NPÚ has launched an exhibition about the interesting villas of Ořechovka

Prague - An exhibition about interesting villas of Prague's Ořechovka began today at the headquarters of the National Heritage Institute (NPÚ) on Na Perštýně street. People can read about the history of the villa colony and individual houses, which are cultural monuments or have been proposed as such, on the panels. The selected buildings mainly date from the 1920s and 1930s and are designed in the styles of rondocubism or functionalism.
    The exhibition will be accessible on weekdays from this Thursday until December 23, always from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, and on Fridays until 2:30 PM. The exhibition is part of a research project supported by the Ministry of Culture.
    Featured is, for example, a villa built for the architect Bohumil Hypšman, and a villa by architect Jaroslav Vondrák. Visitors can also see images of the so-called Kafka villa, where the sculptor Bohumil Kafka lived, built by Pavel Janák. Other panels contain information about the villa of Otakar Novotný, where painter Václav Špála lived, or about Villa Traub by architect Bruno Paul, which today houses the Hungarian embassy.
    In addition, the exhibition maps other objects, including the Research Institute of Sugar Production by Josef Záruba-Pfeffermann, the former Yugoslav House - Alexander Hall (university dormitories), or a technical curiosity - the Bruska pumping station.