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

Mountain Chalet

original function
Obchod a služby
current function
trade and services
address
Štrbské Pleso, Popradské Pleso, Vysoké Tatry, Prešovský kraj
architects
Čapka Ferdinand, Bauer Ladislav
project
1954 – 1956
implementation
1957 – 1960
status
existing

The architects managed in this building to draw on the small scale of a traditional vernacular mountain structures by dividing the high pitched shingle roof with series of dormers. The main entry gable over the corner of an L-shape layout sports a radiant ornament inspired by a traditional art of the folk architecture. The ground floor has an entrance lobby, a hall, a restaurant with 200 seats and a terrace. Lodging floors consist of 33 three to six bed units with total capacity of 130 guests. Sanitary facilities for guests are shared at each floor. This chalet – or a mountain hotel is an exceptional example of harmonious alpine environment integration in the unique Slovak conditions.

Bibliography:

ORÍŠEK, M.: Chata na Popradskom plese. Projekt 5, 1963, č. 6, s. 128 – 129.
KUSÝ, Martin: Architektúra na Slovensku 1945 - 1975. Bratislava, Pallas 1976. 288 s.
DULLA, Matúš – MORAVČÍKOVÁ, Henrieta: Architektúra Slovenska v 20. storočí. Bratislava, Slovart 2002. 512 s., tu s. 419.

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