Vul. Doroshenka, 75 – residential building

The plot, where the house was built, is located in the south-west of the city’s central part, behind the Ivana Franka park, near the church of St. Mary Magdalene. The house stands on the edge of a plateau occupied by the main building of the Lviv Polytechnic National University. It was built on a sloping street and is incorporated in the continuous housing of the southern rear part of the elongated quarter outlined by Doroshenka, Slovatskoho, Kopernyka streets and Shashkevycha square.

The four-storied (with a basement half story) townhouse belongs to the group consisting of four L-shaped in plan buildings (number 75 and 77 on Doroshenka street, 3 and 5 on Shashkevycha square), which encircle the common courtyard. The main façade’s position is defined by the street regulatory line. The open north-east firewall rises above an area adjacent to the villa on Doroshenka street 73.

The four-window symmetrical façade composition is dominated by vertical rhythms. In its upper part, at the level of floors 2-4, there are three massive lesenes in the center; above them, there are triple half columns with Ionic capitals. At the top, above the groups of half columns, a high undulated pediment with two small oval windows is arranged. Under the developed upper cornice there is a relief frieze; egg-and-dart ornaments and a motif of waves are used in its design. Under the rectangular window openings without trimmings, there are geometrized relief panels. The façade is decorated with light banded rustication.

On the edges, on the side sections of the façade wall, the ground and fourth floors window have semicircular tops; on the second and third floors, balconies are arranged. The façade’s lower part is separated by a low cornice with consoles running above the ground floor. The basement is covered with more massive rustication. The portal with an arched top is shifted to the right relative to the center.

The building consists of a front part, whose main, north-western façade overlooks Doroshenka street and, traditionally, has two tracts of interior premises, and a short wing adjacent to the front building’s eastern edge. The architectural project involved the arrangement of two apartments (a four-room one and a two-room one) on each floor. The entryway is located on the same axis with the staircase whose block forms a half-rounded projection from the side of the enclosed courtyard. The ground floor is occupied by offices, by a shop with a separate entrance from the street, and by cellars located under the courtyard.

Antique motifs, represented in a modern interpretation, are used in the house’s décor. In particular, one can mention the influence of Minoan art motifs which were in fashion in the early years of the last century; this influence can also be seen in this monument of post-Secessionist architecture.