Dancing House

Dancing House stands at its river end; view it from the pavement, not the traffic lanes.

Documentary view: Dancing House

Getting there

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Descend Wenceslas Square to Vodičkova, then continue via Lazarská and Karlovo náměstí to Resslova. Dancing House stands at its river end; view it from the pavement, not the traffic lanes.

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History

Completed in 1996 by Vlado Milunić and Frank Gehry, the building’s contrasting tower-like forms inspired comparison with a dancing couple. On a site damaged during the war, it introduced a conspicuous late-twentieth-century architectural language to the embankment.

Sources

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