Sova’s Mills / Museum Kampa
The banks of the Vltava contain a rich heritage of industrial architecture, from water towers to breweries, from weirs to watermills. The island known since the 18th century as ‘Kampa’ (possibly from its use as...
Tagged: Josef Schulz
The contribution of Josef Schulz to the civic landscape of Prague cannot be overstated: the trinity of National Theatre, Rudolfinum and National Museum (the first two with Josef Zítek) remain the most inspiring neo-renaissance structures in the city. As a trained jeweller and goldsmith, Schulz was also much in demand for interior decoration and design.
National Museum
The seeds of a national museum were sown as early as the 1780s with the establishment of the Royal Bohemian Society of Learning, ancestor of today’s Academy of Sciences. Its members were wealthy, aristocratic and...
Hybernská 11 and Havlíčkova 1: Lannův palác
Built on the site of the fifteenth-century House of the Black Hare, this neo-renaissance palace in the Venetian style was erected in 1857 for Vojtěch Lanna, founder of the Kladno steelworks. As often in the...
Gröbe Villa (Grébovka) interior
Between 2003 and 2008, the sumptuous interior of the Gröbe Villa in Vinohrady was remodelled in the style of Josef Schulz’s original design by the architectural husband and wife team Michal Hron and Hedvika Hronová....
Lichtenštejnský palác (Liechtenstein Palace)
There have been Princes of Liechtenstein resident in Prague since the early 1600s. Karel ‘the Bloody’ – the first prince and founder of the dynasty – was put in charge of the execution of the...
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...
Gröbe Villa: Gazebo
The Vinični Altán, or Vineyard Gazebo, was built between 1879 and 1881 as a summerhouse for the neighbouring Villa Gröbe (Grébovka) by the estate architects Antonín Barvitius and Josef Schulz. Overlooking the slopes of the...
Gröbe Villa (Grébovka)
In 1871, a kilometre-long train tunnel was constructed under the high ground of this historic district on the southern side of the city. Moritz Gröbe, the railway magnate whose company was responsible for digging it,...
Národní 223/2: National Theatre
A theatre was planned for this riverbank site as early as 1844, but it was not until 1862 that the first National Theatre (Národní Divadlo) appeared, in the form of a neo-classical building designed by...
Václavské náměstí 826/25: Grand Hotel Evropa
There has been a hotel in this prime location on the northeast side of Wenceslas Square since 1872, when the Hotel Archduke Stephen (U arcivévody Štěpána) was constructed according to a plan by Josef Schulz...
