Hutsul Secession

Also drawn from the Hutsul folk architecture is the range of color and décor from the utilization of metals and ceramics in the decorative aspects of buildings.

Formerly the Dnister Insurance Company Building, it played an important role in the cultural community of Ukraine in the years after its completion.

The building was owned by Kazimierez Solecki, for whom it was named, until WWI, and it was built to be a sanatorium for the Red Cross.

[1] Constructed by Ivan Levynskyi and Tadeusz Obmiński in 1906-1909 in late Secession style with elements of folk architecture.

The Bursa of the National House Institute, completed in 1907, was another joint project undertaken by Levynskyi's firm.