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

Hotel Hviezda

original function
Obchod a služby
current function
trade and services
address
Námestie slobody 22, Prievidza, Trenčiansky kraj
architects
Paulík Štefan
implementation
1952
project
1945 – 1948
status
existing

The ‘Star’ hotel is situated at the centre of town, on the main square. A five-storey lengthwise structure, in the shape of a letter L, the building has a skeletal frame. In the ground floor is a restaurant, above it a cafe, and in the third floor are the management offices and hotel rooms. The fourth and fifth floors, with rooms and en-suite bath and toilet facilities, are of nearly identical layout. On the smooth stucco facades, the most noticeable features are the ribbon window on the second floor and the corner loggia facing the square. Currently, the building no longer serves as a hotel but as office and retail space.

Bibliography:

ŠLACHTA, Štefan: Štefan Paulík. Projekt 30, 1988, 2 – 3, s. 63 – 65.
DULLA, Matúš – MORAVČÍKOVÁ, Henrieta: Architektúra Slovenska v 20. storočí. Bratislava, Slovart 2002. 512 s., tu s. 410.