The Nová doba Estate is a residential complex at Vajnorská Street in Bratislava

Bratislava

Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and, with a population of about 431,000, also the country's largest city. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two independent countries.Bratislava...

, Slovakia

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

 from 1932, built according to the project of architects Fridrich Weinwurm

Fridrich Weinwurm

Fridrich Weinwurm was a Slovak architect and key figure of Slovak modernist architecture.- Work :* Nová doba Estate* Housing complex Unitas...

 (1885-1942) and Ignác Vécsei (1883 - 1944). It is an excellent example of the new urban, technical and economic approach being taken to the solving of social housing problems. The work is connected with the socialist concept of the minimum dwelling (Karel Teige

Karel Teige

Karel Teige was the major figure of the Czech avant-garde movement Devětsil in the 1920s, a graphic artist, photographer, and typographer...

, 1932) and is also close to the ideas of functionalism

Functionalism (architecture)

Functionalism, in architecture, is the principle that architects should design a building based on the purpose of that building. This statement is less self-evident than it first appears, and is a matter of confusion and controversy within the profession, particularly in regard to modern...

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External links

• Štefan Šlachta: Obytná skupina Nová doba v Bratislave (Slovak only)
• The map