Tag Archive: cinemas
Old Cinema House
Architect Tiran Erkanian built a number of cinemas in Armenia during the 1920s and 30s. The aesthetic of these buildings is a curious mix of neoclassical and art deco elements that eventually led to the sombre classicism of Stalinist architecture in...Read More
‘Unlayering’ Historical Yerevan for the sake of History: The Imminent Demolition of ‘Moscow’ Cinema’s Open-Air Hall
A useless, ghostly, worn out shell of cement is being torn down in Yerevan. A familiar enough sight in a place where many a building has ‘miraculously’ been wiped out under the mantle of a single night. But this particular disappearing...Read More
‘Moskva’ Open-Air Cinema Theater
“Moskva” Open-Air cinema theater was built in 1966 by architects Spartak Knteghtsian and Telman Gevorgyan. In mid 1960s, during a particularly heightened period of cinema-going in Armenia, a whole slate of new movie theaters were going...Read More