Slovakia architecture news: buildings design

Slovakia Architecture News: Buildings

post updated 11 November 2026

Slovakian Architecture Designs – chronological list

11 November 2026
Winter Harbour Bratislava Masterplan Competition
Architecture Design: Hosoya Schaefer Architects, with Gillespies, ARGUS studio/ and Körting Ingenieure GmbH

photo : Viktor Gubkae

11 November 2026
Winter Harbour Bratislava competition 2nd place
Architecture Design: KCAP

rendering : Play-Time

11 November 2026
Nitra Arena, Southwestern Slovakia building
Architects: Chybík + Krištof

image © Chybík + Krištof

25 September 2026
Račianska Residential High-Rise, Nové Mesto, Bratislavský Kraj
Architects: AllesWirdGut Architektur

photo : tschinkersten fotografie

17 July 2026
Florian Residence, Bratislava
Design: Benthem Crouwel Architects

photo © Alto Real Estate

21 June 2026
Kosmalt Housing, Kosice
Architecture: Atrium Architekti

photo : Matej Hakár

4 June 2026
Villa VICUS, Nitra real estate, Bratislava
Design: Sebastian Nagy Architects

image : Tomáš Maninaa

2 June 2026
Winter Harbour Competition Bratislava

image : Viktor Gubka

1 April 2026
The Slovak Radio Building (Slovak: Budova Slovenského rozhlasu) is located in Bratislava, Slovakia – 20C property also known as ‘Radio Diamant’
Design: architects Štefan Svetko, Štefan Ďurkovič and Barnabáš Kissling

photos : Donald Turvill

This unusual Bratislava building is shaped like an upside down pyramid. Locals also refer to it as the Radio Diamant.

Architects of this bold project were Štefan Svetko, Štefan Ďurkovič and Barnabáš Kissling. The structure was completed in 1983, the project began in 1967.

The building is 80 metres high and has a 522-seat concert hall with a large concert organ. The first test broadcast was made in 1984 and regular broadcasting began on 27 March 1985. This 20th Century building currently serves as the radio headquarters of Slovak Television and Radio (STVR).

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Slovakian Architecture – archive of major property developments

Bratislava Architecture Walking Tours by e-architect

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Slovakia Architecture News 2025

Modern Slovak Architectural Developments:

2 March 2025
Istropolis Cultural Venue, Trnavské Mýto, Bratislava
Design: KCAP architects

image © KCAP

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Slovakia Architecture News 2024

Modern Central Eastern Europe built environment design updates:

25 November 2024
Eurovea Towers Bratislava
Design: KCAP architects

visualisations : Playtime

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Slovakia Building News in 2023

Slovakia Architectural News + Key New Property Designs, chronological:

17 Mar 2023
Tatra banka TB Lobby, Bratislava
Design: AT26 architects

photo : Matej Hakár
The original design of the entrance lobby of Tatra banka, which carried some characteristics of the last decade of the 20th century, no longer conformed to the requirements for a good flow of employees. Therefore the assignment said to simplify, streamline and modernize the space in a way that will also represent the progress in the brand identity itself.

17 Jan 2023
Galvaniho Business Center 5 Bratislava
Design: Šebo Lichý architects

photograph : Tomáš Manina
Galvaniho Business Center 5 is the last completed block of the Bratislava business and administrative complex, formed of retail parks and shopping centres, shopping arcades, showrooms, hotels and rentable administrative complexes. GBC 5 is an office building which, thanks to its dynamic façade and changing window tectonics, parametrically responds to lighting conditions and location with respect to the cardinal directions.

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23 Nov 2022
Jurkovič Heating Plant National Cultural Monument, Bratislava
Design: Martin Pasko and team DF CREATIVE GROUP

photograph : Boys Play Nice
The Jurkovič Heating Plant is one of the last evidences of the former Apollo Refinery. The original industrial area has become part of the new Bratislava center, with the renovated Jurkovič Heating Plant as its cultural epicenter and an attractive accent in the middle of the modern architecture of neighboring Sky Park buildings by Zaha Hadid Architects.

