Georgia
French windows in place of mosaics — public outcry over alteration of historic facade
Tbilisi City Hall has come under fire for allowing the owners of a former Soviet factory to install balconies and windows in the facade of a decades-old mosaic. On 13 December 2021, Tbilisi City Hall’s architectural department granted permission to cut windows into the mosaics, which date back to the 1970s. The building’s owners went on to construct French balconies — false balconies attached to full-length windows — on the facade of the former Mion factory building on Beliashvili street in Di
