A MONSTER OF A MOUNTAIN FOR YEREVAN?

EurasiaNet
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May 6 2010
NY

Oh, the horror! A green, biomorphic mountain of a building may arise in
the good city of Yerevan if nobody stops Forrest Fulton Architecture.

The 915,000-square-foot creature is a competition proposal from the
Birmingham, Alabama-based firm. Called Lace Hill, the project’s design
is meant to pay tribute to Mount Ararat, the Armenian cultural symbol
which sits just across the closed border in Turkey.

"Native plants" cover its hill, which breathes through apertures
"recalling traditional Armenian lace needlework," and exudes water
from some of them. Its bowels contain bars, restaurants, hotels . . .

you name it.

Yerevan city planners have not officially expressed interest in the
project, but the idea of having on home soil an Ararat-look-alike
could prove alluring.