At the edge of a slope above the Danube, following the creation of a federal system in Czechoslovakia, the building of Hotel Bôrik was constructed to the design of architects Svetko and Ďurkovič (with the cooperation of S. Talaš in the original project), intended for the highest-level government officials. The building stands on a plinth on which there stands a series of individually formed blocks (linked by small corridors) with two bands of windows and cut-off corners. Despite the lapidary form, manifested in the interior by the raised hall, the general horizontality on the exposed site creates a sense of harmony, making the building one of the few of the lavish structures created for the Communist elite in the 1970s that the public did not particularly mind.

Literature:
MARCINKA, Marián: Hotel Bôrik v Bratislave. Projekt 33, 1991, 3, p. 10 – 14.
Účelová ubytovňa SNR Bratislava-Bôrik. Projekt 9, 1967, 11 – 12, p. 273.
Architekt Svetko. Katalóg výstavy. Ed. Jozef Ruttkay. Bratislava, Interpond 1998. 35 p.
DULLA, Matúš – MORAVČÍKOVÁ, Henrieta: Architektúra Slovenska v 20. storočí. Bratislava, Slovart 2002. 512 p., p. 214, 222, 223, 435.
ČOMAJ, Ján: Architekt Svetko. Spomienky z nepokojných čias, nepokojné úvahy o súčasnosti. Čadca, Magma 2006. 122 p.

Photo:
Ľubo Stacho
Ground plan:
Department of Architecture Archive, ÚSTARCH SAV