Presidential Administration of Georgia, Government palace in Avlabari district, Tbilisi, Georgia
The Presidential Administration of Georgia is a government palace with a striking glass dome crowning its main structure, designed by Georgian and Italian architects working together. Inside, multiple conference rooms and official chambers serve the functions of state governance.
Construction began in 2004 under President Mikheil Saakashvili and was completed in 2009. This building marked a turning point in how Georgia expressed its modern architectural identity.
The palace's cultural layer is written on its façade: a mosaic by Georgian designer Natalia Amirejibi de Pita carries an aphorism from the medieval poem The Knight in the Panther's Skin — "Good hath overcome ill". Her two "water mirrors", 28 m long and 1.6 m high, are titled "Our background and our identity".
The building sits in the Avlabari district and is easy to spot from a distance due to its distinctive dome. Visiting requires advance arrangement since this is an active government building with security protocols.
The two "water mirrors" in front of the main building are mosaics by Georgian designer Natalia Amirejibi de Pita, titled "Our background and our identity"; each measures 28 m long and 1.6 m high, about 89.6 m² in all. The façade mosaic carries an aphorism from The Knight in the Panther's Skin.
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