Understand the building that you are looking at
St Cyril and St Methodius - Resslova From the metro station at IP Pavlova right down to the riverside I'm always bumping into people with a map in their hands, randomly turning it, looking for street signs etc and invariably…
Prague New Town Hall If you are planning a trip to Prague then for sure you are going to be exploring the Old Town but don't forget that the New Town is also nearly 700 years old as well. Many…
Wallenstein Garden and Palace Last Updated: with views History and What to Look For The Wallenstein Garden takes it's name from the adjacent Wallenstein Palace (now the home of the Czech Senate). As one of 4 or 5 families that…
Langweils Model Last Updated: with views A Lesser Known Treasure Take a close look at this photo above. At first glance it looks like a view of Prague from Prague Castle. And you would be right in thinking that except…
Villa Tugendhat (UNESCO) - Fascinating Story Last Updated: with views Some Background In the 1920's, Czechoslovakia was in what is now called the "First Republic". A time of wealth, creativity and boundary-pushing. No single place in the country is a…
Prague Brutalism Last Updated: with views Definitely Not Classical Prague Brutalism can also be called post-Modernism. Pretty much everything after 1897 could be grouped under the term "Modernism" even though we have different and specific names for it in many…
Prague Art Deco Architecture Last Updated: with views The French Connection It should come as no surprise that "Arts Decoratifs" should begin in Paris and be recognised as an individual art form to be known as "Art Deco" in 1925.…
Prague Cubism Architecture Last Updated: with views Not Just Cubes In chronological order, Cubism should directly follow Art Nouveau but in reality they ran side by side for 10 years or so. Prague Cubism was a very short lived era…
Prague Art Nouveau Last Updated: with views A New Kind of Art Prague has become synonymous with Art Nouveau even though in my experience people, at first glance, get Secessionist and Art Nouveau mixed up. In general, on the external…
Secessionist Prague Architecture Last Updated: with views A Change in Direction What you now have to realize is that the last thousand years of design and architecture has been dominated either by Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance or Baroque, each holding for…
Baroque Prague Architecture Last Updated: with views Style with a Twirl Even though Prague is most associated with the modern era of Art Nouveau, it's greatest influence by far is Baroque. You don't just see Baroque Prague, you feel it,…
Renaissance Prague Architecture Last Updated: with views Style Arrives The Prague Renaissance period saw a lot of social and technological change but it did not come with groundbreaking architectural design ideas as had been noted in the Romanesque and Gothic…
Gothic Prague Architecture Last Updated: with views The Old Lady of Architecture Humanity has always sought out ways to improve and the Gothic Prague period was no exception. It took the basic rules of Romanesque design and applied the latest…
Romanesque Prague Architecture Last Updated: with views Romanesque or Norman If you are from England then you can see examples of Romanesque architecture in most major cities. It's just that we don't call it Romanesque, we call it "Norman" so…
An Easy Guide to Prague Architecture Last Updated: with views An Education in Style When you are deciding on a visit to Prague there will be terms like "beautiful", and "stunning". So what actually makes it beautiful and stunning. Well…