Palác Tabáková režie, Court building in Vinohrady, Prague, Czech Republic

Palác Tabáková režie closes a block on the north side of Slezská street between Sázavská and Blanická in Vinohrady. The four-storey building with two basements and an attic has an irregular three-wing plan: a main wing on Slezská, a larger side wing on Sázavská and a smaller one on Blanická joined by a quarter-round corner. Large sculpted spheres sit under the ground-floor window ledges and beside the entrance stair.

The Czechoslovak Tobacco Directorate was created after 1918 to take over tobacco factories and state tobacco shops. Architect Alois Dryák designed its Prague headquarters in a classicising style mixing neoclassicism and Art Deco; the Záruba-Pfeffermann firm built it in 1923–1928. After February 1948 it housed central state bodies, and from 1953–1954 Jiří Gočár adapted it for the Federal Ministry of Metallurgy and Ore Mines.

Corner reliefs on the first floor by sculptor Josef Jiříkovský depict tobacco work across the world, labelled from left: planting in Slovakia, harvest preparations in Albania, drying in Novi Pazar, carting to collection in Macedonia, production in Bohemia, sale of products, transport from Mexican plantations and from Java. The building now serves the Prague Municipal Court.

The building sits conveniently between Blanická and Sázavská streets in Vinohrady, making it straightforward to locate. Visitors can enjoy viewing the exterior details and entrance gates at any time, though access to interior spaces may be restricted.

The corner reliefs of the first floor, by sculptor Josef Jiříkovský, depict tobacco work across eight countries, from planting in Slovakia to transport from Mexican plantations and Java. The low stair by the main entrance is flanked by the building's most prominent pair of stone spheres.