This elementary school is the best example of functionalist architecture in town. It is generously set on a U-shape layout, with an elevated corner section and a constructivist portico highlighting the main entrance to the building. The two-wing layout has the classrooms oriented towards the park, with corridors on the courtyard side. Common staircase is situated at the centre of this two-storey compact structure. A mansion for the school director with two additional teacher apartment units is located nearby within the school property. Both buildings are work of the then-young architect Juraj Chorvat, who managed to establish himself through these designs as an apt modern architect. Currently the building serves as an elementary school.

Literature:
Štátna ľudová a meštianska škola ministra dra Dérera v Malackách. Slovenský staviteľ 3, 1933, p. 43 – 48.
DULLA, Matúš – MORAVČÍKOVÁ, Henrieta: Architektúra Slovenska v 20. storočí. Bratislava, Slovart 2002. 512 p., p. 113, 356.

Photo:
Henrieta Moravčíková