This building was built in the city center by the architect Grigorije Samojlov, one of several Russian architects who considerably contributed to the enrichment of the Niš building stock. This impressive residential corner building, built in 1936 on the corner of Prijezdina and Oblačića Rada streets, was named “Nišava” by the owner, and it remains one of the referential points in the old city core.

Such multi-story buildings in Niš of the time were called “palaces”, at a time when the city skyline was dominated by ground level and one-story houses. The “Nišava” is the first building in Niš which had a lift.

The usual set of instruments used in the design of a façade were implemented here, and it is considered a good example of the early Moderne style in Niš. If the overstressed balcony on the corner of the first floor is excluded, the effect of the harmonic architectonic expression was achieved through the employment of strong circular window openings, verticals in the staircase and deep grooves in the fields between the windows. The corner motif was successfully resolved by increasing its height, and recessing it in relation to the lateral wings.

The building still has a residential function, and one part of the building is used by the “Garni” hotel. Even though the building was listed as a protected building, unsanctioned building extension practice resulted in placing a gable roof above the added floor and in replacing the circular windows with rectangular ones, which considerably disrupted the architecture of the building.