Water Tower (Buftea)

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The water tower lies in the north-eastern part of the park and was build in 1920 after the plans designed by Anghel Saligny architect, being used to ensure the water needs of Ştirbey family. It is distinguished by that age architecture, being decorated with classical elements that make an important architectural object out of a strictly industrial building

The characteristic feature of the water tower consists in its architecture that hides the re-enforced concrete skeleton through a simple classic order. As a whole, the architectural composition respects the three elements: base, spindle, capital, succession frequently met in all sorts of public buildings. The ground floor represents the bed-plate of the tower. The main part, developed on four floors, has as central architectural element the pilaster, which is placed in front of every structure’s pillar. The links between the pilasters are made of overlapped arches. This order is developed on four floors, except the ground floor, and is ended with an intermediary attic. The upper part of the water tower is design with a totally different classic decoration, made of a discreet, embossed, low sized pilaster and a new division of the surface between the pilasters