Gabriel Guevrekian

Gabriel Guevrekian (or Guévrékian) (November 21, 1892 (?) Constantinople - October 29, 1970 Antibes) was an Armenian architect, who designed buildings, interiors and gardens, and taught architecture. He worked in Europe, Iran and the USA.

Biography Guevrekian was born by some accounts in 1900 (Imbert 1993, Turner 1996 ), by others in 1892 to Armenian parents. He was born in Constantinople, present day Istanbul, and then moved with his family to Tehran where he grew up. In 1910 he moved to Vienna where he lived with his uncle, architect Alex Galoustian. He studied architecture at the Kunstgewerbeschule with Oskar Strnad and Josef Hoffmann from 1915, and received his diploma in 1919. He then worked with Strnad and Hoffmann until he moved to Paris in 1922. The house has since been modified extensively and has been split into two apartments. Jardin d'eau et de lumière, temporary garden, Esplanades des Invalides, Paris. Robert Delaunay contributed. 1926: Cubist garden for Villa Noailles in Hyères 1927: Villa Heim, avenue de Madrid 17, Paris 1930-1932: Two houses at Werkbundsiedlung, Woinovichgasse 10-12, Vienna 1933-1937: public and private buildings in Tehran, some built after Guevrekian left Iran: Vilā Siāsi Vilā Panāhi Vilā Firuz Villa Ch. Kosrovani