Register of modern architecture in Slovakia

Modernism Revisited 2026: International Conference on Architecture and Cultural Heritage Architektúra povojnového modernizmu na Slovensku: identifikácia, hodnotenie a ochrana Reissue of the publication Bratislava – Atlas of Mass Housing

The Slovak Matica

original function
Kultúra
current function
culture
address
Námestie J. C. Hronského 1, Martin, Žilinský kraj
architects
Kuzma Dušan, Cimmermann Antonín
office
Stavoprojekt Žilina
other professions
interiér: Cimmermannová Gabriela; plastiky: Cigler Václav
project
1962 – 1964
implementation
1963 – 1975
contest
1961 – 1962
status
existing

3D Model

The new building of the Slovak Matica on the terrace overlooking the town was built as a tower block resting on a salient horizontal podium. The architectural design combines the rationality of square shapes of the sixties with architect's penchant for sculptural forms, which is reflected in structural forming of concrete elements the high-rise facade. Podium is housing main departments of the national institution while the tower serves as a depository. A unique construction technology has been applied: floor slabs had been poured at the lowest level and then elevated along the round columns up to their final position. The entrance facade sports an expressive relief from Peter and Vincent Hloznik.

Bibliography:

BODICKÝ, Milan: Súťaž na novostavbu Matice slovenskej. Projekt 4, 1962, č. 5, s. 101 – 105.
JANKOVICH, Imrich: Matica slovenská – slovenská národná knižnica. Projekt 18, 1976, č. 1, s. 12 – 17.
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.

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