George Chakhava

Bank of Georgia headquarters, Tbilisi
Cafe Fantasy, Batumi

George Chakhava (1923–2007) is a Georgian architect, best known for the Bank of Georgia headquarters in Tbilisi, which he co-designed with Zurab Jalaghania.

George Chakhava was born in Tbilisi in 1923, and has a bachelor's degree in architecture from the State Polytechnical University.[1]

The Bank of Georgia headquarters in Tbilisi was originally built for the Ministry of Highway Construction of the Georgian SSR and finished in 1975, at a time when Chakhava was Georgia's Deputy Minister of Highway Construction. It became the headquarters of the Bank of Georgia in 2007.

Chakhava co-designed Cafe Fantasy in Batumi, with Zurab Kapanadze, which opened in 1975, but has been closed since 2000.[2]

In 1983, Chakhava received the USSR State Prize.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "George Chakhava". Architectuul. 2012-01-23. Retrieved 2016-11-07.
  2. ↑ "About Sights – The Café Fantasy (also called the Octopus) in Batumi". Georgia About. 2015-09-16. Retrieved 2016-11-07.
  3. ↑ "George Chakhava". architectuul.com. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
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