Vodičkova 710/31: U Myšáka
In 1922, the original neo-renaissance building by Otto Ehlen (1883) was refaced in the prevalent cubist style favoured by architects such as Josef Gočár and Pavel Janák. Although these two famous names were consulted on...
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Na Rybníčku: Rotunda of Saint Longinus
The street where this small Romanesque chapel stands is named after the settlement of Rybník or Rybníček, the home of one of Prague’s ancient fishponds. Built in the early 12th century on land belonging to...
Rotunda of Saint Martin, Vyšehrad
The oldest of the three Romanesque round churches in Prague, Saint Martin’s is also the earliest surviving structure in the ancient citadel of Vyšehrad, to the south of the city. The rotunda dates from the...
Trojická 386/1
These attractive balconies decorate the facade of one of a range of apartments constructed in the district of Podskalí following the devastating flood of 1890. The work of several leading architects, this particular corner building...
Náměstí Jana Palacha 79/1: Rudolfinum
In 1885, the Böhmische Sparkasse (Czech Savings Bank) commissioned the architects of the National Theatre, Josef Zítek and his pupil Josef Schulz, to design a new art gallery and concert complex on an undeveloped riverside...
Karlův Most: Charles Bridge
In 1170, King Vladislav II of Bohemia commissioned a stone bridge connecting the Old Town and Malá Strana. Built just downstream of the present structure, the surviving buttress of the former bridge can still be...
Rašínovo nábřeží 47/8
This triple villa was constructed for three sets of clients: the central white house for the brothers Jan and Josef Bayer, and the red houses on either side for two property developers, František Hodek and...
Libušina 49/3: Kovařovic Villa
The fragmented geometry of Cubism had a major impact on Bohemian artistic style in the years leading up to the First World War, and it was in Prague above all that Cubist design reached its...
Pobřežní 665/21: Main Point
The Prague architectural firm DaM, founded in 1990 by Richard Doležal and Petr Malinský, has been entrusted with some of the most radical changes to the city’s urban landscape in recent years. One of their...
Ke Karlovu 453/1: Church of Our Lady and Charlemagne
The Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Charlemagne was constructed by the great gothic architect Matthew of Arras in 1351 on an escarpment overlooking the Botič Valley; its octagonal ground plan...
