Liskova vila, Modern villa in Slezská Ostrava, Czech Republic.
Liskova vila is a residential house in modern style in Slezská Ostrava featuring clean lines and geometric forms. Large windows dominate the facade, bringing natural light deep into the interior and creating open, flowing spaces within.
Liskova vila was built in 1936 at a cost of 270,000 Kč for JUDr. Eduard Liska, to a design by the twin brothers Čestmír and Lubomír Šlapeta, who drew on Hans Scharoun's Villa Baensch in Berlin-Spandau (1934–1935). Damaged during the American bombing of Ostrava on 29 August 1944, it was repaired in 1946. In 1970 the Liska family sold it to new owners, who still live there and occasionally open it to visitors. It was declared a national cultural monument on 1 July 2008.
The villa's name honours its first owner, lawyer Eduard Liska, though it is also called Šlapetova vila after its architects, the twin brothers Čestmír and Lubomír Šlapeta. The owners since 1970 live in it and occasionally open it to the public. Original fittings survive: the FRAMA warm-air heating boiler with fans and filters, a Brown Sigma Boweri electric stove, and the stair handrail.
The house is located at Čedičová 1406/8 and is easy to find by following the main route through Slezská Ostrava toward the east. This position makes it straightforward to visit and explore the surrounding neighborhood.
The villa's heating system used about 7–8 tonnes of coke per heating season, with warm air ducted into individual rooms. Rainwater from the roof fed the ornamental garden through a roughly 7 m³ tank. The garden was designed by landscape architect Josef Vaněk.
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