House With Chimaeras

House with Chimaeras or Horodecki House – designed by Władysław Horodecki in 1901 in the Art Nouveau style. Due to his detailed architecture, Horodecki was known as the Antoni Gaudí of Kyiv.

The house has been carefully designed in accordance with the progress of the sun. Windows of children’s rooms and bedrooms are heading the south-west. In the south-east facade are windows of those who had to wake up at first light – cooks and waiters. In the afternoon sun shone in the office and living room. On the semi-circular balcony owners could admire the view of sunset.

The house has individual refrigerators for all apartments, laundry, wood depot, basement, wine cellar, coachman room, barn and cowshed. Vladislav Gorodetsky wanted to water his tenants and guests only fresh milk! The cowshed was located so that odors do not cause any discomfort to tenants.

Gone many years and basement concrete piles of House with Chimaeras lost their support function and the house was split into two parts. One part of the house leaned to the residence of the President of Ukraine on 33 cm and the second part – in the direction of Ivan Franko Theater on 10 cm. So it was needed urgent reconstruction. In 2003-2004 House with Chimeras was restored – fully restored the building, parquet flooring, paintings and other interior.