former Gruzneft Trust administrative building

Saburtalo District, Georgia

Exterior only

Visible from the street; the inside is private.

In the Saburtalo District of Tbilisi, Georgia, stands a former administrative building designed by architects N. Glazkov and Mikhail Neprintsev for the Gruzneft Trust. Built in the Stalinist architectural style, the structure exemplifies the monumental aesthetic favored during the Soviet era, characterized by imposing forms and neoclassical elements that conveyed state power and industrial authority.