Sokolská Residence Bratislava Property, Residential Building, Architecture Images
Sokolská Residence, Bratislava
New Residential Property in Slovakia ? design by Architects Sebo Lichý
23 Feb 2019
Sokolska Residence, Bratislava
Design: Sebo Lichý Architects
Location: Bratislava, Slovakia
Sokolská Residence, Bratislava Property

Photos by Tomá? Manina
Sokolská Residence, an exceptional residential house, is located in the city centre, in the diplomatic district of Bratislava (Slovakia), surrounded by embassies, representation offices and the residences of diplomats.

The aptly named street ? Sokolská ? represents the border between the town and a hill, between five- to six-floor residential houses in the east and a villa zone in the west.
Architekti ?ebo Lichý did their best to fit the residential house to this environment; as a result, from one side the building looks like a smaller seven-storey residential house and from the other a larger three-storey elegant city villa.

The mass of the building is visually divided into two parts thanks to concrete waves. The lower part reflects the topography of the surrounding terrain, while the upper part refers to the nature of the surrounding buildings.

The residential house is located on a quite steep slope so it was necessary to design supporting walls and to integrate them in its composition. This function is performed by the concrete waves which run from the building’s façade to the surrounding terrain, creat...