Vul. Kotliarevskoho, 14a – residential building ID: 1789

The apartment building was constructed in 1935 according to the design of Józef Menker for Maurycy Bloch. The building is an architectural monument of Functionalism.

Architecture

The four-story townhouse features a setback from the street and is surrounded on three sides by the flowerbeds of the courtyard and a garden plot extending deep into the block. Forming the end section of the development block, it has three façades, the sculptural character of which is determined by asymmetrically composed pier walls, bands of rectangular windows, balconies with rounded corners, and a break in the horizontal line of the cornice. In plan, the building features a rectangular shape. The entry hall and the staircase are situated in the center. The internal corridors of the apartments are oriented perpendicularly to their axis, laid out between two ranges of rooms.

People

Józef Menker — architect, author of the building's design.

Sources

Державний архів Львівської області (ДАЛО) 2/1/5055. URL: https://e.archivelviv.gov.ua/file-viewer/231833#file-1946293

Citation

Ihor Zhuk. "Vul. Kotliarevskoho, 14a – residential building". Lviv Interactive (Center for Urban History, 2009). URL: https://lia.lvivcenter.org/en/objects/kotliarevskoho-14a/

Author(s): Ihor Zhuk

Language editor: Uliana Holovata