Construction of the Trikota textile factory began in the 1940s. Production halls were added in the following decades as Trikota became one of the most successful underwear manufacturers in Czechoslovakia. The last major reconstruction and extension of the complex took place in the 1970s. Several production halls and a new factory centre were built at that time, forming the entrance to the complex. This consisted of a single-storey building with a gatehouse, a three-storey factory canteen building and an eight-storey building for management and administration. Several works of art were featured in the entrance areas, including a stone sculpture entitled 'Family and Work' by Alois Šuter in front of the gatehouse, a fountain with a water surface by Peter Lehocký in the atrium of the administration building, and an art protis by Jaromír Hanzelka in the entrance hall. The ground floor of the company centre featured generous glazing and travertine cladding. The high-rise building's appearance was defined by distinctive horizontal bands of window openings and Siporex window sill cladding, complemented by the vertical communication core. A large company logo made of patinated copper sheet by Jozef Kiesewetter was installed at the top.
In the national round of the 1978–79 architectural contest, the Trikota production complex was awarded first prize. As part of the Czechoslovak exhibition, the complex was displayed at the Architecture Biennial in Sofia, where it won a special prize from the Bulgarian Minister of Industry.
Most of the buildings on the premises are currently unused or demolished, and the company's former administrative building was converted into apartments in the 1920s.
author of the description: Henrieta Moravčíková
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KUSÝ, Martin: Architektúra na Slovensku 1945 – 1975. Bratislava, Pallas 1976. s. 249.
VELIKÁ, Dagmar a kol: Okres Trnava. Bratislava: Obzor, 1983.
MOŽNÝ, Milan: Závod Trikota vo Vrbovom. Projekt 1983, roč. 25, č. 3, s. 12–15.
MOŽNÝ, Milan: Trikota Vrbové. Architektura ČSR 1981, roč. 40, č. 3, s. 129–132.
