Lodecká 3 (1937)

The south facade impresses with the insertion of ribbon windows, which are regularly interrupted by a French window. Bars at the lower part of the French windows are placed for protection. The long window front is set in front of the facade with a kind of oriel. This creates a roof terrace for the top floor. A more striking oriel was added to the corner of the west facade. The largest windows of the house were used in this area. This projecting area gives the house a constructivist charm, which also makes it appear somewhat restless at this point. The rest of the west facade is the most inconspicuous, where casement windows determine the rhythm of the house.

The house was built between 1937 and 1938 on a plot, where the Prague Jewish Community owned a house called Dva modré kříže (Two blue crosses). They decided to demolish it. Since the new house was commissioned by the Prague Jewish Community, we are speculating whether the increased influx of Jews from Europe into Czechoslovakia led to the deliberate creation of this house?

• Prázdné domy Lodecká 3
• Praha moderní Velký průvodce po architektuře 1900-1950 / Historické centrum, 2012