#Bank #Bratislava #Slovakia #1930
Námestie SNP 477/18
811 06
Bratislava,
Slovakia
Public transport: Centrum
Today's use: multifunctional
Description
...and there are reasons for it: The building is a reinforced concrete structure to which the curtain wall was attached. The load-bearing structure is part of the house and not the outer wall. This curtain wall is the first of its kind in Slovakia.
In former Czechoslovakia houses with curtain walls were already built. In was the Baťa department store in Prague and the Brno Moravská banka, both from 1928.
The windows on the first and second floors are set into a glass front in a very ingenious way. The outer facade is completely glazed and the window frame sits in the glass. The rear building is not visible from the street. It is connected to the front building by a glazed passageway that houses shops.
The house is a milestone in Slovakian contruction and design. In the following years, the Manderla tower block, the Cooperative houses and, at the end of the 1930s, the neighbouring Luxor House were built on this site. This created a new, modern and business and housing centre in Bratislava, which is rarely found in Europe with this density of classic modernist buildings.
Description
...and there are reasons for it: The building is a reinforced concrete structure to which the curtain wall was attached. The load-bearing structure is part of the house and not the outer wall. This curtain wall is the first of its kind in Slovakia.
In former Czechoslovakia houses with curtain walls were already built. In was the Baťa department store in Prague and the Brno Moravská banka, both from 1928.
The windows on the first and second floors are set into a glass front in a very ingenious way. The outer facade is completely glazed and the window frame sits in the glass. The rear building is not visible from the street. It is connected to the front building by a glazed passageway that houses shops.
The house is a milestone in Slovakian contruction and design. In the following years, the Manderla tower block, the Cooperative houses and, at the end of the 1930s, the neighbouring Luxor House were built on this site. This created a new, modern and business and housing centre in Bratislava, which is rarely found in Europe with this density of classic modernist buildings.
History
The architect Juraj Tvarožek was commissioned to build the building by his brother Tomáš Tvarožek, who worked as the director of the Municipal Savings bank at the time. He drew up the plans for the building in 1929, that was erected from October 1930 to December 1931. In addition to the bank building, it housed offices and apartments for bank employees and shops.
The building was modernised several times. Some original elements have been preserved to this day, such as the onyx panelling in the stairwell.
History
The architect Juraj Tvarožek was commissioned to build the building by his brother Tomáš Tvarožek, who worked as the director of the Municipal Savings bank at the time. He drew up the plans for the building in 1929, that was erected from October 1930 to December 1931. In addition to the bank building, it housed offices and apartments for bank employees and shops.
The building was modernised several times. Some original elements have been preserved to this day, such as the onyx panelling in the stairwell.
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