The frontispiece consists of two towers, resembling a dancing couple. The building has 9 floors and the rooms in it are asymmetrical. The house reaches over the street line onto the pavement. The opponents of the building were convinced that the Dancing House would not fit into its surroundings , since most of the buildings in its neighbourhood are in the Art Noveau style.
There was also a great dispute about the highly unusual shape of the building, with the impression of the towers leaning. There is of course no entrance fee to the building itself, and the building is open daily from 10 a. The terrace with its amazing view is accessible via the Glass Bar. The restaurant is open every day from till midnight, and the kitchen operates till To see the menu, pictures, and more info on the restaurant, visit its web page. Located on the ground floor, the Gallery focuses mainly on the top of the contemporary world and Czech art.
The entrance fees to the Dancing House Gallery differ based on the particular exhibitions. The building is topped by a cupola, a typical feature of Prague buildings. Its inclusion is a gesture of affinity with the surrounding buildings. It is made up of interwoven metal strips forming a semicircle. The materials used highlight their natural colours.
The Dancing House has an area of over 5, m 2 , distributed over eight levels. The middle floors are home to its main Prague headquarters, but because it is available for other uses, the building also has other areas which are occupied by offices.
Visitors can stay in its hotel, the Dancing House Hotel , which is located on the ground floor. A perfect place to gaze out at superb views of the Czech capital. The building that previously stood on the site now occupied by the Dancing House, in the central Resslova street, was destroyed during the Second World War.
The plot was acquired by the Dutch Insurance Company Nationale-Nederlanden, which planned to create a building with its own personality, which would make the company stand out.
He presented them with an interesting sketch. It was of an angular structure with a tall glass cupola, a tribute to the Russian sculptor Vladimir Tatlin. The company welcomed the design with great enthusiasm, but in order to boost the image of the new building, they decided that they needed to bring in an internationally famous architect.
Gehry drew on the original idea, but added elements and perspectives to further enrich the project. The pair enjoyed full creative freedom to do whatever they wished—and a generous budget. The design was finished by , and the construction work began in This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Travel Tips Resources. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Facebook Instagram Pinterest.
Only 15 minutes walk away is the famous Charles IV Bridge and, not far away, the famous Prague astronomical clock. Anyone would think, as it was, that a building in the deconstructivist style would raise more than one suspicion among some neighbours who are used to live in a historical centre so distant from the avant-garde.
The history of this curious building raised up in to the heat of the arrival of the democracy to the old Czechoslovakia sinks its roots at the end of World War II, when the American aviation launched a terrible attack against the city that, in only 5 minutes, caused the death of people and destroyed around buildings, among them, a stately house that occupied the site where today we see the Dancing House.
A general strike that paralyzed the country ended the old government and elevated Havel to the head of the new state. His idea was to create an emblematic building to house their headquarters in Prague. One of those contacted was the French architect Jean Nouvel, who rejected the idea because of the limited space. The Canadian architect Frank Gehry finally accepted to collaborate. With total creative freedom and an unlimited budget, the duo of architects rescued the original idea and set to work.
Until then, he had focused his projects on residential buildings and homes for the elderly and children.
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