In 1945 Ter-Avetikian was recognized by the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic and in 1956, she was again designated as a Laureate of the All-Union Review.[3] In 1968, Ter-Avetikian became an architect emeritus[1] and she retired in 1972.[4] After Armenia gained its independence from the Soviet Union, Ter-Avetikian was recognized by the Republic of Armenia, receiving the Alexander Tamanian Gold Medal in 2002.[1] In 2008, she received the Gold Medal of Yerevan, from the city,[3] on the event of her 100th birthday. She was the subject of a featured article in the magazine Architecture, Construction (Архитектура, строительство) in 2012, in which she and her work were compared to the noted Brazilian centenarian and architect Oscar Niemeyer.[2]