The 1960s represented an extraordinary shift in the design of office buildings. The stereotypical repetition of the cellular system in three-tract layouts introduced by functionalism was no longer satisfying. Architects, encouraged by new technologies in construction, increasingly sought to create vertical administrative centres as high-rise landmarks in urban compositions. They were able to apply modern suspended façade systems to their envelopes.
In this sense, architect Karol Paluš also designed a twin pair of office buildings at the corner of Miletičova Street. The first was a high-rise building intended for the General Directorate of Civil Engineering and the General Directorate of Čedok with a capacity of 800 employees. He designed it as a timelessly clean prismatic mass with an original design of a suspended facade. Structurally, the building consists of a central core and reinforced concrete slabs of individual floors. The second construction was the slightly lower building of the Slovak Statistical Office for 600 employees. With the two administrative buildings, the author reflected the world tendencies of the time in the field of technology, construction, but also in the search for modern layout and expressive forms of architecture
author of the description: Monika Bočková
Bibliography:
KUSÝ, Martin: Architektúra na Slovensku 1945 – 1975. Bratislava, Pallas 1976. s. 196.
KUSÝ, Martin: Vývoj administratívnych budov na Slovensku. Projekt 1973, roč. 15, č. 2, s. 6-9.
