Dětský dům, Constructivist building in Old Town, Prague, Czech Republic
The Dětský dům is a corner commercial and office building at Na příkopě 15 and Havířská 5 in Old Town, Prague. Its ground floor has display windows and a passage entrance, now closed; inside, a hall rises through several floors with galleries. Upper offices have American sliding windows.
The building was erected in 1927–1929 by Václav Nekvasil's firm as the Palace of the Mutual Insurance Company Prague and the Pension Institute of Czechoslovak Finance, following a 1925 constructivist competition design by Ludvík Kysela. After World War II it was rebuilt and opened in May 1950 as Dětský dům.
The name Dětský dům dates from its May 1950 reopening as a children's department store after post-war reconstruction. The building later housed a branch of the奢侈 parfumerie of Josef Kammel, whose interior with a statue of a rider was designed by Adolf Loos, and the Velká kavárna Praha of Bruno Arnošt.
The building is conveniently positioned between the Můstek and Náměstí Republiky metro stations in the Old Town. Interior spaces can be flexibly arranged to serve different purposes and needs.
The building features sliding window mechanisms on its upper floors, an uncommon architectural solution in 1920s European structures. This innovative system allowed flexible ventilation while maintaining the clean geometric lines the style demanded.
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