Volmanova vila, Cultural monument in Čelákovice, Czech Republic.
Volmanova vila is a three-story functionalist villa in Čelákovice, in the Czech Republic. The building combines straight lines with curved walls and uses marble, exotic woods, and natural stone, with red-painted details on the facade.
Built in 1938–1939 by architects Jiří Štursa and Karel Janů for the local factory owner Josef Volman, with Karel Bíbr as builder. From the end of World War II until the early 1990s it housed a kindergarten, then stood dilapidated. New owners, a group of Čelákovice entrepreneurs, had it fully restored between 2002 and 2015 under architect Marek Tichý of TaK Architects, a project awarded the jury prize in the Building of the Year competition.
The villa takes its name from Josef Volman, the local factory owner who commissioned it. Since 2022 it has operated as a private "house museum" in the Iconic Houses network, hosting guided tours and cultural and social events alongside the displays on interwar living.
The villa stands on a fenced private plot on the northwestern edge of Čelákovice, next to the V Prokopě housing estate. It can be seen from the main gate or from the ponds by the Malvíny reservoir and the Labe river. Free parking is available at marked spots nearby.
The villa joined the Iconic Houses catalogue in September 2022, the same year it opened a guided tour route to visitors. It is a private monument run as a "house museum", where cultural and social events are held alongside the tours.
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