Crystal Prague, office building in Vinohrady, Prague, Czech Republic
Crystal Prague is a 60-metre office high-rise on Vinohradská Street near the Vinohrady Palace, built in 2013–2015 to a design by Ateliér 15 under Libor Hrdoušek and Radek Lampa. Its facade is shaped to suggest two crystals; the building has 14 above-ground and 4 underground floors and 6,000 m² of facade, of which 2,800 m² are windows.
Crystal was built in 2013–2015 to a design by Ateliér 15 under Libor Hrdoušek and Radek Lampa on Vinohradská Street near the Vinohrady Palace. The investor was GES REAL, and the building has been used purely as offices since completion. Since 2021 it has belonged to the real estate holding Českomoravská Nemovitostní a.s.
The name Crystal refers to the facade's design, which depicts two crystals. The building is purely for offices; its largest tenants are the Health Insurance Company of the Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic and the General Health Insurance Company of the Czech Republic.
Crystal stands on Vinohradská Street near the Vinohrady Palace in Prague 3, with 124 parking spaces in its four underground floors. The building is purely offices and not open to the public, so it is seen from the street; its two-crystal form is best viewed from outside.
The facade covers 6,000 m², of which 2,800 m² are windows, and the two-crystal form was designed by Ateliér 15 under Libor Hrdoušek and Radek Lampa. The 16-metre-deep foundations required 24,000 m³ of excavated soil, and the underground floors hold 124 cars.
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