Tbilisi’s Rike Concert Hall Slated for Demolition Despite Never Opening

Big, Shiny Concert Hall In Georgia’s Capital To Be Demolished After 14 Years Of Sitting Unfinished And Unused

Rike Concert Hall in Tbilisi, designed by Rome-based practice Studio Fuksas, was built, and nearly completed, between 2010 and 2012 at a cost of €40 million. Work stopped with a change in the national government; the project was abandoned in 2017, and the property was sold to a developer in 2022 for €10 million. – Dezeen

Tbilisi’s Rike Concert Hall Slated for Demolition Despite Never Opening

The Rike Concert Hall in Tbilisi, Georgia, is set to be demolished. Designed by the renowned Italian architects Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas of Studio Fuksas, the building was mostly completed in 2012 but has never been opened. The architecture department of Tbilisi’s city hall issued a permit allowing for the concert hall’s demolition, mandating the […]

Tbilisi’s futuristic Fuksas concert hall set for demolition after never opening

Tbilisi is preparing to demolish its striking, futuristic Rike Concert Hall, which has stood desolate and unused beside the River Kura for nearly 15 years. Designed by Studio Fuksas, one of Italy’s most prominent architectural practices, and designed to act like a periscope for the city, the complex was built between 2010 and 2012 in the Georgian capital’s central Rike Park. Its two steel-and-glass tubes were intended to house a 566-seat music t…