Palác Jalta, Functionalist building in Dominikánské náměstí, Czech Republic.
Palác Jalta is a five-story functionalist building with large street-facing windows on the ground floor designed for retail display and a mixed-use interior. The upper floors contain office spaces and residential units with terraces, creating a typical early 20th-century urban mixed-use structure.
Architect Jaroslav Polívka designed this building in 1929 for the Young Women's Christian Association as housing for women. Decades of changing ownership under the Czechoslovak state and later private investors preceded a complete restoration guided by heritage specialists in the 2010s.
The building takes its name from Yalta, a Black Sea resort city that symbolized modern leisure and progress in the 1920s when this structure was built. This naming choice reflects how international influences shaped local architectural thinking at the time.
The building faces Dominikánské náměstí, Brno's main central square, and is easily walkable with clear street visibility from the plaza. Since the 2019 renovation, visitors can move through its passage and see the mix of shops, cafes, and offices that now occupy the ground and upper levels.
In its basement was Bio Moderna, one of Brno's earliest modern cinemas, which also operated a restaurant and communal spaces for gatherings. This underground venue became a significant social hub during the interwar years and shaped the city's cultural life at the time.
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