Bruck House
Bruck House
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BrakiWorldTraveler
Belgrade, Serbia19,408 contributions
Mar 2023
On one side of the central Uniri Square one will easily spot a row of vivid color painted houses built in Art Noveau and Secessionist style. The red, green and yellow houses seem belonging rather to central and northern Europe than to eastern.
It's a work of Hungarian architect and dates back to early 20c - very picturesque and nice.
It's a work of Hungarian architect and dates back to early 20c - very picturesque and nice.
Written 26 March 2023
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Foodie_CST🍽🇷🇴
Kolios, Greece5,089 contributions
Apr 2021 • Family
One of Timisoara's must visit place, definitely you need to make a stop to see it and admire it. On the group floor there is a farmacy with vitage furniture that's worth checking out also.
Written 17 April 2021
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Tiberiu_Baranyi
Timisoara, Romania17,107 contributions
Aug 2020
The Bruck house in Timisoara - one of the most beautiful historical buildings that is still standing in the historical center. Build 1909-1910 based on the designs of two of the most prominent Hungarian architects (Szekely Laszlo and Merbl Arnold) in a mix of Art Noveau and Secession , it has became one of the landmarks of the city of Timisoara.
Decorations on the buildings are inspired by the Hungarian folklore and adapted to fit the style of the building. On the front of the house it can be seen the letters "BS" coming from the name of the original owner Salomon Bruck.
The owner of the house was also the owner of the pharmacy that was functioning at the ground floor of the building - and it is still there today - pity it has a very ugly sign and advertisement - from my perspective that sign, can be replaced with something more suitable in order of being more true to the status of historical monument of the building.
The house has been recently refurbished (in the past 5 years - for me that's recent ...) and it shows partially its former glory - see the reference to the ugly pharmacy sing on display today.
Overall a landmark to visit when you are in Timisoara , during your visit to Unirii square.
Decorations on the buildings are inspired by the Hungarian folklore and adapted to fit the style of the building. On the front of the house it can be seen the letters "BS" coming from the name of the original owner Salomon Bruck.
The owner of the house was also the owner of the pharmacy that was functioning at the ground floor of the building - and it is still there today - pity it has a very ugly sign and advertisement - from my perspective that sign, can be replaced with something more suitable in order of being more true to the status of historical monument of the building.
The house has been recently refurbished (in the past 5 years - for me that's recent ...) and it shows partially its former glory - see the reference to the ugly pharmacy sing on display today.
Overall a landmark to visit when you are in Timisoara , during your visit to Unirii square.
Written 28 August 2020
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Lore S
Timisoara, Romania493 contributions
Jun 2014 • Friends
Bruck House is one of the most beautiful Art Nouveau / Secession buildings in Timisoara. Situated in Piata Unirii (Union Square), in the historical center, it was recently rehabilitated. Because of that, this jewel of architecture can now be admired by all lovers of the urban art from the beginning of the 20th century. Built in 1910, it is now a protected monument. An interesting thing is that the drugstore from the ground floor still has some original wood shop windows and furniture.
Unfortunately the Union Square is now a huge building site because the whole public space is to be rehabilitated. According to the local authorities, the works should be finished until the end of 2015.
Unfortunately the Union Square is now a huge building site because the whole public space is to be rehabilitated. According to the local authorities, the works should be finished until the end of 2015.
Written 4 March 2015
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Marcus D
Tartu, Estonia1,214 contributions
Jun 2018 • Friends
Wheelchair access - NO
The building is not accessible beyond the chemist on the ground floor.
Rather than writing-off the place as a space filler in a city lacking interesting places to see, a little research would reveal that Brück House deserves to be included in any planned walk-about Timisoara. The history is not mundane.
The first two-storey (ground and first floor) building 1758 was built in the Austrian Baroque style like the Baroque Palace on the other corner of Strada Floribund Mercy. In the early 1800s, Salomon Brück bought the building and employed local architects Arnold Merbl and Laszlo Szekely to redesign the building in the Secessionist style (the exteriors are highly decorative) but also to add a basement level as well as two upper floors.
In a location like Piata Unirii that is lined with Baroque and neo-classical architecture, Brück House is an exemplar of the Secession style of architecture that found great popularity through the Austrian-Hungarian Empire. Not only a Secession building but a fairly unique one because unlike the usual design of having rounded corners - Brück has squared corners - because Merbl and Szekely wanted their building to stand out from the other Secessionist buildings in the city.
The ground floor of the initial 2-storey building accommodated a chemist. Every iteration of the building since has had a chemist on the ground floor. Indeed some of the cupboards and furniture in use today date back to the C19th.
The building is not accessible beyond the chemist on the ground floor.
Rather than writing-off the place as a space filler in a city lacking interesting places to see, a little research would reveal that Brück House deserves to be included in any planned walk-about Timisoara. The history is not mundane.
The first two-storey (ground and first floor) building 1758 was built in the Austrian Baroque style like the Baroque Palace on the other corner of Strada Floribund Mercy. In the early 1800s, Salomon Brück bought the building and employed local architects Arnold Merbl and Laszlo Szekely to redesign the building in the Secessionist style (the exteriors are highly decorative) but also to add a basement level as well as two upper floors.
In a location like Piata Unirii that is lined with Baroque and neo-classical architecture, Brück House is an exemplar of the Secession style of architecture that found great popularity through the Austrian-Hungarian Empire. Not only a Secession building but a fairly unique one because unlike the usual design of having rounded corners - Brück has squared corners - because Merbl and Szekely wanted their building to stand out from the other Secessionist buildings in the city.
The ground floor of the initial 2-storey building accommodated a chemist. Every iteration of the building since has had a chemist on the ground floor. Indeed some of the cupboards and furniture in use today date back to the C19th.
Written 30 June 2018
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Adrian G
Agigea, Romania41 contributions
Aug 2018
The house looks great.
I didn't like that the pharmacy on ground level was allowed to install a big, coloured and back-lit logo that has no place in that beautiful architecture.
I didn't like that the pharmacy on ground level was allowed to install a big, coloured and back-lit logo that has no place in that beautiful architecture.
Written 28 August 2018
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UlstermaninNorfolk
Bracknell, UK277 contributions
Mar 2018 • Solo
OK, it is nice and does stand out because of its colour, but there are nicer buildings in the same square. The whole square is stunning and worth a visit.
Written 21 March 2018
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Seehanes
United Kingdom178 contributions
Sept 2019
This very colourful and ornate building on Timisoara's most beautiful square (Union Square) appears older than its 109 years, but it was only built in 1910 - designed jointly by two renowned architects (Laszlo Szekely and Arnold Merbl). It houses a pharmacy and a cafe on the ground floor, and the public cannot enter the upper floors. Unfortunately the facade of the pharmacy is "adorned" by a hideous plastic Catena Farmacie sign. Such a sign should not be permitted to feature anywhere in Timisoara's historic centre, let alone on a building of such prominence.
Written 26 September 2019
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Aleksandar
Belgrade, Serbia8,214 contributions
Nov 2017 • Couples
The best looking building in whole of Timisoara.
Looks more like it's scene from Brussels or Brugge.
Simply beautiful.
Looks more like it's scene from Brussels or Brugge.
Simply beautiful.
Written 12 November 2017
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officejoseffini
Timisoara, Romania5 contributions
Jul 2017 • Family
The building was initially made in the Austrian Baroque style.
The present day building is made in the 1900s style, the szeceszió movement.
The present day building is made in the 1900s style, the szeceszió movement.
Written 17 July 2017
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