The Epoch in the History of a Building

In the history of post-revolutionary Armenia, the epoch of Soviet avant-garde is remembered as a period of remarkable creativity for architects Gevorg Kochar and Mikayel Mazmanyan. Even in 1932, standing on the dividing line between pre-Stalinist architecture and the post-constructivism of the Stalinist era, these architects dared to design a building, the Writers’ Resort on Lake Sevan, which was still on a perfect par with the logic of late avant-garde. After the rise of Stalinism, however, the architects were obliged to revisit their style and language and accede to the dominant dictates of the period.