Lihovarská 14 (1936)

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#Apartment house #Prague (Praha) #1936

Architects

Adolf Erben

Address and directions

Lihovarská 1847/14
190 00 Prague (Praha), Czechia

Public transport: Balabenka

Today's use: Apartments

Another example of how a modernisation can disrupt the elegance of a house. Especially the choice of plastic framed windows worsens the overall impression.

Description

The first floor is elaborated as one zone, a public space was most probably located there. This is followed by three floors with a central strip windows and balconies flanking them on the left and right. On the third and fourth floors, the small curves on the balconies are a very characteristic element of the architectural form of the interwar period, that a round element is combined with angular forms. In a functional sense it would be conceivable , that a plant could stand in the semi-circles. Or a curious person...

The superstructure at the top of the house is not original.

Description

The first floor is elaborated as one zone, a public space was most probably located there. This is followed by three floors with a central strip windows and balconies flanking them on the left and right. On the third and fourth floors, the small curves on the balconies are a very characteristic element of the architectural form of the interwar period, that a round element is combined with angular forms. In a functional sense it would be conceivable , that a plant could stand in the semi-circles. Or a curious person...

The superstructure at the top of the house is not original.

History

The house was built between 1936 and 1937.

History

The house was built between 1936 and 1937.

Impressions

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