Register of modern architecture in Slovakia

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Slovak Radio building

Rozhlasové stredisko Bratislava

original function
Kultúra
current function
culture
address
Mýtna 1, Bratislava, Bratislavský kraj
architects
Ďurkovič Štefan, Svetko Štefan, Kissling Barnabáš
office
ŠPTÚ Bratislava
investor
Čs rozhlas Bratislava
contractor
Stavoindustria Bratislava
project
1962 – 1966
contest
1962 (Search competition)
1963 (Public anonymous architectural competition)
implementation
1969 – 1985
status
existing

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On the basis of a series of competitions in the 1960s but finished only in 1985, the radio building is one of the most controversial structures in Bratislava – in its form of an inverted pyramid. The unusual and provocative shape has attracted much praise and strong dislike, as well as functional criticism for its unsuitability for radio broadcasting due to excessive noise, even though the main studios are located in the perfectly insulated plinth. The radio building was to have been part of a series of large public structures in a greenbelt along a planned circular boulevard. Despite the argument over the form, however, it is impossible to deny its impressive scale and cultivated architectonic composition.

Bibliography:

ZALČÍK, Tibor: Súťaž na umiestnenie budovy čs. rozhlasu v Bratislave. Projekt 5, 1963, 3, s. 57 – 62.
HRUŠKA, Emanuel: Súťaž na budovu čs. rozhlasu v Bratislave. Projekt 6, 1964, 3, s. 62 – 66.
SVETKO, Štefan: Rozhlasové stredisko Bratislava. Projekt 12, 1970, 9, s. 401 – 408.
LÝSEK, Lumír: Budova Československého rozhlasu v Bratislave. Architektura ČSR 1985, 9, s. 391 – 396.
DULLA, Matúš – MORAVČÍKOVÁ, Henrieta: Architektúra Slovenska v 20. storočí. Bratislava, Slovart 2002, 512 s.
TOPOLČANSKÁ, Maria: Identity Game: Czech and Slovak architecture magazines as travelogues. Architectural Design 76, 2006, č. 181 (May – June 2006), s. 28.

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Slovak Radio building

Rozhlasové stredisko Bratislava