Villa at Halytskoi Armii St, 3a
This three-story villa is located in a side lane of Halytskoi Armii Street, 3a (formerly Hlinky Street), within a villa district.
Lviv. Architecture of Modernism
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.
During the modernist era and following the First World War, Europe faced a housing shortage, making the slogan “Fast housing accessible for all” an appealing solution.
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 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.
«Dodging through dirty, dusty streets, first by tram, then by bus, we leave the stale city air for the piney expanse of Holosko» – this is how an advertising report about the Holosko sanatorium in the newspaper «Gazeta Lwowska» from 1942 apparently begins.
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.
A three-storey residential building. Located on the corner of Lista and Voronogo streets.
A three-story residential building, designed as a revenue house. It is skillfully placed in a hilly landscape: located on a rise, the facade is divided in half by an almost imperceptible bend.
A residential building on Ulasa Samchuka St, 3 was, probably, aimed as a dwelling for one or two families.
A three-story residential building, designed as a revenue house. It is located at 3 Rossi St in the neighborhood of Tsetnerivka (side street of Lychakivska St).
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.