Topic: Architecture

By Arunansh B. Goswami Special to the Mirror-Spectator AACHEN, Germany — Charlemagne, also known as Charles the Great (748–814), was a powerful warlord and the king of the Franks, a[...]

What is the common link between the building of the Central Bank of Armenia in Yerevan and the Opera House in Baku? Those familiar with the profound Armenian contribution to[...]

YEREVAN/DORNBIRN, Austria — The Aratta Garden project by Palyan Architects has received an Honorable Mention from the international jury in the Future Projects category at the SHARE Architecture Awards, held[...]

LONDON — The United Kingdom’s National Contact Point (NCP), a major corporate social responsibility agency and watchdog, announced an official examination of UK-based architectural firm Chapman Taylor for violations of[...]

MEDFORD, Mass. — Dr. Kate Franklin will start as Associate Professor of Armenian Art, History and Architecture in the Department of History of Art and Architecture at Tufts University this[...]

Rare are those artists who can sustain a lifelong, holistic vision which contributes to both culture and progress in the broadest sense of the term. Born in Beirut into a[...]

WATERTOWN — Architect Arto Kurkjian has been working with Ashot Grigorian in Yerevan, who is the director of the Architecture Museum, about assembling the names of Boston area Armenian architects[...]

WASHINGTON — There are three top-tier hotels near the White House built by an Armenian-American architect. What are now St. Regis and Sofitel, as well as Hay Adams, along with[...]

BOSTON — Arto Kurkjian has been selected for the Boston Architectural College (BAC) Alumni Selfless Labor Award. The award ceremony will be held on the evening of November 8 at[...]

WORCESTER, Mass. — Last April, three architectural engineering students from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) submitted their design for a modular home project for Artsakh war refugees as their major qualifying[...]