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Making amends

18 April 2019

Rather than erase all evidence of Georgia’s Soviet past, the country’s architectural community is keen to preserve its history and give the once-foreboding buildings another – happier – lease of life.

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Tbilisi two

18 November 2010

In an attempt to attract foreign investment and ditch its Soviet-era image, the Georgian president has enlisted Michele De Lucchi to fill the capital’s skies with ambitious architecture. The Italian is clearly succeeding…

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Expo 55: Tbilisi

21 June 2012

Chaotically beautiful, brimming with optimism and inhabited by friendly, fun-loving people, the capital of Georgia is a lesson in transformation.

Radio

Monocle on Design - Extra: Tbilisi’s hopeful horizons

18 April 2019

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Tbilisi has fallen into disrepair and any new developments, despite being hastily erected, are left empty. But there’s hope: the first architecture biennial since the 1980s is immi…

Film

Tbilisi’s architectural revival

2 May 2019

Rather than erase all evidence of Georgia’s Soviet past, the country’s architectural community is keen to preserve its history and give its once-foreboding buildings another – happier – lease of life.

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Cities

22 February 2018

The mayor of Tbilisi moves from the football pitch to transport talk, and Australia opens up college towns.

Radio

The Urbanist - Tall Stories 184: Bank of Georgia, Tbilisi

25 November 2019

We visit the Bank of Georgia’s Tbilisi HQ: a unique building that takes its design cues from the ‘Space City’ concept, aiming to cover less ground and give the surrounding area back to nature.

Monocle Minute

Dress code: smart

6 May 2017

Over the past five years, Tbilisi has been put on the international fashion map thanks to Demna Gvasalia, the Georgian who’s co-founder of Vetements and Balenciaga’s creative director. Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tbilisi,…

Monocle Minute

Party train to Georgia

24 March 2017

Iranians saw in the New Year this week. It’s a time when families prepare elaborate tables laden with seven symbolic items to herald the start of spring. For the surrounding countries, the Nowrooz period is equally auspi…

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War on truth

17 September 2008

During the conflict in South Ossetia, western media were given free access by the Georgian government, while on the Russian side, foreign journalists were being either arrested or herded around by the military. In both…

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Europe

17 January 2008

For the past three years, people travelling on the E4 motorway from Helsingborg to Haparanda have been following the construction of Dragon Gate with wonder. Why on earth would someone build a Chinese cultural centre and…

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Ewe beauty

21 March 2019

Sculptor Gabriela von Habsburg is most relaxed when tending to her beloved sheep.

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New iron lady

17 January 2009

After last summer’s disastrous war against Russia, Georgia’s opposition leaders felt that patriotism should come before any attack on their president, Mikheil Saakashvili. But now the time for retribution is getting nearer…

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Europe

17 February 2011

Style leader Sandra Roelofs, brain drain in the Czech Republic and election watch Estonia.

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Diplomacy

17 October 2012

We meet Georgia’s ambassador to Germany and take a dip at the UN swimming club in Geneva.

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Europe

16 September 2010

What your moustache says about your politics (if your Turskish), why Germany has its eyes on the Eurotunnel and why mint is flavour of the month in Finland.

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