The building in which the Romanian Cultural Institute operates today was designed by the architect Petre Antonescu, a disciple of Ion Mincu and the author of numerous reference buildings: the Arc de Triumf, the Capital City Hall, the Kretzulescu Palace, the former Marmorosch-Blank Bank, the Faculty of Law, the Institute of History "Nicolae Iorga", Accademia di Romania in Rome. The architect dates the plans of this building between 1900-1916.
In 1926, Nicolae Malaxa received from the Bucharest City Hall the authorization to expand the twenty-room building started on this land, with an addition consisting of a cellar and a ground floor, according to plans made by the architect Maria Irineu. In 1937, the industrialist enlarged his property with a piece of land bought in the vicinity, on which he continued to expand the building, adding a new wing with a garage and nine servants' rooms, designed by the architect Richard Bordenache. Probably Richard Bordenache also contributed to the interior appearance of the building. The property was fenced, in the same year, with a wall with a pergola, with a decorative attic.
The current headquarters of the Romanian Cultural Institute is a neo-Romanian style building, with a corner tower and a large glazed tile roof. The facade has numerous carved elements (columns, profiles). The interior of the building includes generous spaces, treated in a monumental spirit (the main staircase, the great hall), in striking contrast with the spaces of the secondary functions, many added along the way and dimensioned very economically.
At the main entrance there is a massive bronze door, on which you can still see traces of bullets, left, according to some testimonies, from the time of the Legionary Rebellion of 1941. Another massive bronze door, with two boxes in relief, representing a scene of battle and one of triumph, surrounded by a frieze with military trophies and a garland of oak leaves, separates the main hall, paved with white marble, from the office where Malaxa probably received the most distinguished guests of the his. A small library was provided next to it, described by Richard Bordenache as having been decorated, like the desk, with silk paneling and calcio vecchio.
On the ground floor of the building, the architect designed, at the request of the owner, described as an "art lover", a large hall with a glass ceiling, equipped with a stage, suitable for exhibitions, concerts and conferences. Initially, the walls of the stage were covered in silk. Six decorative brass columns were attached to the side walls, probably by the architect Bordenache. In 1987, on the occasion of the capital repairs, the skylight of the great hall was doubled with a ceiling made of brass sheets of different sizes, arranged in the grill, and veneers with marble imitation were added above the columns. The original marble floor, preserved and currently in very good condition, gives the room a sober and elegant appearance.
In 1990, the building was administered by the Romanian Cultural Foundation. Following the reorganization of the Foundation, since 2003, the Romanian Cultural Institute has been operating in the building at Aleea Alexandru 38.

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