Villa Müller — Attraction in Prague

The building looks like a strange alien revelation in the surrounding buildings. I got off a little earlier at the Ořechovka tram stop (directly under the house) so that I could see it at least from the outside. An interesting functionalist villa was built for the director of the construction company Müller and Kapsa František Müller and his wife Milada by the architects Adolf Loose and Karel Lhota between 1928–1930, when Ludwig Mies van der Rohe built the Tugendhat villa in Brno. The space is not divided into individual floors, but into rooms of different heights and sizes according to its purpose. Unfortunately, I visited the building at the time of the coronavirus insane, so it was closed, but I will definitely come inside as soon as possible. The villa is managed by the Museum of the Capital City of Prague and tickets can be purchased in the neighboring building.

Objekt vypadá v okolní zástavbě jako nějaké zvláštní mimozemské zjevení. Vystoupil jsem o něco dřív na tramvajové zastávce Ořechovka (přímo pod domem), abych si ji mohl prohlédnout alespoň z vnějšku. Zajímavou funkcionalistickou vilu si nechal postavit ředitel stavební firmy Müller a Kapsa František Müller s chotí Miladou od architektů Adolfa Loose a Karla Lhoty mezi lety 1928–1930, kdy Ludwig Mies van der Rohe stavěl vilu Tugendhat v Brně. Prostor tu není členěn do jednotlivých pater, ale do místností o různé výšce a velikosti podle jejího účelu. Stavbu jsem navštívil bohužel v době koronavirového blázince, ale rozhodně zavítám i dovnitř, až to bude možné. Vila je pod správou Muzea hlavního města Prahy a lístky se dají zakoupit v...

I’ve travelled all the way from Barcelona just to visit some Adolf Loos architecture, and it worth it! This Villa is an incredible exercice of layout composition, one of a kind. Our guide (Yann I can recall) was really good at explaining for archis and non archis the virtues of the design, he seemed really moved by it. As other comments say, be sure to book your tickets in advance. The groups are luckly really small and tickets get sold out quickly. The only point I didn’t like was that taking pictures inside is forbiden; I’ve been to several top houses like Ville Savoye in Paris, Robin house in Chicago, Stahl house in LA… and I was always allowed to take my own pictures, of course respecting the timings of the tour and in the moments when the guide said we could. It’s a little bit rude in my opinion to force people to buy your own books in order to have memories of all the details and corners of this amazing design; it’s an old fashioned...

Architectural comments have been said in other reviews other than to say well worth the visit for architects, artists, interior designers etc. Practicalities are you need to book, you can't just turn up and wander in. It's only open on certain days although open on Saturdays and Sundays. All visits are guided tours (about 90 mins) and small groups of seven hence quickly booked up. We had no choice but to take tour in Czech even though five of us spoke English. There are English tours available but times didn't suit. A 1 or 2 tram takes you to a stop beside the villa. In any event highly...