Register of modern architecture in Slovakia

Podnet na preskúmanie rozhodnutia KPÚ vo veci Polyfunkčného domu na Kamennom námestí v Bratislave SAVE SOZA . STOP DEMOLITION . RENOVATION FIRST Modernism Revisited 2026: International Conference on Architecture and Cultural Heritage

Residential and department store building - superstructure

original function
Zmiešaná
current function
mixed
address
Obchodná 48, Bratislava, Bratislavský kraj
architects
Merganc Jindřich
status
existing

Originally a single-storey vineyard house with a central underpass was rebuilt in the first half of the twenties. Upstairs, residential space was created and the ground floor was completely freed up for commercial use. The architect J. Merganc ignored the traditional morphology of the suburban building and designed the extension as a dynamic composition in the spirit of Cubist expressionism. The facade of the house is defined by three broken half-cylinder bay windows, which boldly step into the street space and thus represent one of the bravest cubist facades in Slovakia. Despite several interventions in the ground floor, the building is still relatively well preserved.

Bibliography:

DULLA, Matúš – MORAVČÍKOVÁ, Henrieta: Architektúra Slovenska v 20. storočí. Bratislava, Slovart 2002. 512 s.