Even though the competition for a building of the central postal administration took place in the mid-1940s, construction was only completed in 1951. The result is a simple administrative building with highly refined proportions, consisting of three masses composed together on a slightly sloping site. The chief component is the slab-like main administrative section; the continually repeated articulation of the window openings gives it its marked character. In a setting of originally small-scale construction, the building intentionally brought a major public scale to the area, which was gradually realised with the addition of more large public institutions in the vicinity. During the 1950s, a paradoxical attempt was made to add a monumental row of historicist columns to the building’s front.

Literature:
Architektonické dielo Eugena Kramára. Bratislava, SAS 1991, unpaget.
KUSÝ, Martin: Architektúra na Slovensku 1945 – 1975. Bratislava, Pallas 1976. 286 p.
DULLA, Matúš – MORAVČÍKOVÁ, Henrieta: Architektúra Slovenska v 20. storočí. Bratislava, Slovart 2002. 512 p., p. 410.
HRDINA, Miroslav: Projekčná kancelária Eugena Kramára a Štefana Lukačoviča (1942 – 1950). Architektúra & urbanizmus 39, 2005, 3 – 4, p. 149 – 164.

Photo:
Matúš Dulla
Ground plan:
Projekt, 1991