functionalism

This three-story villa is located in a side lane of Halytskoi Armii Street, 3a (formerly Hlinky Street), within a villa district.

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.

The Church of St Vincent de Paul (The Congregation of the Mission) was designed in 1937 by Lviv architect Tadeusz Teodorowicz-Todorowski. It was supposed to be erected between present-day Stus and Swentsitsky streets.

The intersection of Tiutiunnykiv St. and Arkhypenka St. is home to School №28. Since its construction in 1934, the building has served as an educational institution. In the ’30s, this was a private all-girls prep school, Ursuline Sisters High School; this gave rise to the building’s occasional misnomer ‘convent.’ During the Soviet period, the high school was turned into a school. Presently, it is Lviv City Hall Secondary School №28.

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 tenement house was built at the turn of 1920-1930 years. The building had 5 floors, which at that time meant an expensive project. It was included in the historical buildings of Romanowicza (Saksahanskoho) Street.

The club of utility workers was supposed to satisfy all the cultural, entertainment and educational needs of the workers. “A beautiful modern building”, as the press of that time wrote, was erected upon the request of the “Home of Utility Workers” union.

The tenement number 5 was raised in late 1935. In two years, the house was put into operation. The drawings were made by architect Jakub Menker.

A four-story residential building designed as a revenue house on the corner of modern Glinka and Heroyiv Maidanu streets. The construction works started in late 1935. The construction was supervised by architectural engineer Antoni Liśkiewicz. The tenement was finished in 1938.

A residential building raised as a revenue house on the site of a 19th-century villa. Maria and Zygmunt Flitter are indicated as the landowners. The building is an architectural landmark.

The villa is in Sofiyivka neighbourhood. It was probably intended for one or two families. The villa is surrounded by a garden with stairs leading to it.