Urbanc House
Sigismundt, Friedrich
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Alternative Title
Urbanceva hisa
Date
1902-1903Description
Art Nouveau entry with canopy, detail; Centromerkur, Ljubljana's oldest department store, is housed in Urbanc House (Urbanceva hisa), commissioned by the local merchant Feliks Urbanc in 1902 and completed in 1903. Designed by the Graz-based architect Friedrich Sigismundt, it was modelled on contemporary department stores in Graz, Vienna, Paris and Budapest. The building's entrance is enhanced by a semicircular canopy in the shape of a flat open, fan-like petal cluster made from glass and wrought iron. On top of the building, above the front façade, there is a neo-Baroque statue of Mercury, the god of commerce and protector of merchants. Source: Visit Ljubljana [website]; http://www.visitljubljana.si/en/ (accessed 7/18/2010)
Type of Work
department storeSubject
architecture, business, commerce and trade, decorative arts, Mercury (Roman deity), Twentieth century, Art Nouveau
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