20.3.20



3 comments:

Mike C. said...

Yikes, spooky mansion designed by an architect who thought that curves were just too, you know, *feminine*... Wonder what it's like inside?

Mike

Your Name Here said...

Mike,
The Kovaƙovic Villa is in Prague. See [ https://pragitecture.eu/libusina-493/ ].

I could not find anything on the Web, either pictures or description, of the interior. Could be very interesting, given that his buildings "…perfectly illustrate the Czech Cubists' belief that ornament should be inherent in architecture, not something to be applied arbitrarily on the front."

Mike C. said...

It's curious how an entire generation misunderstood Cubism as merely a sort of squared-off version of Art Deco. At least the interior walls are likely to be square and perpendicular, unlike some of the Gaudi extravaganzas in Barcelona, or those of Hundertwasser in Austria.

Mike