In 1994, he was appointed Vice-Mayor and Chief Architect of Poti.[1] In recognition of his efforts, the city renamed a street in Old Tbilisi after Kavlashvili, and his statue (by sculptor Tengiz Kikalishvili) was added outside the old city gates on Baratashvili Street[2] in 1999.[3] He is buried at the Didube Pantheon of Writers and Public Figures in Tbilisi.