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

Tomb of the Makovický family

original function
Pietna
current function
reverential
address
cintorín, sektor 4A, Ružomberok, Žilinský kraj
architects
Jurkovič Dušan
implementation
1934
status
existing

The tomb is an original interpretation of the motif of a stylised stone urn. The materials and form react to the natural context of the Ružomberok cemetery, placed at the centre of a raised terrace framed by a wall of rough-dressed stone blocks. The smooth travertine urn with its simple cross stands on a low rectangle bearing the carved inscription "Pamiatke Makovických rodiny" [In Memory of the Makovicky Family]. The Cubistic interpretation of the design documents the architect’s movement away from the Classicist tendencies of rural cemeteries towards a more abstract modern aesthetic.

Bibliography:

BOŘUTOVÁ-DEBNÁROVÁ, Dana: Dušan Samo Jurkovič. Osobnosť a dielo. Bratislava, Pallas 1993. 252 s., tu s. 129, 130, 132.
DULLA, Matúš – MORAVČÍKOVÁ, Henrieta: Architektúra Slovenska v 20. storočí. Bratislava, Slovart 2002. 512 s., tu s. 381.

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