Lviv. Architecture of Modernism
In the 1920s and 1930s educational and entertainment clubs were increasingly established for workers of various institutions. For the modern organization of society, it was important not only to control private life through the new rules of living space, but also the public pastime of «a new man».
This three-story villa is located in a side lane of Halytskoi Armii Street, 3a (formerly Hlinky Street), within a villa district.
The complex of buildings of the Lviv Regional Children’s Clinical Hospital ( Ochmatdyt) is located at the address of Lysenka Street, 31.
In the 1920s and 1930s educational and entertainment clubs were increasingly established for workers of various institutions. For the modern organization of society, it was important not only to control private life through the new rules of living space, but also the public pastime of «a new man».
The house at Rusovykh St, 4, where the gynecological department of the city hospital is situated now, was erected for the needs of the city’s emigration department.
The Church of Maria Ostrobramska is one of the most important sacred projects of the interwar decade in Lviv. The church was supposed to symbolize the successful defense of Lviv against the Bolshevik offensive in 1920. Therefore, the location of the shrine was not chosen by chance − at the entrance to the city from the eastern side, where the Soviet troops actually attacked.
When it comes to preserving architecture, the focus is often on the facades and entrance halls that fall under general city laws regarding heritage. Flat interiors often are not protected since they are private spaces, and their preservation relies on the goodwill of their owners.
The modernist apartment blocks of the 1920s and 1930s must have looked incredible to city dwellers of that time, with their beautiful wavy shapes, shiny facades, porthole windows, and fancy walls concealing the latest innovations in household appliances.
Our research and documentation project on interwar modernist architecture, “Lviv. Modernist Architecture,” is beginning a collaboration with the ZMIN Foundation.