#Administration building #Mladá Boleslav #1924
Jaselská 146/14
293 01
Mladá Boleslav,
Czechia
Public transport: Jaselská, VZP
Today's use: Administration
Description
A typical building by Kroha from the 1920s. It is a bit hard to take in the entire building at a glance. A mixture of subtle cubism and timid constructivism with many details, different heights, windows that point in one direction on one floor and on another facing somewhere else. The concrete screens above the windows became the architect's trademark and were later used by other architects, e.g. B. at the Fire Brigades' House in Prague or by Thilo Schoder. Originally, in addition to the insurance offices, medical practices and apartments for the employees, a studio and a garage were incorporated into the house.
The original lettering showing the name of the institution has not survived.
Description
A typical building by Kroha from the 1920s. It is a bit hard to take in the entire building at a glance. A mixture of subtle cubism and timid constructivism with many details, different heights, windows that point in one direction on one floor and on another facing somewhere else. The concrete screens above the windows became the architect's trademark and were later used by other architects, e.g. B. at the Fire Brigades' House in Prague or by Thilo Schoder. Originally, in addition to the insurance offices, medical practices and apartments for the employees, a studio and a garage were incorporated into the house.
The original lettering showing the name of the institution has not survived.
History
This building was constructed in 1924-1925 according to plans from 1923 and is special in many ways. At that time almost no houses with flat roofs were built in Central Europe. The architect Jiří Kroha uses some forms of Cubism, a style that was widespreaded in Czechoslovakia in the early 1920s, but reduces it in the forms and also achieves something constructivist with his nesting cubes, protruding oriels, and the ribbon windows. Being a left-wing architect, it is possible that he took up the theoretical concepts of the constructivists in the Soviet Union. This thesis has not yet been formulated.
Even tough that this building is considered as a important milestone in modern architecture, it is not listed (yet).
History
This building was constructed in 1924-1925 according to plans from 1923 and is special in many ways. At that time almost no houses with flat roofs were built in Central Europe. The architect Jiří Kroha uses some forms of Cubism, a style that was widespreaded in Czechoslovakia in the early 1920s, but reduces it in the forms and also achieves something constructivist with his nesting cubes, protruding oriels, and the ribbon windows. Being a left-wing architect, it is possible that he took up the theoretical concepts of the constructivists in the Soviet Union. This thesis has not yet been formulated.
Even tough that this building is considered as a important milestone in modern architecture, it is not listed (yet).
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