Completed in 1875, the Provincial Maternity Hospital in Prague represented the state of the art in nineteenth-century obstetrics. At that …
Church of the Holy Trinity
One of the earliest baroque buildings in Bohemia, the church of the Holy Trinity at Zahořany near Křešice was built …
The Red Field
This two-storey townhouse ‘U Červeného pole’ (‘The Red Field’) is an ancient survivor in a street otherwise dominated by much …
Church of Saint Joseph, and Na Poříčí 1077/1
Alongside the refurbished barracks that now form the Palladium shopping centre in Prague’s New Town sits the unassuming single-gabled church …
Dům Diamant
Until February 1912, the plan had been for this corner building in Prague’s New Town to be redone in classic …
Lány Chateau
The village of Lány, twenty miles from Prague, stands in a region of fields and forests used for hunting since …
Okoř Castle
The ruins of this mid-fourteenth-century castle lie about seven miles northwest of Prague. The name Okoř is thought to be …
Vila Stiassni
Predating Mies van der Rohe’s nearby Vila Tugendhat by two years, this house — commissioned by textile manufacturer Alfred Stiassni …
The Assyrian Kings
Prague’s well-heeled residential district of Vinohrady is renowned for its grand apartment blocks, built at the turn of the 20th …
Church of Saint Norbert
Built between 1890 and 1891 on high ground of Střešovice to the west of Prague, this romanesque-style church provided a …
Moskevská 77/4
Of the many celebrated Czech architects of the first decade of the twentieth century, perhaps the most prolific was the …
Corn Exchange
Although agricultural trading had taken place in Prague since time immemorial, it was only in 1882 that plans were drawn …
Nostic Palace
This early baroque palace in the Malá Strana district was built between 1662 and 1675 for Jan Hartvik, count of …
Statue of František Rieger
František Ladislav Rieger was from his student days a passionate advocate of Czech nationalism. His 1848 speech in Vienna won …
Slezská 2000/9
Now the municipal court of Prague, this great ship of a building was constructed between 1926 and 1928 as the …
Na Švihance 1527/9
Na Švihance — an architecturally rich street in Prague 2 close to Riegrovy sady (Rieger Park) — captures very well …
Wuchterlova 535/5
The monumental congregational church in Prague-Dejvice was designed by Jiří Stibral and built by Alois Zima between 1925 and 1927. …
Blanická 589/5
The frieze above the entrance to this residential building in Prague’s Vinohrady district presents an idealized portrait of domestic life …
Palace of Industry and Trade
In 1928, the city of Brno hosted the Exhibition of Contemporary Culture in Czechoslovakia. For the main pavilion, the design …