Lviv Secession

Part Three: Other Secessionist Buildings Designed by Tadeusz Obmiński

 

Below I will introduce some other buildings in Lviv that were designed by Tadeusz Obmiński or have been attributed to him.

 

12. Segal Apartments

Shevchenka Ave. 4 / Chaikovskoho St. 6
Tadeusz Obmiński, 1904-1905

This building is a good example of the early phase of Secessionist architecture in Lviv.

 

13. Hotel National

Kostyushka St. 1 / Doroshenka St. 20
Tadeusz Obmiński (architect) & Filemon Levytskyi (balcony railings) , 1904-1906

This building has an elegant façade with an Art Nouveau frieze, window decorations and balconies. 

 

14. Elster Apartments

Pavlova St. 1
Tadeusz Obmiński, 1905-1906

This façade has beautiful stucco ornaments, ceramic tiles and balcony railings.

 

15. Elster Apartments

Pavlova St. 3
Tadeusz Obmiński, 1905-1906

This is probably the most attractive of the Secessionist façades on Pavlova Street. It is adorned with mascarons and floral ornaments and has beautiful balcony railings.

 

16. Lange Apartments

Pavlova St. 2
Tadeusz Obmiński, 1905-1906

This façade is adorned with some attractive ceramic tiles and moulded decorations with floral motifs.

 

17. Piller Apartments

Pavlova St. 4
Tadeusz Obmiński & Adolf Piller (?), 1905-1906

This building was owned by architect Adolf Piller, who may have also participated in its design. There are some floral motifs in stucco and on ceramic tiles on its façade.

 

18. Brich Apartments

Hlibova St. 2
Tadeusz Obmiński (architect) & Teobald Orkasiewicz (stucco decoration), 1906

This building has very attractive façade ornaments. The entrance, flanked by sunflowers, is probably the most beautiful in all Lviv.

 

19. Stromenger Building

Henerala Hryhorenka Sq. 4
Tadeusz Obmiński, 1906-1907

This building was originally used for both commercial and residential purposes. Its façade decoration is restrained.

 

20. Elster Apartments

Levytskoho St. 14-16
Tadeusz Obmiński (?), 1907

This structure, probably designed by Tadeusz Obmiński, belonged to the members of the Elster family, who owned several other buildings in the area.

 

21. Hausmann Apartments

Doroshenka St. 15
Tadeusz Obmiński, or Zygmunt Kędzierski & Michał Ulam, 1906-1908

This apartment building is one of the best examples of monumental Art Nouveau in Lviv. It was the property of the Hausmann family, who owned many other notable structures nearby, such as the Grand Hotel and the Hausmann Passage. The building housed the Sanssouci Coffee House.