page_title: Renoma (Wrocław)
section_title: Architecture
hierarchical_section_title: Renoma (Wrocław) / Architecture
caption_attribution_description: English: Escalators in the Renoma Department Store
context_page_description: Renoma is a shopping mall in Wrocław, and was once the biggest as well as the most high-end department store in the city. It is situated at 40 Świdnicka Street which connects the Market Square with Piłsudski Street in the historical centre of the city and Tadeusza Kościuszki Square. Renoma was reopened on 25 April 2009, after major modernisation works.
context_section_description: In 1928 the project of Professor Herman Dernburg won the first prize in the architectural competition for the building design. Derburg applied classical solutions for a department store, with two huge courtyards (covered with glass ceilings on the first floor level). It made indoors full of daylight and good air circulation. The building had a horizontal elevation layout, with seven storeys. The ground floor was equipped with huge display windows, and higher floors had horizontal windows. Both corners facing Swidnicka street were rounded. The façade of the store was characterised by the rows of windows and decorative cornices below them. Elevation details were given special attention. Ulrich Nitschke and Hans Klakow are the authors of façade elements such as ceramic cornices, human head sculptures, fleurons and masts. The main entrance faced Swidnicka Street. The ground floor and four storeys were dedicated to the retail area. Offices and food service areas occupied the two highest floors.
caption: Escalators in Renoma
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