The history of the building
The building has retained historic Art Nouveau character until today. It was built in 1912 and was owned by married couple Antonín a Růžena Humplovi, who placed an order with the architect Augustín Korba from Nusle. Even after one hundred years the building keeps still some of the interesting historical features. It has stuccoed Art Nouveau facade, terraced staircase and decorated Art Nouveau door. Richly decorated railings evoke a sense of luxury. It's worth paying attention to the etched Art Nouveau glass of balcony doors. The goal of reconstruction was to preserve and accentuate these architectural elements and point to the long history of the building.
Architectural design
Careful reconstruction of common spaces preserves the historic character of the building, but each flat provides high standard and meets the requirements of today’s modern living. Bathroom enlargement, lighting of rooms, new windows, replacement of all wiring, modern gas heating – it is just a few changes, which the complete reconstruction needed. The project was created by architect Němeček from the project office PlanPoint.
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