Dancing House - Prague - Czech Republic - 4K HDR
Our stop today is the Dancing House in Prague. This building at one time caused so much controversy among the city's inhabitants, just like the Eiffel Tower in Paris, but now both this house and that tower are the main attractions for tourists.
Dancing House (Tančící dům)
Prague's pillar of modern architecture "danced" onto the Rašínovo Embankment in 1996. The project comes from the drawing board of world-renowned architects Vlado Milunić and Frank O. Gehry. Its concept was inspired by the dance skills of the famous film couple – the stone tower symbolizes Fred Astaire and the glass tower, his partner Ginger Rogers. A gallery and a restaurant with a terrace offering a 360° view of Prague can be visited in the Dancing House.
The Dancing house was built in the years 1992 - 1996. The place that stood there before was destroyed during the American air bombing of Prague on the 14th of February of 1945. In 1992 the land was bought by the Netherlander insurance company Nationale Nederlanden. They selected the building project from Vlado Milunic, and the worldwide acknowledged architect and designer Frank O. Gehry was invited to cooperate. This cooperation gave birth to a unique deconstructive building with plastic elements, which simultaneously harmonizes with the surrounding buildings. It is one of the few Prague houses that dynamically enter the street. The building is metaphorically called the Dancing House or also Ginger and Fred. It is named this way because the towers remind of the famous dancers Ginger Rogers and Fred Astair. The male part of the dancing couple is represented by a rock tower, and the woman is symbolized by a tower made of glass. The top of the male tower is covered with imaginary hair. The author is Frank O. Gehry. The interiors were partly designed by the British architect of Czech provenience Eva Jiřičná. Nowadays, there is a hotel in the building, a gallery, and a luxury restaurant with a terrace and a beautiful view. The building was awarded a prestigious prize by the American Time magazine - it won the design category in 1996.
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Dancing House - Prague - Czech Republic - 4K HDR
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