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Architektúra povojnového modernizmu na Slovensku: identifikácia, hodnotenie a ochrana Reissue of the publication Bratislava – Atlas of Mass Housing 100 Years of Paluš!

Apartment block in ul. Konventná

current function
housing
address
Konventná 17, Bratislava
architects
Konrad Josef
developer
Franz Weisz
builder
G. Blumenthálová, R. Barabásová, J. Barabás
project
1930
implementation
1930
status
existing

Compared to the previously cited work by the same author, this Bratislava apartment block, dating from 1930, is surprisingly purist. Formally, it is highly simple, with only a slight bend in the western facade. All that enlivens the elementary simplicity is the cylindrical volume of the staircase in the courtyard section and the loggia in the garden facade, a feature that from this point on appeared regularly in Konrad’s designs. In each floor was one three-room and one four-room flat; the rooftop penthouse contains a flat with atelier; the parterre contained two shops and one flat of three rooms. The building bears all of the features of mature Purist architecture.

Bibliography:

Haus B. in der Konventgasse in Bratislava. Forum 1, 1931, s. 314.
MORAVČÍKOVÁ, Henrieta: Architekt Josef Konrad. Projekt 37, 1995, 6 – 7, s. 55.
DULLA, Matúš – MORAVČÍKOVÁ, Henrieta: Architektúra Slovenska v 20. storočí. Bratislava, Slovart 2002, 512 s., tu s. 361.