Hotelul Triumf din București. Fostul bloc al funcționarilor B.N.R.
Triumf Hotel in Bucharest (Former Housing Complex of the Employees of the National Bank of Romania)
Author(s): Ruxandra NemţeanuSubject(s): Architecture, Recent History (1900 till today), Scientific Life, History of Art
Published by: Editura ACS
Keywords: Kiseleff Road; Mogoşoaia Garden; maison de plaisir; Kogălniceanu-Capşa Residence; NBR Employees’ Housing Complex; Triumf Hotel; architect Petre Antonescu; fire of September 2020; historical roofing;
Summary/Abstract: Around 1845, Prince George Bibescu designed a new land plot division along the future Kiseleff Boulevard (former Mogoşoaia Bridge), which started to take shape only in 1864. During the Interwar Period, this land plot division became an aristocratic and green residential area, typical of the elites’ western cultural orientation during the first half of the 20th century. In 1925, the National Bank of Romania requested the permission to build a new housing complex for its employees (no. 51 989/1925); this was located in Kiseleff Road 12 and was designed by architect Petre Antonescu. Built without a permit, the NBR Housing Complex received only in 1933 a certificate of conformity that replaced the official building permission. In 2021, as a consequence of the recent fire (12 September 2020), emergency construction and restoration works were undertaken and these replaced the roofing and repaired the cornice of the “Triumf” Hotel.
Journal: Caietele restaurării
- Issue Year: 1/2022
- Issue No: 11
- Page Range: 138-169
- Page Count: 32
- Language: Romanian
- Content File-PDF
