The administration building of the power plant

address: Vodovodna Street 26
Period: Historicism
Kind: Immovable material heritage
Century: 20
Year: 1909
Purpose: administrative

The administration building of the power plant was designed by Giovanni Rubinich and built in 1909. The building has a simple square floor plan, consisting of a ground floor and two upper floors. The floors were divided according to functional needs; the ground floor housed technical offices and the first floor the accounting department, while the second floor contained apartments for principal engineers. The business/residential function is emphasized with a moulded cornice, which also separates the ground floor and the first floor from the second, residential floor. The façade is decorated with historicist elements and the basic motifs that extend over all floors are shallow semi-circular lintels. The windows of the ground and first floor are additionally emphasised by shallow pilasters that frame the windows following the relief balustrade set between the ground floor and the first floor. The main materials used in the construction of this building were stone and brick. Until recently, the facility had an authentic entrance made of wrought iron fence, but it was removed. The building is now owned by the company HEP.

Valorization:

This is a particularly representative example of historicism in Rijeka. The building has been completely preserved, and its original purpose has been kept. It is now used as HEP's administrative building.