Mardiros Altounian

Mardiros Altounian (1889-1958) was an Armenian-Lebanese architect. He designed the Lebanese Parliament Building in Beirut (1931), the Abed clock tower (1934), Azounieh sanitorum in Chouf, and Melkonian Benefactors' Mausoleum in Cyprus (with French-Armenian sculptor Leon Mouradoff).[1][2][3] Altounian was French-Armenian. The mausoleum replaced an older wooden trellis monument and was completed in 1956.

Lebanese Parliament
A gift from an emigre, the clock tower in Nejmeh Square

Altounian graduated from the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, France in 1918.[1]

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  1. THE LEGACY OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE IN BEIRUT, 1950-1975 Archived 2013-08-07 at the Wayback Machine by Andre Trad Woldview Cities
  2. The Armenians of Cyprus Page 31 by Alexander-Michael Hadjilyra
  3. Nejmeh Square with aerial photo of Abed clock tower

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