† 12.10.2011, Tbilisi

Architect

Kiazo Nakutsrishvili graduated from the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts in 1951 and started working at “TbilQalakProekti” in the same year. Between 1961 and 1964, he participated in urban and transportation planning seminars in Helsinki, Warsaw and Moscow. In 1963, he joined the third architectural studio at “TbilQalakProekti,” led by Vladimer Alexi-Meskhishvili.

Starting in 1979, Kiazo Nakutsrishvili taught the fundamentals of composition, planning, and perspective drawing at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts. In 1998, he was appointed as a professor at the Academy. He has published theoretical papers, articles and a textbook.

Kiazo Nakutsrishvili has been a member of the Georgian Union of Architects since 1955. He received the State Prize (1988) for the Glory Memorial in Vake Park and the Order of Honor (1999) for his contributions to the development of Georgian architecture, as well as for his creative, pedagogical, and public activities. In 2000, he was elected a full member of the Academy of Humanitarian and Artistic Sciences of Georgia; in 2003, he was awarded the title of Honored Architect of Georgia.

Info: Davit Nakutsrishvili
Images: Kiazo Nakutsrishvili personal Archive

Main Projects

– Cinema “Gazapkhuli”, Tbilisi 1961 (Kiazo Nakutsrishvili, Nodar Shoshitaishvili)

– Art Gallery, Tbilisi 1960-63 (Vladimer Alexi-Meskhishvili, Kiazo Nakutsrishvili) unrealized

– Children’s Polyclinic No. 9, Tbilisi 1965

– Open Air Cinema, Nadzaladevi Park, Tbilisi 1966

– Residential Building with 150 Apartments, Vazha-Pshavela Avenue, Tbilisi 1971

– Reconstruction of Children’s Infectious Diseases Hospital, Khiliani Street, Tbilisi 1973

– Pavilion and Pedestrian Bridge, Tskaltubo 1974

– Akaki Khorava Actor’s House, Leonidze (formerly Kirov) Street, Tbilisi 1974 (Vladimer Alexi-Meskhishvili, Kiazo Nakutsrishvili, Ketevan Kobakhidze. Structural Engineer: Guram Mebuke)

– Pedestrian Bridge over the Borjomela River and Pavilion, Borjomi 1975

– Sanatorium, Surami 1976

– Auto Garage for the Council of Ministers of Georgia, Tbilisi 1970 (Vladimer Alexi-Meskhishvili, Kiazo Nakutsrishvili, Giorgi Kurdiani. Structural Engineer: Guram Mebuke)

– Sports Complex, Tsotne Dadiani Avenue, Tbilisi 1977

– Reconstruction of Heroes’ Square, Tbilisi 1978

– Maternity Hospital No. 5 in Temka, Tbilisi 1978

– Glory Memorial and Cascade in Vake (formerly Victory) Park, Tbilisi 1970 (Vladimer Alexi-Meskhishvili, Kiazo Nakutsrishvili, Otar Litanishvili. Structural Engineer: Guram Mebuke. Sculptor: Giorgi Ochiauri. Artist: Zurab Tsereteli)

– Residential Quarters on Kazbegi Avenue (formerly Pavlov Street) and Rioni Streets, Tbilisi, 1971-74

– “Large Block Houses,” Residential Quarters near the Hippodrome, Tbilisi 1979

– Multi-profile Children’s Hospital, Dighomi, Tbilisi 1979

– Reconstruction of Sanatorium, Kechkobi 1980

– Council of Ministers’ Retreat, Tskneti 1979

– Residential Quarter in Upper Vera, Tbilisi 1982

– Sanitary-Epidemiological Station, Tbilisi 1982 (Kiazo Nakutsrishvili, Vadi Zhidkovski)

– Residential Building for Hydroenergomsheni, Paliashvili Street, Tbilisi 1981

– Zoo Entrance and Adjacent Area Landscaping, Tbilisi 1982

– Polyclinic in Mukiani, Tbilisi 1982

– Polyclinic in Didi Dighomi, Tbilisi 1984

– New Building of Hospital No. 8, Sanzona, Tbilisi 1983

– Polyclinic, Vazha-Pshavela Avenue, Tbilisi 1983

– Recreational Zone, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 1986

– Residential Building on Spiridon Kedia (formerly Kakhovka) Street, Tbilisi 1987

–Central Republican Scientific Research Laboratory for Forensic Expertise, Didi Dighomi, Tbilisi 1985 (Kiazo Nakutsrishvili, I. Tskhomelidze, L. Tetrashvili, N. Mkheidze)

– Residential Building, Kavtaradze Street, Tbilisi 2001

– General Plan for the Quarter between Shio Mghvimeli and Veriko Anjaparidze Streets, Tbilisi 2007

Monuments

– Ivane Javakhishvili Monument, Garden of Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi 1953 (Sculptor Tengiz Gviniashvili)

– Zakaria Paliashvili Monument, Borjomi 1964 (Sculptor Tengiz Gviniashvili)

– Pyotr Tchaikovsky Monument, Borjomi 1967 (Sculptor Tengiz Gviniashvili)

– Iakob Nikoladze Monument, Kutaisi 1965 (Sculptor Tengiz Gviniashvili)

– Shalva Dadiani Monument, Mtatsminda Pantheon, Tbilisi 1995 (Sculptor Tengiz Gviniashvili)

– Ilia Chavchavadze Monument, Kvareli 1972 (Sculptor Tengiz Gviniashvili)

– Monument of the Missing Soldiers, Karshi, Uzbekistan, 1984 (Sculptors Tengiz Gviniashvili, Irakli Pkhaladze)

– Mirza Fatali Akhundov Monument, Tbilisi 1986 (Sculptor Konstantine Merabishvili)

– Nikoloz Baratashvili Monument, Gori 1973 (Sculptor Tengiz Gviniashvili)

– Ucha Japaridze Monument, Saburtalo Pantheon, Tbilisi 1995

– Mikheil Chakhava Monument, Didube Pantheon, Tbilisi 1995

– Iakob Nikoladze Monument, Nikoladze Street, Tbilisi 2000 (Sculptor Tengiz Gviniashvili)

– Giorgi Leonidze Monument, 9 Aprili (formerly Alexander) Park, Tbilisi 2000 (Sculptors Tengiz and David Gviniashvili)

– Elene Akhvlediani Monument in front of the National Gallery, Tbilisi 2002 (Sculptor Tengiz Gviniashvili)

Publications

– Kiazo Nakutsrishvili. Architect Otar Kalandarishvili, Tbilisi, Science Publishing, 1999.

Literature/Links

Pavle Tumanishvili. Architect Kiazo Nakutsrishvili, Tbilisi, Union of Architects and TbilKalakProekti Publishing, 2006.

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