Edvard Papyan

Edvard Papyan was born in Tiflis. In 1949 he finished Yerevan Polytechnic Institute Faculty of Civil Engineering. Worked at building design companies, from 1964-1971 was the chief architect of Yerevan, from 1971 worked at “Yerevanproject”. Since 1954 Edvard Papyan was a member of Architects Union of Armenia, from 1955 member of CPSU. He was mostly interested in city planning. He was awarded with “Badge of Honor”, from 1962 to 1967 was a laureate of All-Union reviews of the achievements of Soviet architecture. In 1968 Edvard Papyan was awarded with Honorary Architect title. Died in Yerevan.