Margarit Hayrapetyan

Margarit Hayrapetyan
Born
Margarit Vahagni Hayrapetyan

(1923-11-27)27 November 1923
Died2 August 2004(2004-08-02) (aged 80)
Yerevan, Armenia
Other namesMargarit Hayrapetyan
Occupationarchitect
Notable workHovhannes Tumanyan Puppet Theatre of Yerevan

Margarit Vahagni Hayrapetyan (Armenian: Մարգարիտ Հայրապետյան: 27 November 1923 – 2 August 2004) was Armenian woman architect. Honored Architect of the Armenian SSR (1971), Member of the Armenian Union of Architects (1953).

Biography

Margarit Hayrapetyan was born on 27 November 1923 in Batumi. In 1949, she graduated from the Yerevan Polytechnic Institute. From 1963 to 1983, she worked at the Yerevan Project Institute; from 1983 to 1988, at the Yerevan branch of the Moscow Soyuzsportproekt Institute.[1][2]

Famous Works

  • Yerevan Puppet Theater building - 1968, theater interior - 1975[3]
  • Residential building next to the Yerevan Puppet Theater on Sayat-Nova Avenue
  • The first section of the circular park was completed in 1963, and the fourth section of the Circular Park in 1968
  • Tumanyan Park and a decorative fountain there, 1981
  • The Hrazdan River Coastal Swimming Pool Complex
  • Technical Project of the Kond Microdistrict, 1975-1980
  • Sports facilities in Tsaghkadzor, Artashat, Bakuriani
  • A swimming pool complex on the banks of the Hrazdan River in Yerevan
  • Water sports complex in Artashat
  • Water sports complex in Gali
  • Leninakan Puppet Theater Project

Awards

  • Honored Architect of the Armenian SSR, 1971
  • Lieutenant of the All-Union Competition "Best Building of the Year", 1985

References

  1. ^ Who's Who: Armenians: Biographical Encyclopedia, Volume One, Yerevan, 2005.
  2. ^ "Hayrapetyan Margarit Vahagni — Hayazg". am.hayazg.info. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
  3. ^ "Margarit Hayrapetyan". urbanista.am. Retrieved 10 February 2026.