bratislava

+ 27

• Architects

  Juraj Hubinský, Kuklica x Smerek Architekti

• Location

  Bratislava, Slovakia

• Architects in charge

  Peter Kuklica, Martin Smerek, Juraj Hubinský

• Investment

  Not public.

• Area

  224.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Studio Flusser

+ 23

• Architects

  AOCR

• Location

  Mýtna, 811 07 Bratislava, Slovakia

• Lead Architects

  Pavol Senecký, Michal Vršanský, Juraj Senecký

• Area

  540.0 m2

• Project Year

  2016

• Photographs

  Michal Vršanský, Lubo Stacho

+ 49

• Architects

  GutGut

• Location

  Turbínová 13, 831 04 Bratislava, Slovakia

• Lead Architects

  Štefan Polakovič, Lukáš Kordík, Jana Benková, Tomáš Vrtek

• Area

  857.0 m2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  BoysPlayNice

Zaha Hadid Architects have broken ground on the construction of a new 5.5 hectare development in Bratislava, Slovakia. Known as ‘Sky Park,’ the master plan will transform an abandoned site in a formerly industrial area of the city into a 20,000-square-meter park and mixed-use community containing more than 700 apartments and 55,000 square meters of office and retail space.

+ 20

+ 26

• Architects

  Ilja Skoček, Martin Skoček

• Location

  Ventúrska 274/10, 811 01 Bratislava, Slovakia

• Area

  836.0 m2

• Project Year

  2016

• Photographs

  Peter Jurkovič

+ 31

• Architects

  plusminusarchitects

• Location

  Bratislava, Slovakia

• Architect in Charge

  Maroš Fečík, Filip Kandravý

• Area

  145.0 m2

• Project Year

  2016

+ 21

• Architects

  Architekti Sebo Lichy

• Location

  Bratislava, Slovakia

• Area

  1356.3 sqm

• Project Year

  2014

• Photographs

  Ľubo Stacho

+ 36

• Architects

  Compass Atelier

• Location

  Bratislava, Slovakia

• Area

  660.0 m2

• Project Year

  2014

• Photographs

  Pavel Meluš

+ 20

• Architects

  Architekti Šebo Lichý

• Location

  Starohájska 10, 851 02 Petržalka, Slovakia

• Project Team

  Mgr. arch. Igor Lichý, Ing. arch. Drahan Petrovič, Ing. arch. Tomáš Šebo, Ing. arch. Katarína Uhnáková, Ing. arch. Emanuel Zatlukaj

• Area

  1868.0 sqm

• Project Year

  2014

• Photographs

  Dano Veselský, Triaska Stefanovic

The former Czechoslovakia is home to more Cold War-era prefabricated housing blocks, locally referred to as “panelaks,” than anywhere else in the former Soviet bloc. After the fall of communism, many called for the demolition of the panelaks, seen as unwanted reminders of a difficult history. In Bratislava alone, 130,000 people live in panelaks; destroying and replacing that much housing would have been prohibitively expensive, but Slovakian architecture firm GutGut had a different idea.

As this video shows, GutGut instead renovated and reconfigured a dilapidated tower block, updating the appearance, inserting communal spaces on the ground floor, providing a variety of apartment types, and adding balconies for many of the new apartments. The rehabilitated building removes the stigma of a previously undesirable building, and provides more varied housing options for residents. But more than just bringing the style of the building up to date, GutGut shows that even the most difficult outdated structures can be updated to meet modern needs.

+ 25

• Architects

  at26 architecture & design

• Location

  Bratislava, Slovakia

• Architect in Charge

  Peter Kukucka, Branislav Loskot, Jaroslav Takac, Juraj Benko

• Site Area

  427m²

• Area

  300.0 sqm

• Project Year

  2015

• Photographs

  Peter Čintalan

+ 23

• Architects

  RULES architects

• Location

  Bratislava, Slovakia

• Architect in Charge

  Rudolf Lesnak, Tomas Huliman, Matej Kollar

• Area

  95.0 sqm

• Project Year

  2015

+ 16

• Architects

  gutgut

• Location

  Bratislava, Slovakia

• Architect in Charge

  Lukáš Kordík, Štefan Polakovič, Samuel Zeman, Jana Benková

• Area

  105.0 sqm

• Project Year

  2014

• Photographs

  Peter Čintalan

+ 41

• Architects

  Plusminusarchitects

• Location

  Bratislava, Slovakia

• Architect in Charge

  Maroš Fečík

• Area

  556.0 sqm

• Project Year

  2013

• Photographs

  Maroš Fečík

• Architects

  JRKVC

• Location

  Bratislava, Slovakia

• Architects in Charge

  Peter Jurkovič, Lukáš Kordík, Števo Polakovič

• Area

  85.0 m2

• Project Year

  2013

• Photographs

  Peter Jurkovič

+ 43

+ 29

• Architects

  architekti.sk

• Location

  Bratislava, Slovakia

• Design Team

  Matúš Polák, Martin Rezník, Silvia Kračúnová, Gabriela Rezníková-Kossuthová

• Structure

  Ľudovít Beťko

• Area

  510.0 sqm

• Project Year

  2012