Villa Vinohrady

The author of the unique set of residential villas in Prague Vinohrady from 1925 is architect Rudolf Kvech.

Due to the timeless qualities of the original design, we keep the basic mass and layout of the house, including its use - housing.

The distinctive feature of the house is the division into three basic parts - a plinth from brick masonry with cellars, a plastered part with flats, and a high-hipped roof with clay tiles.

Thanks to this extension we get two new flats, on the roof of which with extensive greenery a generous terrace for flats one floor higher is created.

The extension follows the existing brick plinth with the same material, so it becomes an integral part of the house.

This is manifested, for example, in the form of frameless glazing in place of new openings or arched windows in stairwells.

The house is newly insulated and has several contemporary technologies such as floor heating or ceiling capillary cooling.

The original apartments on the ground floor and first floor have undergone layout modifications, which include in particular the possibility of a generous connection between the living space and the bedroom.

The attic part of the house then creates a large duplex apartment for the owner of the house, which is characterized by the presence of the original wooden truss structures, which are maximally exposed thanks to the use of above-roof insulation, and the built-in plywood floor.

A garden pavilion is placed at the western boundary of the site in keeping with the regular urbanism of the surrounding development.

The brick masonry thus becomes a characteristic feature of the entire project, making the villa, the extension, and the garden pavilion a single unit.

The pavilion houses a sauna and an exercise room for the inhabitants of the house while protecting the property from noise from the adjacent street.