 In Iraq, he designed and built both governmental and residential buildings.Kavoukjian immigrated to Armenia in 1947, and in 1947-1979, he played a key role within the "Great Rebuilding Project" of Armenia as the chief architect, building numerous federal, public, industrial, and residential buildings.In 1973, his "The Origin of the Names Armen and Hye and Urartu" was published in Beirut.