Emil Belluš

Emil Belluš
Born 1899
Died 1979
Alma mater Czech Technical University in Prague
Occupation Architect
Buildings Slovak National Bank, Bratislava (1938)
Projects Colonnade Bridge, Piešťany (1932)

Emil Belluš (1899–1979) was a Slovak functionalist architect.[1]

Career

Emil Belluš began his studies at the Technical University in Budapest in 1918, but completed them at the Czech Technical University in Prague in 1923. He then returned to Slovakia where he became a founding member of the Association of Slovak Artists (later the Slovak Architects Society, of which he was president 1945–1953) and of the Slovak Rowing Club. He designed the clubhouse for the rowing club.[2]

The entrance to the covered bridge in Piestany, designed by Belluš 1930–31, completed 1932

While working in an international functionalist style, he was willing to modify it with classical elements, as can be seen in the Colonnade Bridge at Piešťany completed in 1932.[3]

His design for the head office of the Slovak National Bank (1938) showed the influence of Italian Rationalism.[4]

Head office of the Slovak National Bank (1938)

Buildings

Commemoration

The annual architectural award of the Slovak Architects Society is named the Emil Belluš Prize in his memory.

Works on Belluš

References

  1. James Stevens Curl, "Belluš, Emil", Oxford Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (Oxford University Press, 2000). Retrieved January 19, 2015 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-BelluEmil.html
  2. Anthony Alofsin, When Buildings Speak (University of Chicago Press, 2006), p. 236.
  3. Anthony Alofsin, When Buildings Speak (University of Chicago Press, 2006), pp. 237–8.
  4. Henrieta Moravčíková, "Bratislava", in Capital Cities in the Aftermath of Empires: Planning in Central and Southeastern Europe, edited by Emily Gunzburger Makas and Tanja Damljanovic Conley (Routledge, 2009), p. 184.