Dom Handlowy "Zenit"
| Dom Handlowy "Zenit" | |
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| Dom Handlowy "Zenit" in August 2014 | |
| Basic data | |
| Place: | Katowice , Poland |
| Construction time : | 1958–1962 |
| Renovation: | 2008-2010 |
| Status : | in use |
| Architects : | Mieczysław Król and Jurand Jarecki |
| Use / legal | |
| Usage : | Trade and service |
| Technical specifications | |
| Floors : | 7th |
| address | |
| Address: | Rynek 12 |
| Post Code: | 40-001 |
Dom Handlowy "Zenit" is a trading building in the Polish city of Katowice at the southeast end of Rynek (Market Square) at the confluence of Warszawska ulica . Opposite are the Dom Prasy Śląskiej (House of the Silesian Press) and the Silesian Theater .
The building was completed in September 1962 as one of the first as part of the redesign of the market square. The Hotel Welt, which was destroyed in the Second World War, was located on the site from 1848 to 1945 . Architecturally striking are the glass cube in front of it, which extends over three floors, and the arcades below on the corner of Warszawska Street, which only have a design function. The cube kept causing problems because windows cracked and fell. It is currently largely obscured by billboards.
Today the building is only partially used as a department store; some floors are rented as office space. Rafał Król was responsible for the renovation project, which was carried out from 2008 to 2010. He is the son of Mieczysław Król, one of the two architects of the building.
literature
- Ewa Chojecka: Sztuka Górnego Śląska od średniowiecza do końca XX wieku , Katowice 2004, ISBN 83-87455-77-6 , p. 453.
Web links
Footnotes
- ↑ a b urbanity.pl (Polish, accessed February 7, 2013)
- ↑ 50 years of Zenit, in Gazeta Katowice on September 4, 2012 (Polish, accessed February 9, 2013)
- ^ Gazeta Katowice, July 7, 2008 (Polish, accessed February 13, 2013)
- ↑ Gazeta Katowice of October 22, 2012 (Polish, accessed February 8, 2013)
- ↑ Naszemiasto.pl of September 15, 2008 (Polish, accessed February 9, 2013)
Coordinates: 50 ° 15 ′ 32.6 ″ N , 19 ° 1 ′ 20.2 ″ E