Register of modern architecture in Slovakia

Architektúra povojnového modernizmu na Slovensku: identifikácia, hodnotenie a ochrana Reissue of the publication Bratislava – Atlas of Mass Housing 100 Years of Paluš!

Palace of Justice

current function
mixed
address
Záhradnícka 10, Bratislava
architects
Holesch Vojtech, Skutecký Alexander
developer
fa V. Nekvasil
implementation
1937 – 1938
contest
1925
status
existing

This monumental symmetrical structure has three two-tract wings of roughly equal length. In front of the main wing is a massive protruding bay that contains the central entry spaces and courtrooms. Placed inside the courtyard is the separate building of the pre-trial detention section, of cruciform shape with three-tract arms. Part of the side wings of the palace are two residential buildings. A sense of monumentality in the spirit of the Classicist tendencies of the era is also present on the facade treatment, with the running inter-window pillars, cornices and high travertine-covered base. The building is a typical instance of the architecture of traditionally conceived public buildings.

Bibliography:

Slovenský staviteľ 8, 1938, s. 193 – 194 a 224.
Stavitel 6, 1925, 8 – 9, s. 131.
DULLA, Matúš – MORAVČÍKOVÁ, Henrieta: Architektúra Slovenska v 20. storočí. Bratislava, Slovart 2002. 512 s., tu s. 396.

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