Batumi, Vaja-Pshavela Street N30 / Zurab Gorgiladze Street N8
Brief Description of the Building:
The three-story, V-shaped building stands at the intersection of two streets. The first floor, faced with gray stone, was built in the early 20th century and most likely had a commercial function. In the 1930s, two additional floors were constructed for residential use. The facades, divided by paired rectangular openings, are plastered and painted pink. The openings are adorned with simply profiled frames, while pilasters spanning two stories run along the middle sections of the walls. The narrow, beveled facade at the street corner is highlighted by balconies with metal railings, and the side facades feature reinforced concrete balconies decorated with plant-inspired ornaments based on Georgian motifs. Similarly decorated discs and rhombus shapes embellish the plain wall surfaces beneath the third-floor windows. The entrance hall from Vaja-Pshavela Street has a floor covered with black-and-white glazed ceramic tiles. Due to later additions, the rear walls of the building are completely degraded. The building is an interesting example of incorporating national motifs in Soviet-era architecture and also serves as a proper example of reconstructing an old structure.
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