Slezák's factories – a traditional brand for architects
Bent functionalist furniture is returning to interiors.
Slezákovy závody from Bystřice pod Hostýnem has been producing bent metal furniture since 1908. They now collaborate with architects on the furnishing of both public and private interiors.
In September 2015, the restoration of the heritage-protected building - the new headquarters of the National Heritage Institute in Ostrava - was completed. The modernist building from 1933, which housed the District Social and Health Institute, underwent a demanding restoration. The priority was to preserve all original structures, elements, and details, or to supplement them with copies. Successful refurbishments of window and door fittings were made, and the cladding, flooring, and cast terrazzo floors, staircase railings, and other elements from the time of the building’s construction were restored and supplemented. The original furnishings in the National Heritage Institute were replaced with replicas from Slezákovy závody: not only in meeting rooms but also in the corridors of the functionalist building.
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Eshop for architects: www.slezakovyzavody.cz/shop
Restoration of the National Heritage Institute's headquarters
Client: National Heritage Institute, Ostrava
Products used from Slezákovy závody: Atypical production of table cross bases, bases for coffee tables, atypical ARA chairs, atypical chromed ARANA chairs, K29 armchairs
Architect: Karel Roštík, Jaroslav Stockar-Bernkopf
Reconstruction Architect: Akad. arch. Pavel Hřebecký, MS architects
In September 2015, the restoration of the heritage-protected building - the new headquarters of the National Heritage Institute in Ostrava - was completed. The modernist building from 1933, which housed the District Social and Health Institute, underwent a demanding restoration. The priority was to preserve all original structures, elements, and details, or to supplement them with copies. Successful refurbishments of window and door fittings were made, and the cladding, flooring, and cast terrazzo floors, staircase railings, and other elements from the time of the building’s construction were restored and supplemented. The original furnishings in the National Heritage Institute were replaced with replicas from Slezákovy závody: not only in meeting rooms but also in the corridors of the functionalist building.
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Company Profile
The original Slezákovy závody for metal furniture production, established in 1908, later known as Kovona and since 1992 as Kovonax, utilize both traditional and modern technologies. This purely Czech company has a factory in Bystřice pod Hostýnem in the Zlín Region and manufactures from the initial processing of materials to the final product. The company's specialty is the possibility of combining models from the original production of Slezák with modern metal processing technologies.Eshop for architects: www.slezakovyzavody.cz/shop
Restoration of the National Heritage Institute's headquarters
Client: National Heritage Institute, Ostrava
Products used from Slezákovy závody: Atypical production of table cross bases, bases for coffee tables, atypical ARA chairs, atypical chromed ARANA chairs, K29 armchairs
Architect: Karel Roštík, Jaroslav Stockar-Bernkopf
Reconstruction Architect: Akad. arch. Pavel Hřebecký, MS architects
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