Article source: QARTA architektura

Prague’s First Skyscraper – Revitalization Plan

The former Palace of the General Pension Institute is one of the most prominent examples of Functionalist architecture in interwar Czechoslovakia. Inspired, among others, by the work of Le Corbusier, young Avant-garde architects Josef Havlíček and Karel Honzík designed an open-cross plan building – the first Prague skyscraper conceived as a solitaire amongst the typical residential block buildings of the time.

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• Architects: QARTA architektura
• Project: Revitalization of Prague’s First Skyscraper
• Location: Žižkov, Czech Republic
• Photography: BoysPlayNice
• Author: David Wittassek, Jiří Řezák
• Gross floor area: 37 602 m2
• Co-author: Lukáš Němeček
• Site size: 9 287 m2
• Client: Vala Family
• Built-up area: 4 895 m2
• Project year: 2019–2021

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