Heritage of Timișoara

Cetate 4 Piatra Craiului str.

The Former Carlton Hotel

Completion date:

October 27, 1936

  • Architect: Arch. Albert Kristóf-Krausz
  • Constructor: J. Jänner
  • Construction authorization: October 31, 1935
  • Property type: Private property
  • Protection type: Protected Area

  • Main arch. style International Style/Modernist
  • Current condition Very good
  • Planimetry Rectangular Complex
  • No. of levels 5
  • Current functions Other
    Hotel




Situated in close proximity to Victoria Square, the former Carlton Hotel is one of the purest manifestations of the Modern Style in Timișoara. The building permit was granted to Carlton Hotel S.A. on the 31st of October 1935. Designed by local architect Albert Krausz, and built by entrepreneur J. Jänner, the former Carlton Hotel stands out through the simplicity of its architectural composition and the characteristic details of the period's aesthetics, such as aerodynamic lines, balcony ironwork or the Art-Deco inspired mast. With over 50 rooms for rent, high-level auxiliary functions, and a famed restaurant made by Dezső Hirschmann, the Carlton was the favourite rendez-vous of tourists and many locals in interwar Timișoara.

Authors of this file:

Research & text: Mihai-Claudiu Moldovan

Field research & mapping: Vlad Pată

Translation into English: Dragoș Nuță

Photographer: Aleksandru Grigore

Last modified: 4 years ago

Published on: 22 November 2021

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