Prague Cubism : Modern Czech Buildings
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Key building in Prague Cubist architecture style:
House of the Black Madonna
1911-12
Architect: Josef Gocar; later changes by V. Kubík
Location: Celetna Street / Ovocny Trh
This Cubist building takes its name form the black Madonna located high up on it.
Originally a department store
Centre of Czech art & culture 1994-2002
Reopened 2003 as Museum of Czech Cubism - part of Prague National Gallery
Facilities: Grand Café Orient + Kubista shop + Cubist spiral staircase
Kubista shop Website: www.kubista.cz
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Other Prague Cubist architecture:
Palac Adria, Jungmannovo namesti
1925
Rondocubist building
Diamant house, Spalena 82 off Lazarska
Architect: Kralicek
Elisky Krasnohorske houses, Elisky Krasnohorske 10-14
1921
Architect: Otokar Novotny
Tychonova 4-6, Hradcany
Architect: Josef Gocar
Cemetery gates, Dablice, northeast Prague
Architect: Vlatislav Hofman
Apartment block, Neklanova 98
Kovarovicova Villa, Libusina 49
Cubist buildings, Rasinovo nabrezi 42, 47 + 71
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Prague Cubist architecture photographed whilst on a Scholarship awarded to study Expressionist architecture and Cubist architecture in Eastern Europe: Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary
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More Czech architecture: Tugendhat Villa, Brno, not far from Prague to the south:
Hotel Josef Prague - Eva Jiricna Architects
Hotel Josef Prague - image from Eva Jiricna Architects
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Black Madonna House, Prague: Photo © adrian welch
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