Dům manželů Seidlerových, Functionalist house in Nová Ulice, Czech Republic.
The Seidler House is a detached, two-storey plastered brick villa with a basement and a flat roof, built on an irregular plan at the rear of its plot beside a garden with two terraces. Its smooth facade holds windows of differing sizes and shapes set in shallow band surrounds, and the garden-facing ground floor is stepped forward with French windows. An open staircase with a terrace and a brick canopy leads to the first-floor bedrooms, and the entrance sits in the corner.
The Seidler couple, owners of a coal shop and agents for the Swarowsky glass firm, had the villa built in 1935 in the new garden district of Nová Ulice. The architect was Jacques Groag, a pupil of Adolf Loos; the builder was Heinrich Czeschner Jr. Groag later added two more buildings beside it. In 1991 the house was declared a cultural monument of the Czech Republic.
The house was built for the Seidler couple, owners of a coal shop and agents of the Swarowsky glass firm, in the new garden district of Nová Ulice. Its interior keeps built-in furniture and textiles sewn to measure for individual rooms, combined with older pieces. The ground-floor living space is split into several nooks on two levels, with the dining room set apart from the living room and library by a change in floor height.
The building sits in a residential neighborhood with nearby local services and amenities. Visitors can view the facade and exterior design from the street and explore the surrounding neighborhood structure.
The house was built for the Seidlers, owners of a coal shop who also represented the Swarowsky glass firm. Architect Jacques Groag, a pupil of Adolf Loos, designed it in 1935, and builder Heinrich Czeschner Jr. carried out the work. Two further buildings by the same architect were later added beside the villa.
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