This apartment villa is situated on a corner lot, which shapes the form of its floor plan. The result is a compact form, concentrated on a central hall from which the individual living areas emerge in a fan-shape. The same basic layout is repeated on all three floors. A communication core, in the form of a two-part staircase, is linked to the living areas through a narrow corridor. In its exterior, the building is austere, devoid of any ornament, documenting Weinwurm’s already firmly rooted, self-confident Purist stance. Emerging from the smooth flat facade are only a pair of traditional windows joined by a slender column, a favourite motif of the architect’s, and a flat bay with French windows linked in a similar manner. During World War II, it is assumed that the Reisner family lost the house to Slovakia’s anti-Jewish laws. Afterward, it became a property of the city, which rented the individual flats itself. In the later 20th century, the layout of several flats was altered, and the ground floor rebuilt, leading to a change in the position of the main entrance. After 1989, the flats were sold to private owners.
author of the description: Henrieta Moravčíková
Bibliography:
Weinwurm, F.: Zeitgemäse Baukunst. Moderne Welt 1924, č. 10 / no., s. / p. 20
Rosenberg, E.: Architekt Bedrich Weinwurm. Salon 6, 1926.
Fridrich Weinwurm – architekt Novej doby. Ed. Š. Šlachta, Bratislava, SAS 1993, s. / p. 38.
Foltyn, Ladislav: Slovenská architektúra 1918 – 1938 a česká avantgarda. Bratislava, SAS 1993, s. / p. 65 a 68.
