Vul. Metrolohichna, 2 – residential building (villa) ID: 529
A private residential building — a villa built in 1904–1905 according to a design by the architectural bureau of Józef Sosnowski and Alfred Zachariewicz.
Story
September 13, 1904 — the building design was approved by the magistrate
July 17, 1905 — construction was completed (DALO 2/2/698:14)
Architecture
This two-story family villa is located as a free standing house surrounded by flowerbeds and a garden. Rectangular floor layout is enlivened with protrusions of buttresses and risalits. The architectural composition of the main facade is emphasized by the sharp silhouettes of triangular steeples and cornices built at different height. The building’s architecture has features of Zakopane style combined with standard Secession vocabulary. Carved wooden details are the dominant in the villa's decoration.People
Józef Sosnowski — architect, co-owner of the construction company that designed and built the villa
Aleksandr Wierzbicki — the first owner of the villa
Ludwik Wierzbicki — engineer, head of the railway administration, lived in the villa with his family
Interview
Sources
- Справа з будівництва будинку на вул. Метрологічній, № 2 – Державний архів Львівської області (ДАЛО), ф. 2, оп. 2, спр. 698.
- Бірюльов Ю. Вілли архітекторів // Галицька брама. – 2007. – № 3-4. – С. 22.
- Лінда С. Кастелівка: народно-романтичні тенденції у розвитку архітектури львівського історизму // Народознавчі зошити. – 2000. – Зошит 2. – С. 279, 281.
- J. Sosnowski i A. Zachariewisz. – Kraków, 1913. – S. 16 (na IV pozycji).