The director of the public business school, František Trmal from Toušice, wanted a summer house in Strašnice, Prague. He then approached the young architect Jan Kotěra, whose design the two-story building was built in 1903. The smaller house belongs to Kotěr’s first creative period and can be classified stylistically as Art Nouveau.
Trmal’s Villa is a two-story building in Strašnice Prague, built between 1902 and 1903 by the eminent Czech architect Jan Kotěra. | Video: TV Architect
“This villa is interesting because of its colour, half-timbered structures and wooden elements appear here,” says architectural historian Zdeněk Lukeš. Kotěr’s friend, the painter František Fröhlich took care of the painting of the house. When designing the interior of Kotěr, British houses with an inner staircase hall were inspired, which is especially reflected in the layout of the house. However, the internal equipment has not been preserved.
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The Tramal family used the house until 1911, when they sold it. After World War II, it was long closed and dilapidated. The villa then underwent several modifications. In addition, for example, the garden veranda that was originally opened was closed. In the 1990s, the building was repaired and the original small buildings such as the pavilion and warehouse resurfaced.
Today, the house houses the Jan Kotěra Company and the permanent exhibition of the Foibos agency dedicated to the topic of family homes in the Czech Republic. Kotěr furniture exhibitions from the collections of the Museum of Applied Arts and other exhibitions are also regularly held here.
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