Dancing House Prague Plan
The dancing house was designed by architects vlado milunić and frank o.
Dancing house prague plan. The building is found on resslova street rašínovo nábřeží 80 on the right bank of the moldaba river in czech vltava and close the karlovo námestí metro station in the centre of prague czech republic. But there are also a great number of modern places of interest. With nice view to prague castle and a romantic dinner at the ginger fred restaurant. The building was designed in 1992 and was.
Night at the dancing house. It is well. Your name your e mail your message for us. History of the dancing house in prague.
During the second world war an american bomb destroyed the house which was originally where the dancing house now stands. You can either pay 100 czk or make a purchase as entrance fee. The design was inspired by the famous dance couple fred astair and ginger rogers two corner towers resemble the dancing couple ginger is represented by a glass tower while fred is represented by a concrete one. One of them is the prague dancing house a highly original building resembling and also inspired by two dancers the immortally famous duo of fred astaire and ginger rogers.
You can go to the roof top terrace by lift and a set of stairs. There had been free space on the corner of rašín s waterfront and the square of jirásek since 1945. The house which stood here was destroyed on february 14 in 1945 by the bombs of us aircraft when the americans mistook prague with dresden. The dancing housing located in prague czech republic stands as a mesmerize structure.
It was designed by croatian czech architect vlado milunic in collaboration with canadian american architect frank gehry in 1996. This is a must visit when in prague. Night at the dancing house with nice view to prague castle and a romantic dinner. Over time the structure has built a few metaphorical bridges and now it s simply called the dancing house of prague completed in 1996 it took four years to build the dancing house designed by.
Best known as dancing house. Tančící dům or fred and ginger is the nickname given to the nationale nederlanden building on the rašínovo nábřeží rašín embankment in prague czech republic it was designed by the croatian czech architect vlado milunić in cooperation with canadian american architect frank gehry on a vacant riverfront plot. The house stands on what was formerly a vacant lot created by the american bombing of prague late in world war two. 1981 6 120 00 praha 2 czech republic and is also known by nickname fred and ginger.
The dancing house czech. This is a great place and is best seen with your own eyes.