Prague Contemporary Architecture : Information

Key Projects, alphabetical: Amazon Court, River City Prague complex, Karlin Quarter 2008- Schmidt Hammer Lassen Prague Building Prague Library 2007- Future Systems Czech National Library : Architecture Competition winner Architecture competition winner : £50m Extension to National Library in Prague Prague Library nicknamed the ‘Octopus’ Modern Movement building - scanned photos from 1991, by architect adrian welch Prague Modernist architecture: Cubist buildings - scanned photos from 1991, by architect adrian welch Prague Cubist architecture: Hotel Josef - Eva Jiricna Architects image from Eva Jiricna Architects Hotel Josef Prague More scanned Prague architecture photos from 1991, by architect adrian welch: Villa Müller aka Villa Mueller 1930 Architect: Adolf Loos Nad Hradním vodojemem 14, northwest Prague, Czech Republic World-famous Modern house, key building by Adolf Loos Modern Prague building designed for Frantisek and Milada Muller Curvilinear hotel in northwest Prague Žižkov Television Tower 1985-92 Space age Telecommunications Tower in north Prague, 216 m high Decorative 20th century building in central Prague House of the Black Madonna 1912 Architect: Josef Gocar Key Cubist Prague Building Prague Architects Key Prague buildings not yet featured: Fred & Ginger building, Jiraskuv Bridge, central Prague 1992-96 Architect: Frank Gehry Architects with Vlado Milunic aka The Dancing House (Czech: Tancící dum), or The Dancing Building, or Drunk House, officially the Rasin Building Location: by the Vltava river southwest of centre Address: Nationale-Nederlanden building, Rašínovo nábreží 80, 120 00 Praha 2 Vlado Milunic is a Croatian-born Czech architect Frank Gehry is Canadian and one of the most famous architects in the world Zlaty Andel building Prague Architect: Jean Nouvel aka The Golden Angel Prague building River Gardens Masterplan, Prague Featuring designs by David Chipperfield Architects, Feilden Clegg Bradley & EM2N Architekten, Baumschlager Eberle, Meili Peter Architekten, Fink & Jocher, 4a Architikti Hotel Crowne Plaza, Dejvice district 1952-54 Stalinist architecture, 88m high Prague Buildings - Photos from 1991: More Czech architecture: Tugendhat Villa, Brno, not far from Prague to the south: