Vila Bayer, Historic villa in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic.
Vila Bayer stands at Krále Jiřího 20, house number 1178, in Karlovy Vary. The family villa was built in 1908–1909 in late historicism with secessionist decorative elements. Its dominant features are wooden loggia balconies and perforated gables, and a kitchen wing was added to all floors in 1912.
Alfred Bayer applied with his wife Leopoldina for the building line in autumn 1907; the situation plan was approved on 12 March 1908, construction ran from 1908 and the villa was finished in February 1909. In 1912 a kitchen wing was added on all floors because rooms the family did not use were rented to spa guests. Bayer died in the house on 3 March 1916, aged 57.
The villa's name recalls its builder, Alfred Bayer, who designed it and lived here until his death on 3 March 1916; he is buried in the Drahovice cemetery. From 1912 a kitchen wing was added on every floor because rooms the family did not use were rented to spa guests, a practice that shaped the house's daily life.
Vila Bayer stands at Krále Jiřího 20, house number 1178, in Karlovy Vary. The building is listed as an apartment house owned by a unit owners' association, so the interior is not open to visitors; the wooden loggia balconies and pierced gables are seen from the street.
Alfred Bayer died in this villa on 3 March 1916 at the age of 57; he is buried in the Drahovice cemetery. In 1912 a kitchen wing was added to every floor because the family rented unused rooms to spa guests. Since February 2021 the building has been registered as an apartment house owned by a unit owners' association.
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