Charkovská 518/22
Art nouveau detailing on the facade of a row of very fine town houses in the suburb of Vršovice. This building, along with its neighbour, number 20, were probably designed with the collaboration of architect...
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Anglická 336/21
A typical example of art nouveau ornamentation from the facade of one of the many historicist townhouses in the Vinohrady area.
Masná 705/1
This art nouveau apartment stands on the site of an earlier building, all of which now survives is the original baroque house sign. The symbol of the pike alludes to the name of the brewery...
Vinohradská 1233/22
A richly decorative neo-renaissance frieze adorns the facade of these Vinohrady apartments. The building, dating from 1903, is by the architect Gustav Papež. The rhyming motto reads ‘Kdo zde bude přebývati, ruč mu Pán Bůh...
Vinohradská 1595/31
One of two adjacent neo-renaissance properties with handsome double loggia balconies on Vinohradská. The street, and district, are named after the royal vineyards (Královské Vinohrady) which covered this part of Prague from the 14th century...
Puškinovo náměstí 584/11
Art deco facade. A few decades earlier these flowers might have formed part of a softer art nouveau design, but the new century’s movement towards stricter geometrical patterning is plain to see in this example...
Charlese de Gaulla 629/5
Jaroslav Vondrák was one of a generation of young architects who – under the influence of their illustrious teacher Jan Kotěra – was destined to transform the look of domestic architecture in Prague in the...
Bubenečská 365/41
The area of Prague due north of the castle is known for its splendid historicist apartment buildings such as this one on Bubenečská. Alois Zima — who also created residences in Vinohrady, designed three buildings...
Bubenečská 368/21
A mural depicting the slaying of a boar – possibly a reference to the legend of Bivoj – decorates the facade of one of the several art nouveau houses built by Jan Petrák in Bubenečská...
