Exhibit on Armenian architects in Istanbul opens in Yerevan

The National Museum-Institute of Architecture of Armenia hosted the opening of the “Armenian Architects in Istanbul in the Era of Westernization” exhibition on Wednesday.

The exhibition was attended by Rakel Dink, the widow of the slain Armenian-Turkish journalist Hrant Dink and the Chair of Board of the “Hrant Dink Foundation”.

Present at the exhibit were also Sevan Karabedoglu, the Chairmen of the Board of Directors of the union of architects HAYCAR, and Ashot Grigoryan, the Director of the National Museum-Institute of Architecture of Armenia.

The exhibition is organized by “Istanbul as Europe’s Cultural Capital in 2010,” “Hrant Dink Foundation,” HAYCAR, National Museum-Institute of Architecture of Armenia.

In September works included in this exhibition will be exhibited in Vanadzor and Gyumri.

The exhibition will last till August 31.