L’homme qui a designé le Parlement libanais : Mardiros (Martyr) Altounian
Mardiros Altounian
Mardiros Altounian (1889-1958) was an Armenian-Lebanese architect. He designed the Lebanese Parliament Building in Beirut (1931), the Abed clock tower (1934), Azounieh sanitorum in Chouf, and Melkonian Benefactors' Mausoleum in Cyprus (with French-Armenian sculptor Leon Mouradoff).[1][2][3] Altounian was French-Armenian. The mausoleum replaced an older wooden trellis monument and was completed in 1956.
Altounian graduated from the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, France in 1918.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b THE LEGACY OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE IN BEIRUT, 1950-1975 Archived 2013-08-07 at the Wayback Machine by Andre Trad Woldview Cities
- ^ The Armenians of Cyprus Page 31 by Alexander-Michael Hadjilyra
- ^ Nejmeh Square with aerial photo of Abed clock tower
