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The Cafesjian Center for the Arts

The Cafesjian Center for the Arts is an art museum in Yerevan, Armenia. It is situated in central Yerevan in the area in and around the Cascade. At the core of the museum's permanent collection is the Gerard L. Cafesjian Collection of Art. The inauguration took place on 17 November 2009.

It is said that "the museum project represents one of the most ambitious works of contemporary architecture undertaken in any of the former republics of the Soviet Union. The New York Times described it as "a mad work of architectural megalomania and architectural recovery, (...) one of the strangest and most spectacular museum buildings to open in ages".

The project was designed by the New York based architecture firm David Hotson Architects. The rest of the design team includes architect of record David Hotson Associates Architecs, Yerevan; structural engineer Dewhurst Macfarlane and Partners, New York, NY; structural engineer of record ArmProject, Yerevan and services and environmental engineer Atelier Ten, New York and London, UK.

Cascade Complex, Yerevan 0009, Armenia

As the Structural Engineering NY Principal, Radhi Majmudar  was responsible for the engineering coordination with the architect of this $150,000,000 museum which occupies a prominent site within the Armenian city of Yerevan. A massive cast-in-place and precast concrete structure situated at the top of a Soviet-era cascade structure. The design commands sweeping views across the Capital to Mount Ararat which rises above the southern horizon. The design has a unique geometric configuration with large glass windows.

The museum was executed in a simplified designed compared to original rendering. 

 
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Status: Built
Location: Yerevan, Armenia
Firm Role: Structural Engineering
Additional Credits: Architect of record David Hotson Associates Architecs, Yerevan; structural engineer Dewhurst Macfarlane and Partners, New York, NY; structural engineer of record ArmProject, Yerevan and services and environmental engineer Atelier Ten, New York and London, UK.