Schückova vila, Functionalist villa in Troja, Czech Republic.
Schückova vila is a two-wing, two-storey villa with a basement, arranged on terraced levels. Its smooth facade is divided horizontally by balconies, a veranda and terraces. The base storey is clad in opuka, a local marlstone.
The villa was built in 1928–1929 to a design by Ernst Mühlstein and Viktor Fürth for Alexander Schück, a wholesale merchant and industrialist who from 1912 co-owned the Fr. Odkolek bakery company in Vysočany. The builder was Václav Haas, and the garden was laid out by Otokar Fierlinger. In the 1970s Gustáv Husák lived here; since 2019 the villa has belonged to the Prague-Troja district and serves as a residence of the Republic of Korea.
The garden features a large sandstone sculpture of Eve by Mary Duras that extends the living space into the landscape. This connection between indoors and outdoors reflects how functionalist design understood the relationship between home and nature.
The villa stands on Nad Kazankou street in Prague-Troja and has served as the residence of the Republic of Korea since 2019, when the city district acquired it. It is not open to visitors, but the smooth facade, balconies and terraces can be seen from the street.
The villa's garden was laid out by Otokar Fierlinger, a landscape architect who worked on the design alongside the building itself. From 2019 the house has belonged to the Prague-Troja district and serves as a residence for the Republic of Korea. In the 1970s Gustáv Husák, later president of Czechoslovakia, lived here.
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