The gallery in Plzeň is requesting 30 million for the apartment according to Loose and the research room

Plzeň - The West Bohemian Gallery in Plzeň has requested roughly 30 million crowns for the restoration of a valuable interior designed according to Adolf Loos's concept in a building at Klatovská 110. The money is to be obtained from Norwegian funds. The gallery also intends to establish a research center for architecture in the Plzeň region within the premises, including an exhibition and space for cultural events. If the funding application is unsuccessful, the project will be implemented gradually with smaller amounts. The gallery's director, Roman Musil, said this today to ČTK.
  "If we obtain the funds, we can expect a big leap in the overall reconstruction; most of the work could be paid for," he stated. According to him, money from the Norwegian funds could be obtained in the next two years.
  The first phase of the reconstruction began last year when the gallery received 4.7 million crowns from its founder, the Plzeň Region; this year it has four million, and for 2015, the region promised three million crowns. The gallery would be dependent on the region's funds if the application is unsuccessful. Musil noted that they had worked on the application for several months. "It was one of the most complicated funding mechanisms we have undergone," he stated.
  According to the curator of the architecture collection at the West Bohemian Gallery, Petr Domanický, a significant part of the former apartment should be restored to its original form according to the concept of the famous architect. "The main hall will also be complemented by replicas of furniture, so it should result in a complete return of the space to its original form. In a similar way, other rooms of the apartment should also reflect their original appearance," Domanický noted. However, not all rooms will be meticulously restored to how they once looked. What has survived will remain in them, and they will provide spaces for the research center infrastructure, which should include a small exhibition, and an archive for the research center. "In the second part of the house, outside of the famous apartment interior, there should be additional facilities for the research center and the public, including a café, a bookstore, an entrance hall, and a significant part will be devoted to spaces for working with school youth and children," Domanický added.
  The interior, according to Loos's concept, was commissioned by the Plzeň entrepreneur and co-owner of the Oskar Semler factory, and the architect was Loos's student, Heinrich Kulka. The interior dates from 1932 to 1934.
  The gallery plans to partially showcase the interior to the public in 2015 when Plzeň will be the European Capital of Culture.