Mardiros Altounian

Mardiros Altounian was an Armenian-Lebanese architect active during the French Mandate period and early independence of Lebanon. Born in Bursa in the late Ottoman Empire, he trained at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris and became one of the most prominent architects working in Beirut during the interwar period. He is best known for designing the Lebanese Parliament Building at Nejmeh Square, the Al-Abed Clock Tower, the Armenian Sanatorium of Azounieh, and the Melkonian Benefactors' Mausoleum in Nicosia, Cyprus.