Cubist buildings - scanned photos from 1991, by architect adrian welch

Key building in Prague Cubist architecture style:
House of the Black Madonna

Celetna Street / Ovocny Trh
Architect: Josef Gocar; later changes by V. Kubík
1911-1912
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

Prague Cubist architecture


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


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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Hotel Josef Prague - Eva Jiricna Architects


Hotel Josef Prague - image from Eva Jiricna Architects



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