Brück House — Attraction in Timișoara

The Brück House is a historic house in Timișoara's Union Square. It was designed by László Székely and Arnold Merbl in the Secession style and resembles a thin slice of cake.

Initially, there was a pharmacy on the site of the building since 1898 and it was called Golden Cross, belonging to the Geml family (or the Zifkovich family according to other sources). It was refurbished and used in the following years by pharmacist Salamon Brück. The pharmacy still works today and much of the original furniture and display cases are still in use. The building, which was originally built in the Viennese Baroque style, was later rebuilt in the Secession style at Brück's request. The reconstruction began in 1910 according to the plans of the chief architect of Timișoara at the time, László Székely, and was completed a year later. He collaborated with the architect Arnold Merbl, who, in order to supervise the works, built a wooden shack in the area where he lived until their completion.

Falling into disrepair after 1989, the house was renovated in 2012 by an Italian businessman who bought an apartment in the...

Palatul Brück, situat în Piața Unirii, se remarcă printr-un exterior spectaculos, decorat în stil Art Nouveau cu influențe Secession maghiar. Fațada clădirii atrage imediat privirea prin plăcile ceramice policrome, în nuanțe vii de verde, albastru și galben, care formează motive florale și geometrice inspirate din arta populară ungurească. Structura sa verticală, cu subsol, parter și trei etaje, este dominată de un fronton curbat, în formă de „felie de tort”, marcat de inițialele „BS” – referință la primul proprietar, Salamon Brück. Balcoanele vitrate, cu sticlă decorativă, completează aspectul elegant și rafinat, iar fațada de colț aduce un dinamism aparte construcției. În ciuda contrastului cu clădirile baroce din jur, Palatul Brück se integrează armonios în atmosfera istorică a pieței, reprezentând o piesă distinctivă a arhitecturii timișorene de la începutul secolului XX. Restaurat fidel în 2012, exteriorul său strălucește astăzi ca o emblemă a patrimoniului...

It's just a house you can look at. You can't visit the inside, regular people live there. If you go to Unirii Square, you will see it, it is one of the most colorful ones. Other that that, you don't even get a plaque to read about it. I think it used to be a brothel at some point. Not sure. A 5 seconds wonder and...