Tamaz Giorgadze

Born in 1955. After graduating from the Faculty of Architecture of the Georgian Polytechnic Institute in 1977, he worked in state design organizations until the 1990s.

From 1993 to 2018, he was a co-founder and director of various design companies.

In 2018, he founded the architectural company “Extendo,” where he continues to serve as director to this day.

From 2004 to 2006, he worked as a visiting lecturer at the Faculty of Architecture, Urban Planning, and Design at the Georgian Technical University. He is the author and co-author of a number of public, commercial, and residential building projects.

From 2003 to 2004, he served as the Chairman of the Editorial Board of the journal “A+D. Georgian Project.”

Publications:

  • “Architecture and… Revolution.” Tbilisi, 2003

  • A series of articles in the newspaper “24 Saati” (24 Hours), 2004

  • Articles for the magazine A+D. Georgian Project:

    • Integration: Symbolic Dimension

    • The “Intourist” Building in Batumi

    • Whose Public Space Is It?

Interviews:

  • Luisa Hutton (Luisa Hutton)

  • Donald Bates (Donald Bates)

  • Josep Lluís Mateo (Josep Lluís Mateo)

  • Jørgen Søndermark (Jørgen Søndermark)

  • Marco Casagrande (Marco Casagrande)

  • Stefan Kammenzind (Stefan Camenzind)

Competitions:

  • “Anigraph” Festival of Computer Graphics and Animation – Grand Prize (1995)

  • TKTS Competition (Broadway Theatre Ticket Booths at Times Square)

    • The project was included in the exhibition of 50 selected projects (out of 700) at the Urban Center in New York (1999)

  • Georgian Union of Architects Award for Best Publication of the Year for the book “Architecture and… Revolution” (2004)

  • World Architecture Community Award for the project “Residential House for the Imereti Region” (2008)