„White house” BT Private Banking and BT Asset Management Headquarters – Cluj-Napoca

The story of the location where Casa Albă is placed, started more than 100 years ago, when Mózes Farkas – an illustrious lawyer and entrepreneur from Cluj – bought a piece of land in an elitist district of the city and built a house for his family. The owner was an important member of the economic community of Cluj and also of the Jewish community. He was associated in the Shoe Factory RENNER & Co. established in 1911, and he also was the General manager of the business. In time, the factory was transformed in DERMATA, and later on became the well-known shoe factory, named CLUJANA.

Unfortunately, in 1950 the residence was nationalized, it was transformed in the Palace of pioneers and later on turned into a restaurant and a luxury hotel “Vila Casa Albă”.

BT purchased and transformed with the help of Decorint Team this prestigious building, demolishing all the parasitic elements built over the time, but keeping the initial architectural style, and most of the original features: terrazzo pavements, wrought iron decoration and railings with geometric motifs, the original wooden joinery. Also, the bank kept the “Casa Alba (White House)” brand, due to its notoriety.

The building is developed on 4 storeys – B+GF+1F+Attic, with a constructed area of 1.374 sqm, and today hosts the BT Private Banking and the offices for BT Asset Management.

General designer: ATELIER FKM SRL – Cluj Napoca