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Grigoryan, Mark (Vladimir)
(b Nor-Nakhijevan [now in Rostov-on-Don], 29 April 1900; d Yerevan [now Erevan], 10 Jan 1978). Armenian architect of Russian birth. He studied from 1924 to 1928 in the architectural department of the State University, Yerevan. After graduating he worked in Yerevan with Alek’sandr T’amanyan, who had a decisive influence on him. Among his early projects is the house (c. 1930; altered), Yerevan, for the painter Martiros Saryan, its composition founded on the contrast of concise masses, and with natural stone walls. The design of the first Government Building of the Armenian SSR (1931–3) on Prospekt Lenina (now Messrop Mashtoc Avenue), Yerevan, with Nikolay Buniatyan (1884–1943), reflects the established classicist style of the period. It was remodelled by Grigoryan as a women’s hospital in 1935. In 1936, following the death of T’amanyan, he took over the construction of the central square in Yerevan, where he designed the Hotel Armenia (1955), the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications (1956) and the Council of Trade Unions Building (early 1960s), all with E. A. Sarapyan (1917–84). The designs are all variations on the ‘Neo-Armenian’ style, largely the creation of T’amanyan, with pink Armenian tufa determining the general colour scheme.
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