Vila Kamila, Art Nouveau villa in Krč, Czech Republic
Vila Kamila is a single-storey late Art Nouveau family house on a square plan, built in 1912 in the Pod Višňovkou garden suburb of Krč. It has a glazed veranda and a gabled saddle roof; some stucco ornament survives, while the decorative roof truss that once projected in front of the street facade was removed. A bronze memorial plaque of 1958 by V. Večeřa on the facade names Antal Stašek, Helena Malířová and Ivan Olbracht with their life dates.
The building was completed in 1912 when Prague was expanding rapidly and new neighborhoods were being created. It represents a period when older design traditions merged with forward-thinking ideas.
The house carries a name tied to its original owner and shows how wealthy Prague families lived in the early 1900s. The spaces display careful craftsmanship throughout, revealing how people of that era valued beauty in their homes.
Vila Kamila stands on U Kola street in the Pod Višňovkou garden suburb of Prague 4-Krč, a listed building since 1958. It is a private family house, so visitors see it from the street; the bronze memorial plaque with the life dates of Antal Stašek, Helena Malířová and Ivan Olbracht is on the facade. The surrounding streets follow the 1911 garden-city plan, and Paprsková street is one of the three radial segments actually built.
Some of the decorations show blending between older revivalist styles and this new design direction. This mixing makes it a rare example of how architects experimented with different influences during that time.
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