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Key facts
- Architectural style
- Art Nouveau
- Location
- Lypky , Kyiv, Ukraine, 10 Bankova Street
- Structural system
- Concrete piles, Continuous foundation
- Floor count
- 3 (Bankova) , 6 (Franko Square)
- Floor area
- 3,309.5 m (35,623.16 sq ft)
- Architect
- Władysław Horodecki
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- architectural heritage monument
- Country
- Ukraine
- Located in
- Kyiv
- Image
- House with Chimaeras-2020.jpg
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- inception
- 1902-00-00
- street address
- Банкова вулиця, 10
- native label
- Будинок з химерами
- heritage designation
- architectural heritage monument
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject Ukraine
- located on street
- Bankova Street
- Commons category
- House with Chimeras (Kyiv)
- architect
- Władysław Horodecki
- architectural style
- Art Nouveau architecture
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Encyclopedic overview
House with Chimaeras (Ukrainian: Будинок з химерами, romanized: Budynok z khymeramy) or Horodetsky House (named for Władysław Horodecki) is an Art Nouveau building located in the historic Lypky neighborhood of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. Situated across the street from the President of Ukraine's office at No. 10, Bankova Street, the building has been used as a presidential residence for official and diplomatic ceremonies since 2005. The street in front of the building is closed off to all automobile traffic, and is now a patrolled pedestrian zone due to its proximity to the Presidential Administration building.
The Polish architect Władysław Horodecki originally constructed the House with Chimaeras for use as his own upmarket apartment building during 1901–1902. However, as the years went by, Horodecki eventually had to sell the building due to financial troubles, after which it changed ownership numerous times before finally being occupied by an official Communist Party polyclinic until the early 2000s. When the building was vacated, its interior and exterior decor were fully reconstructed and restored according to Horodecki's original plans.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “House with Chimaeras” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.