The Váh Hotel was originally built as a recreation and treatment center for agricultural cooperative workers, which is why it was sometimes referred to as the "Váh Convalescent Home." Architect Marta Pisončíková-Skočková created a compositionally balanced modernist building for this purpose, located in the eastern part of the administrative center of Piešťany near the Dubová stream. In her impressive design, she used the interplay of horizontals – emphasized by strip glazing and a cantilevered two-story attic – and verticals in the form of clearly defined communication cores. The accent of the side facade is a sloping solid mass, originally intended for a wine bar.
The Hotel Váh shares several formal similarities with the House of Arts, which was built in the same period in the city park. Both buildings are characterised by a cubic composition with a wide entrance staircase, rounded landings on the side staircases and a similar material base for the facades. Unlike the representative House of Arts, however, Hotel Váh served a more modest function, which led the architect to favour prefabricated elements. The façade is clad with fluted concrete panels, which replaced expensive exposed concrete. The load-bearing structure of the building consists of a combination of steel and reinforced concrete skeleton.
The sleeping area consisted of small rooms situated around the perimeter, which the architect balanced with spaces for relaxation, club rooms, and tea kitchens in the center of the layout. She placed the main social areas, including a large dining room, on the top floor with direct access to the roof terrace. In addition to its architectural expression, the layout itself is one of the building's most valuable features.
Bibliography:
Piešťany. V Piešťanoch: Mestský národný výbor, 1978, 14(11), s. 4.
Projekt 18, 1976, č. 6, s. 36.
Projekt 23, 1981, č.3, s. 34.
