‘Rike Tubes,’ UNM-Era Modernist Structures That Never Opened, Being Demolished in Tbilisi

The “Rike Tubes,” a pair of modernist cylindrical glass-and-metal structures in downtown Tbilisi’s Rike Park built during the final years of the previous United National Movement (UNM) government, are being demolished after Tbilisi City Hall issued a relevant permit in late May to their owner, Rike Dom, which plans to build a hotel on the …