Palác Myslbek, Modern commercial building in Old Town, Czech Republic
Palác Myslbek is a modern commercial building designed by the AHK architectural studio, connecting Na Příkopě street with Ovocný trh in Prague's Old Town. The building, with a rough structure completed in March 1996 and opened in November 1996, has a glass facade and a central arcade. Its interior was later renovated by Jestico + Whiles.
The Česká banka Union building was demolished here in 1926, leaving a gap that from the 1930s to the 1950s held the pavilion of the Myslbek art group, which gave the site its name. In the 1980s the plot served the construction of the Můstek metro station, whose Line B platform was built to allow a future exit into a building on the site. Construction of the present palace began in November 1995, the shell was finished in March 1996 and it opened that November.
The name comes from the Myslbek art group's pavilion that stood on this vacant lot from the 1930s to the 1950s, and the whole gap was long called Proluka Myslbek. The passage between Na Příkopě and Ovocný trh keeps that name alive in the present building.
The building is easily reached by public transportation and features multiple elevators for access to various floors. The central arcade is open to foot traffic during shopping hours and provides a direct connection between the two streets.
The site stayed empty for seventy years after the Czech Union Bank was demolished in 1926. From the 1930s to the 1950s a pavilion of the Myslbek art group stood here, giving the vacant lot its name, and the rest was laid out as a park. In the 1980s the Můstek metro platforms on line B were built with a possible exit into a future building on this plot.
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