Elysium Spa, Bratislava Building

Base4Work, Bratislava Coworking Centre

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Slovakian Property Updates 2019 – 2021

16 Apr 2021
Hotel Bjornson Shelters
Design: Ark-shelter

photography : BoysPlayNice
Ark-shelter was asked to build a cluster of forest apartments for Hotel Bjornson. The investor had a clear idea of one side oriented double cabins, placed in the surrounding of the main hotel building, which made the design solution relatively straightforward.

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25 Nov 2020
Lookout Tower, Devínska Kobyla
Design: Architects Šebo Lichý

photography : Tomas Manina
A long-anticipated Lookout Tower has been built at the top of Devínska Kobyla, the highest point of the Devínska brána massif. People are honoured that the Architects Šebo Lichý studio was able to design it and thereby support a project that will increase the attractiveness of the location.

29 Apr 2021
New Istropolis Bratislava: Trnavské mýto
Design: KCAP and CITYFÖRSTER

image : KCAP/CITYFÖRSTER, © Playtime
The quarter will be transformed into a contemporary car-free neighbourhood featuring a state-of-the-art concert and congress venue, a series of green and public spaces alongside places for living and working. It becomes a new centrality in Bratislava’s urban system.

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26 May 2020
Gansberg Residential Villas in Koliba, Bratislava
Design: Architekti Šebo Lichý s.r.o.

photograph : Tomáš Manina
Gansberg district in Koliba is an exclusive residential complex formed by three residential villas stretching across the south-eastern slopes with panoramic views of Bratislava. Horizontally divided floors emphasized by freely shaped terraces and balconies copy the irregular geomorphological shape of the terrain and its contours.

6 Apr 2020
MAMAPAPA Residential House, Dúbravka
Design: Architekti Šebo Lichý s.r.o.

image courtesy of architects practice
MAMAPAPA Residential House in Dúbravka
The crooked property located in a housing estate in Dúbravka, Bratislava, brings a new typological and typographic architectonic programme to this popular location. The composition of two tower houses with different designs which intersect each other in the shape of an “L” delimits the rectangular floor area of the lot which was designed as an urban garden.

20 Feb 2020
Čerešne Living, Bratislava-Dúbravka, Nejedlého Street, Na vrátkach
Design: Architekti Šebo Lichý s.r.o.

photography : Tomas Manina
Cherries Apartments in Bratislava-Dúbravka
Čerešne Living is Bratislava’s new city district which will continue developing also in other stages of construction.

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27 Sep 2019
New Bratislava cultural district in Trnavské Mýto
Design: KCAP Architects&Planners, Architects

visual © Immocap
New Bratislava cultural district in Trnavské Mýto
The ambitious project includes a state-of-the-art concert and congress venue which will become a new landmark for the city. The site is located in the Trnavské Mýto district, an important sub-centre in the north eastern part of Bratislava, located on a crossroads of public transport lines, a lively marketplace and residential area.

23 Feb 2019
Sokolská Residence, Bratislava
Design: Sebo Lichý Architects

photo : Tomáš Manina
Sokolská Residence

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Slovakia Property Development Updates 2015 – 2018

20 Jun 2018
Family House in Jarovce, Bratislava
Design: Studio Compass Architekti

photos : Jakub Skokan and Martin Tůma / BoysPlayNice
Family House in Jarovce
A house for grandparents and nine grandchildren, located on the northern edge of the village Jarovce. The level site has an area of 661 sqm. The house is sited on the northern part of the parcel to ensure best use of the property.

19 March 2018
The Mill, Turbínová, Bratislava
Design: GutGut, Architects

photos : Jakub Skokan and Martin Tůma / BoysPlayNice
The Mill Building in Bratislava
The building of Mlynica is part of a large post-industrial area of Light Building Materials in Bratislava. Since 1960s, porous prefabricated concrete blocks, slabs and panels have been produced here.

