‘House of a Hundred Balconies’ — Residential Building
Bohdan Lisowski
4/4a/4b Retoryka St.
1961
- m2
board pattern of balconies at the front elevation and their large number render the building architecturally expressive. Balconies are cantilevered, protruding quite considerably, in a manner unknown until then in Krakow. Divisions and artistic solutions of railings are excellent details. Such a composition of balconies earned the popular name ‘House of a hundred balconies’. Besides, the front elevation has divisions chamfered in plaster and was originally painted yellow and blue. Recently, following the thermal insulation, the original colour scheme was retrieved. The building has a courtyard, which is accessible through a high passage supported on columns.