Country Georgia Opened May 2012 Town or city Kutaisi | Architecture firm CMD Inginieros Cost 83 million USD Architect Mamoru Kawaguchi | |
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Address Irakli Abashidze Street Floor area 40,000 square metres (430,000 sq ft) Similar Kashveti Church, Bagrati Cathedral, Ananuri Bridge, Freedom Square - Tbilisi, Gelati Monastery | ||
The Georgian Parliament Building in Kutaisi has been the home of the Parliament of Georgia since its inauguration on May 26, 2012, replacing the Parliament building at 8 Rustaveli Avenue in Tbilisi.
Map of Georgian Parliament Building, Georgia
The government, during the building's construction, promoted it as a symbol of Georgia's bright, democratic future. Its location in Kutaisi was touted as a boost for the regional economy there as well as a way to knit the country closer together. Critics state that the building is a waste of money, and that having Parliament in Kutaisi, while the rest of the government remains in Tbilisi, is inefficient.
The building is located on the site of a memorial to the 300,000 Georgians, as well as tens of millions of other Soviet citizens, who died in World War II; the monument was demolished with explosives in December 2009, which accidentally killed two people.
The building is in the form of a 100-metre (330 ft) by 150-metre (490 ft) oval-shaped glass dome.