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22 May 2017
Sky Park in Bratislava
Design: Zaha Hadid Architects

image © Penta Investments
Located southeast of Bratislava’s city centre, Sky Park is integral to the redevelopment of this derelict industrial area of the city. The design converts an abandoned site into a new 20,000 sqm public park and community of more than 700 apartments together with 55,000 sqm of office and retail space connected to the city’s tram and bus networks.

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24 Dec 2016
Double View House in Bratislava
Design: Architekti Šebo Lichý

photo : Tomáš Manina

8 Oct 2016
Attic Apartment in Bratislava
Design: at26 architects

image courtesy of architects

2 Sep 2016
White Cubes House in Prievoz
Design: at26_architecture&design

photo : Peter Čintalan

20 Jun 2016
Villa Inga in Bratislava
Design: Architekti Šebo Lichý

photos: Vlado Vavrek, Pekné bývanie
This is how the architects live. House of Slovak architect Igor Lichý is the emanation of his idea of the perfect living.

15 Jun 2016
Business Garden Stefanikova in Bratislava
Design: Architekti Šebo Lichý

photo : Manina Tomáš

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23 Sep 2015
Le Jour Café in Košice
Designers: BPd-design & art

image courtesy of architects

9 Apr 2015
Shopping Centre Brezno, Slovakia
Design: Architekti Šebo Lichý s.r.o.

photo : Tomáþ Manina

Dornyk Apartments in Bratislava

DCuboidal Mountain Hut in High Tatras

More Slovakian Architecture News online soon.

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Archive of much older property development posts on e-architect:

27 Aug 2013
Heat Exchanger Važecká, Košice
Design: Architektonické štúdio ATRIUM

photo from architects
The redundant former heat exchanger is situated in the dominant part of the residential district, Nad Jazerom.

15 Apr 2013
Phoenix Zeppelin Headquarters Slovakia, Banská Bystrica, central Slovakia
Design: Paulíny Hovorka Architekti + Stefan Moravcik

photo : Branislav Hovorka
The Phoenix Zeppelin Headquarters is a hybrid building comprising diverse uses of offices/administration and services/repair centre with warehousing and technical areas located between them. The main business of the client is sales, servicing and renting of construction machinery.

10 Jan 2013
Parkhill Competition, Budkova cesta, Bratislava
Nice Architects s.r.o
Imagine former site of old outdoor amphitheatre virtually unsuitable for residential development. Terrain too steep for comfortable traffic, sloping northward preventing proper insulation.

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10 Oct 2012
Turecka apartments in Senec, near Bratislava, western Slovakia
Design: NICE ARCHITECTS
Low-cost and nice social housing with 17 units in the centre of Senec, small town near Bratislava, Slovakia. As we are young and emerging architectural studio, this is our first larger scale realised project.

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Slovakian Buildings

Major Slovakia Building Projects, alphabetical:

City Sport Hall, Nitra
2008
Design: BARAK architekti

Kempinski Hotel River Park, Bratislava, west Slovakia
2010
Design: Erick van Egeraat
Kempinski Hotel River Park
The Kempinski Hotel River Park, beautifully located on the banks of the Danube river in Bratislava, will soon be opened. The luxury 5-star Slovakian hotel building is part of the Riverside development, a major inner-city redevelopment project designed by world-renowned Dutch architect Erick van Egeraat.

Octopus Habitat Multifunctional House, Bratislava
2007
Design: GRIDO, architektura & design, s.r.o.

Old mill area, Nitra
2007
Design: In Antis s.r.o.

Patiohouse, Bratislava_Rusovce, Bratislava
2007
Design: ± architects

SPARK Bratislava
2010-
Design: ARTEC Architekten
SPARK Bratislava
SPARK, URBAN DESIGN STUDY, Bratislava, Slovakia
Client: Grunt A.S. Karadži

TRIANGOLO, Nitra
2008
Design: MATUŠIK

Location: Slovakia, central East Europe.

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