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Fraňa Mojtu 1, Nitra Oskar Singer 1935 |
Social-democratic community centre for workers has a simple cubic form with a pronounced asymmetrical entrance facade. The entrance is set on a corner behind three columns bearing a solid wall of the west facade, which is architecturally enlivened only with a balcony above the entrance. Originally there was a mural on the facade by Mihaly Biro. The ground floor included offices, a reading room and an apartment of the property manager, while on the upper floor there was a lecture hall with a stage. Another building has been added to the community centre that we can see today, the entrance and a pure facade had been partially altered and the mural does not exist anymore.
Literature:
SINGER, Oskar: Über das Bauen in Provinz. Forum 8, 1938, p. 176 – 185.
DULLA, Matúš – MORAVČÍKOVÁ, Henrieta – STOLIČNÁ, Elena: Architektonické diela 20. storočia na Slovensku. Nitra. Architektúra & urbanizmus 32, 1998, 3 – 4, p. LXXXVIII.
DULLA, Matúš – MORAVČÍKOVÁ, Henrieta: Architektúra Slovenska v 20. storočí. Bratislava, Slovart 2002. 512 p., p. 384.
Source of picture:
Forum, 1938
Photo:
Matúš Dulla