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New Grove / Architekti Šebo Lichý

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Housing
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Bratislava, Slovakia
  • Architects: Architekti Šebo Lichý
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  1868 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2014
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Sika, Wienerberger, Dekoprofil, Icopal, Kovor Perfora, +8
  • Professionals: Kolo, Konstrukt+, Korad Plan VKP, Me&Co

How Slovakian Firm GutGut Transformed Cold War Housing into a Sleek Modern Structure

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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 But more than just bringing the style of the building up to date, GutGut shows that even the most difficult outdated structures can be updated to meet modern needs.

White Cubes House / AT26 architects

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Houses
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Bratislava, Slovakia
  • Architects: AT26 architects
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  300 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2015

Loft in Bratislava / RULES architects

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Loft, Renovation, Apartment Interiors
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Bratislava, Slovakia
  • Architects: RULES architects
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  95 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2015

House Between The Trees / Šebo Lichý architects

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Houses
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Bratislava, Slovakia

Loft in Bratislava / GutGut

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Renovation, Apartment Interiors
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Bratislava, Slovakia
  • Architects: GutGut
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  105 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2014

Family house Dlhé Diely I / Plusminusarchitects

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Houses
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Bratislava, Slovakia
  • Architects: Plusminusarchitects
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  556 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2013

IST-Family House / JRKVC

Houses
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Bratislava, Slovakia
  • Architects: JRKVC
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  85 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2013

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Home Spa / architekti.sk

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Spa
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Bratislava, Slovakia
  • Architects: architekti.sk
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  510 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2012

Bratislava Culenova New City Center Proposal / Zaha Hadid Architects

The design for the Bratislava Culenova New City Center by Zaha Hadid Architects is based on a dynamic field strategy which aims to organize the city's new city center program along a gradient of circular and elliptical patterns. In a series of larger tower extrusions, a fluid field emerges from its underlying matrix to activate the ground throughout the whole site and provide public spaces of the highest quality. More images and architects' description after the break.

Viktoria Building / Grido

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Mixed Use Architecture
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Bratislava, Slovakia
  • Architects: Grido
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  31 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2010

SKC Bratislava / MHM Architects

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Office buildings
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Bratislava, Slovakia

Bookshop And Coffee Bar / Plural + Totalstudio

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Coffee Shop, Commercial Architecture
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Bratislava, Slovakia
  • Architects: Plural, Totalstudio
    : Martin Jančok, AlešŠedivec
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  170 m²

Ice Hockey Stadium Of Ondrej Nepela / Fischer Architects

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Stadiums
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Bratislava, Slovakia
  • Architects: Fischer Architects
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  55000 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2011
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Trimo

Recreational Family Housing / Chybik + Kristof Associated Architects

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Courtesy of Chybik + Kristof Associated Architects

The recreational family houses near Bratislava, designed by Chybik + Kristof Associated Architects, offer a possibility of permanent settlement. The project aims to create a residential area of high quality with direct contact with water surface. Furthermore, a considerable number of houses are located in the area of an ancient riparian forest in the riverbed of the Danube. The project’s main motto is to set up a space for a life in contact with nature, a life with a link to the original fauna and flora. More images and architects’ description after the break.

Pomaranč Residence / AOCR

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Houses
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Bratislava, Slovakia
  • Architects: AOCR
    : AOCR s.r.o.
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2010

Omnipolis / Hantabal Architekti & AFR

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Office buildings
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Bratislava, Slovakia

DEV House / GutGut

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Houses
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Bratislava, Slovakia
  • Architects: GutGut
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  817 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2010